My daughter has got three dogs ,one old dog she will probably leave with her parents in law when she moves back to UK. so for two dogs how much is it to fly them from Wisconsin to Heathrow? Does anybody know?
Amethsytfairy:confused:
Can't help with costs of bringing the dogs back to the UK, think it best to get in touch with the airlines.
In June we met some people who were taking their dog and 2 cats from the UK to Lanzarote with Thomas Cook and they really looked after the animals. One thing I would suggest is that when they are told what size crates to get, they should get bigger one's. When they got to the airport they are told the crate for the dog wasn't big enough they ended up with either having a hefty bill or leave the dog behind.
Cis
It depends on the size of the dogs. The only way to do this properly from USA is to use a proper agency. They will build a custom size crate/kennel for transporting your dog(s) and load them onto the flight, sort paperwork etc. You'll also need a bill of health from the vet and coming in from USA I'm pretty sure we still have quarantine laws in the UK so you'll have the quarantine kennel charges on top.
I know that when I enquired about taking my dogs to Canada (one large, one giant breed), it came out at about £3500 + vet fees but Canada don't quarantine from UK. Unfortunately bringing them into the UK (apart from holiday passports to and from European destinations which is very different) is a pain and more expensive as our quarantine laws are really out of date compared to most of the world.
Hi, On this occasion I have to disagree with Banick, my Clara Bow my Saint Bernard has a passport and I don't leave home without her so I am a bit of an old hand on the subject of pet travel, I used a company like Bannick suggested for years just because I thought you should, I think it says something about this on the pet passport information pages on DEFRA website but when I lived in Spain I met many people who's dogs also travelled regulary and it is not neccessary to involve a third party, the company I used to use charged me £1225 each way to Spain, and £2,000 each way to Tenerife but later I found out you can simply phone cargo at your chosen airport and arrange it all yourself they will even help you with a crate, when I did this Thompson charged me £550 so it's a saving of £1,000, as long as all your paperwork is in order there should be no reason why you cannot make your own arrangements.
USA are not in the pet passport scheme though so as someone has already mentioned they would have to be quarrantined here in the UK for 6 months.
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Rebecca XX
A Google search on 'import dogs UK' gave DEFRA at the top of the results list. There are many others, but here's theirs:
Bringing pets to the UK
This site explains what you have to do to bring your pet dog, cat or ferret into (or back into) the UK through the [url]Pet Travel Scheme[/url] (or PETS for short) without putting it into quarantine. It also explains the requirements for bringing many other types of pet animals into the UK. This site also tells you about [url]quarantine in the UK[/url] for animals that don't qualify for PETS. Printable <a class="go2wpf-bbcode" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="factsheets">factsheets are available for both vets and the public.
More info on the above link.I just copied the first para.
Holistic
Becky, the figures you're quoting are on the pet passport scheme in and out of Europe.
Bringing them in from USA is much more complicated and the flights are much more expensive regardless of other fees. You can arrange it yourself but it's not worth the risk, I know someone who did and their crate was deemed unsuitable so they had to cancel their flight as the right crate in the right size wasn't available off the shelf. The agencies also deal with the transfer to the quarantine kennels etc (you are not allowed to transport them yourself). Basically, with the pet passport scheme you are taking a British pet out of the country temporarily and then back. Bringing a pet in from the US is importing a live animal.
With US flights you also have to check which airlines will carry pets and from which airports. I know that some of the airlines which do carry pets (for example) will only do so from London airports, not Manchester.
I think we both posted at the same time, Bannick 😀 The DEFRA page I gave above should have more info.
Holistic
One suggestion not mentioned yet.... If you book yourself on the plane then try to book pet on, you might lose your money on your seat if you can't get the pet on that flight. So, you book dogs on plane first THEN book your seats. That way (my understanding is) you get your money back on the pet if you cant get yourself on the same flight. Though, if it isn't important to be on the same flight this info is irrelevant.
We took our precious pets to Turkey and the pet has to travel with the owner. Best wishes. It is stressful but worth it.
Hi Bannick,
Well that's me told then! LOL I'll urmmm shut up now.
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Rebecca x
LOL Becky, it wasn't meant like that.
I was supposed to move to Canada a few years ago (had my visa and everything, in fact still have money in a bank account there) so I looked into this thoroughly including how to bring my dogs home if I had a change of plan.
Thanks for all your replies it is good to get all different information, will look at links and discuss with daughter . I knew I should have brought the puppy back in my suitcase lol!:dogrun:
Amethystfairy:)
No, it'd have suffocated.
As a fur collar, -now THAT might have worked!!!!