Moving with your pet
Moving house to a neighboring county or city can be done via road travel with either movers or the family. But what are your choices if you are moving to a new country?
Unless you'd ant to kiss your pet goodbye and put him in a better home, moving a pet miles and a time-zone away is no laughing matter.
If you think you can do the deed of booking your pet and assuring its arrival and swift claiming in another country, here are some things you ought to know and find out…
• What are the holidays of the country and work your schedule around it for the sake of your pet.
• Airline pet policies…
• Special restrictions regarding pets that are brought to a country.
• Documentation needed to qualify your pet to reside in the country.
• Required vaccinations for pets in that part of the world.
• Quarantine: how long? and what are specific checks for pets to pass inspection.
• How are pets cleared upon arrival at the airport?
• Documents to keep handy when passing pet through customs.
Getting travel, health and pet documentation should be tackled with no stone left unturned. What may be a flimsy document or testing may be required by law in another country unlike from where you have come from. Unlike traveling with kids your pets need you to be their spokesperson, insist on checking on your pet upon boarding and during the flight and after.
If the chore of having to talk and search for stress-less planning for travel, there are pet travel agencies that handle all the necessary and pertinent data to get your pet in the country without a hitch. Pet Travel agencies know every pet import/export law aside from city regulations made for animals. They also assure your pet will pass scrutiny even if it would mean re-training in behavior and unnecessary whining.
Travel is always a moment to learn and get lost in, keep in mind that pets are keen to follow you and what you do.