[quote=“random”]I’m in the process of sorting out my dog’s paper work so that the 6 months can tick by. I had a really hard time to find a vet willing to help me in Yilan, after 4 failed attempts I finally found one in Loudong.
I’m just a bit worried that they are not doing it completly right. I printed off all the Defra stuff, but they seem to think the UKs not that strict and they can do stuff in any order.
so far they took his blood, THEN gave him the rabies shot. It should be fine, because he had a rabies shot in April, when I first got him. But he was chipped in September. The vet says he’ll fill in the forms to say he did it the other way round.
The other problem is that he has two chips, a Taiwanese ( which they can’t read in UK) and an ISO standard on (they can’t read in Taiwan). I gave them the UK ditgits to fill the forms in. This must be the one to use?? :help:
Before they send the blood to an EU approved lab they are sending a certificate to the quarentine people in Su-ao. I’m not sure why. Does the certificate have to be a special standard one. I’ve had a look on the internet and I can’t find a copy to down load to take to the guy.
If anyone has taken a dog to the UK your advice and reassurance that it’s all going ok would be great.[/quote]
Hi, Random.
Your vet does not know what he’s doing.
The UK is VERY strict; do not take anything for granted. Is he authorized by the government to provide a health certificate? If he isn’t, then you’re wasting your time, as the dog won’t even get an export permit.
You got the chip first, which is good, but why the hell are they taking blood before the rabies shot? The first rabies vaccination won’t count, as it was before the chip was put in, and the second shot needs to be shown to be around three weeks prior to the blood sample being drawn, as it takes a few weeks to build up antibodies; the UK customs know what it’s like in Taiwan, and if they spot that the rabies antibody test was done on blood that was taken too close to the rabies shot, they will know that the antibodies are not present from that shot and must be from a previous one given before the chip was put in, which would tell them that this there has been foul play.
You don’t want to mess around with UK customs. Wait for a few weeks, then get blood taken again and send it of to an EU recognized lab. The cha bu duo approach works in Taiwan, not the UK. Don’t let your vet tell you what should be OK; you tell him what must be done.
Re. the second problem, if you bought the second chip here, they can read it here, and therefore you’ll get the export permit. The UK will read the same chip, so all is OK. Take both passports to be on the safe side.
No certificate needs to go to the quarantine place until you have your plane tickets out, as the certificate is used to get the export permit. The blood needs to go to the lab now; the export permit, in six months’ time.
Maybe it’s different where you are, but I doubt it.
You should be fine if you insist on doing everything exactly as DEFRA suggests.
Good luck!
Sean