Flying dogs

[mary]

I cant find the thread we had about bringing dogs over - which airline etc. Maybe it was pre hacker - anyone got any info?

[redswanlady]

British Airway's do.

[vecino]

Some of the better pet flight carriers are ( I used parair ) & they mostly pick up anywhere in the uk at a price :-
http://www.parair.co.uk/
http://www.pbs-int.co.uk/pets.html
http://www.petairuk.com/

[big jim]

what sort of money are we looking at to move a staffy can anybody give me a rough idea

[redswanlady]

When we looked into it for our dog, it is cheaper if you get them to the airport yourself and supply the box. BA then would charge £11.75 a kilo, basically your dog is classed as excess baggage. They are really helpful if you contact them they then tell you all the things you need to do before transporting the dog.

[big jim]

cheers lou

[vecino]

If you ring or email the companies that do the full pet transport service they will give you a quote but it all depends if you want them to pick up your animal from your house and where you live in the uk and if you want them to do all the paper work for you - each company will vary on cost and the size of animal .
Your animal will have to have all the correct paper work done to prove it has had all it´s injections and it will have to have blood tests done coming from the UK to GC - the pet transport companies can do all the paper work and blood tests for you as sometimes this can be a nightmare to do all correctly - it all needs to be perfect when your animal gets to GC as all the paper work will be checked at customs.


what sort of money are we looking at to move a staffy can anybody give me a rough idea

[LisaB]

We bought two cats over with these, they also cater for dogs.
They sorted everything out including carry cages etc, we paid 700 GBP for both but that included all vet fees, passports, airline tickets etc http://www.skydogs.co.uk/contact.htm

[redswanlady]

We had all the pet passport done, rabies jabs and a general health check it is really simple to do. And does work out a lot cheaper to do it yourself.

As for customs we decided to drive the dog in the end and his paperwork was not checked once between the UK and here. Customs really didn't care about a dog entering any of the countries he came through which surprised us.

[maxine]

We came with BA the best way we thought as they go on the same plane!
You have to give them fair warning and make sure there booked in with the airline as they are only allowed to take 4 dogs per aircraft.
they take them as access baggage, its very easy just go to the BA check in a person comes along and takes them and you get them at the other end. no checks this end as they trust the british system, only cost me £125 for 2 Chihuahuas last year. How ever its not so easy to take them back. Even with the pass port its a flat rate of £300 a dog!!!!!! rediculus and if the animal check in is closed they have to wait till the next day. Typical UK!!!:banghead:
Money grabbing as usual.
When you get here its simple just keep up there vacines every year and rabies and you should have no probs.
Also here they have a mosquito that can cause heart worm, very important to get the tabs as soon as you get here, there monthly and are a meaty snack so they love them, there called Cardiotek, they dont get it in the UK so get the tabs ASAP as if you wait a month they have to go through having blood tests etcs to make sure they havent got it. and if they do get it there is no cure, so the tabs are imporant. Also Frontline flee drops also a must as we have ticks as well, not all bad though as they can play outside all day with no freezing weather, and no one complains if they bark, well only the English do, but that gos with out saying HA HA ........
God luck.......

[julia]

Your Dog will have to be chipped too if you are to bring him/her over. And with it being a staff, it will have to be registered at the townhall. What most people do not realise is that After a certain size, the Dog has to have a muzzle and Dogs are to be kept on the lead at all times. I had some problems last year, even though my Dog was only a Puppy at the time, The Canarios insisted she has to be muzzled (and she is a medium size dog).

Julia

[maxine]

How bazar, have never heard that before! :no:
Have never seen that up here in the north, only the ocasional Presa, but never any other. Muzzles are hard to come by they only seem to do the nylon sort which are not good as they have trouble opening there mouth to pant. The best is the plastic cage type, had to buy mine off ebay only 4 euros including post!!! as my boy chihuahua is very protective of his ladies:angryfire:

[julia]

I would not use the Nylon ones either, they seem just cruel to me. A Very good trick I have used is that I used a halti as it goes around the snout of the Dog (of course as a muzzle completly useless, but the people mostly dont look that far:nodding: )

Of course if the Police stops you, then you could have a problem.

I found out about this ruling through accident. A Neighbours Little RAT ran out of the House, and attaked my Doberman Bitch which was quite correctly on the Line. Of course my Chiara defended herself by grabbing the little monster and giving it a good shake. Well as you can imagine the Neighbour up in Arms threatning with the Police and shouting that my Dog should have a muzzle and i was at fault:banghead: :banghead:

So the ruling is..... Little Monsters can do as they like, and brave big Dogs have to be muzzled:blink:

It´s a crazy ruling, but unfortunatly by Law they are in the right and we are in the wrong.

Julia

[maxine]

Im afriad dogs here dont seem to have any social skills,:p
They are kept in the garden all day, all weathers, they think putting a kennel outside is all it takes. But as we doglovers know they need walks, cuddles, and social company.When take my dogs for a walk the whole neighbourhood erupts with barking as they cant take another dog on there patch.
I must amit i let them bark a little in the garden more than i would in the UK, but no one cares here, but i stop them after a couple of mins as it gets on my nerves.
Its sad as they look at you as if to say please take me for a walk to , but people just see them as a living alarm:veryangry: SHAME!!!!!!!

[julia]

I agree with you all the way. Dogs have no social standard here at all. They are seen as a throw away item. As long as they are small and cute, all love them. But as soon as they have to be taken for a walk, to the vet´s or need attention, they become a nuicance to the owners. They dont go to the vet because it would mean spending money on them. Let´s just get rid of them and get a new one is often the case. Sad but unfortunatly the reality here on the island. I have often seen on my walks, dogs with broken limbs which have healed and missformed because they have not been treated, dogs andcats with open wounds. And i have witnessed a case of one man comming to Banaderos looking for his lost dog, with photo and papers, who met a guy bringing in a puppy he found. He looked at the pup and decided to take it with him, without even asking if his dog is in banaderos.

Unfortunatly i think it is going totake a lot of years before the Canarios accept that animals too have rights.

Julia

[big jim]

do you have to keep his muzzle on at all times or just when he is out and about with us also thanks for the info on the mozzies

[julia]

Just when he is out and about with you:D

PS:

If you take him for a walk in the Baranco, and noone is about, you can of course take the muzzle of and the lead. But as soon as someone is near, it is safest to put them back on.

Julia

[redswanlady]

I have not heard of this law, I live in a very doggy area and I have never seen any of them muzzled?? and very few are walked on leads. I suppose it matters where you live, as to how strict they are?:dry:

[julia]

Im sure it does. But the Problem is that there are still 2 different kind of rules;) One for the Canario and one for the foreigners. Mostly all goes well and the people look the other way, but if there is the slightest bit of a problem, then they will get out the rule book and hold it against you. The people here are mostly very friendly and helpful, but if you get on the wrong side of one, they will know and use evry trick in the book against you. Thankfully I have up until now only ever once had trouble concerning our Dogs. And now that we live in Teror, we have no troubles, (even the Police look the other way when I take out my dogs without a muzzle. But they do look. I wonder if they are just too scared to aproach me???:) )

Julia