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Travelling to France - dog has an EU passport

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stirrupleathers · 21/07/2025 21:57

Hello, hope you can help, we have a house in France that we are renovating so travel back and forth when we can. We got a passport from our French vet last summer, they also gave our dog a rabies shot while she was there. I'm told that this is sufficient to travel back and forth to France, meaning we don't need a health certificate..is that correct
I'm waiting to hear from our vet in the UK...but not had a response yet so thought I would see if anyone knows on here
Thanks so much

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feliciabirthgiver · 21/07/2025 23:10

Yes you can travel to the UK with an EU issued pet passport as long as the Rabies vaccination was administered in the EU. Ps don’t forget the tapeworm treatment you will need between 120-24 hours before returning to the UK.

powershowerforanhour · 21/07/2025 23:15

"Ps don’t forget the tapeworm treatment you will need between 120-24 hours before returning to the UK."

Yes, and for the dog's sake on the way back or soon after you get home to Blighty get something that does Angiostrongylus vasorum as well- it's not called French heartworm for nothing (confusingly called lungworm here- it affects both).

Maddy70 · 21/07/2025 23:18

Yes. The irony of our pets having more freedoms but it's true!

stirrupleathers · 23/07/2025 04:11

Thank you so much....

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ProfessionalWhimsicalSkidaddler · 23/07/2025 05:37

Sorry to jump on this post but I just wanted to check and it looks like you guys will know. If I go for less than 5 days (4 really as it’s 24-120 hours) then I don’t need anything additional to get my dog back in the UK than I have already done to get him out, do I?

and to get him out we need
rabies jab
worming tablet
health cert?

thank you!!!

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