Reply With QuoteWe took our mutt to France and Spain by car with zero issues with an up-to-date pet passport, how Brexit might affect that is
Anyone got any tips/experience of schlepping our canine friends on holiday with their families?
My Mrs is demanding we go away (Europe with Austria and Germany at the top of the wish list although anywhere 'foreign' would probably do the trick) dog and humans have passports but have never ventured -as a unit- beyond our shores.
Happy to drive, fly, ferry or take a train -although- I found out she's not allowed on the Eurostar (dog not the wife :0)
Any suggestions would be really helpful.
Cheers
Joe
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We took our mutt to France and Spain by car with zero issues with an up-to-date pet passport, how Brexit might affect that is
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
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Don´t know about other EU countries but Spain requires a valid rabies vaccination. Don´t expect you will meet with any hassle when travelling by car but if you would, it is serious so worth looking into.
Ferries to Spain have dedicated cabins and kennels,dog walking areas the lot.
Same as ferry Barcelona to Mallorca.Originally Posted by bwest76
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
They definitely make it easier for dog lovers.
Do not forget tape worm pill/injection before return from the Continent, as required by U.K. Govt. Has to be given within a 24-120 hour timeframe prior to your departure.
Doggo = urgh!
Taken our dog on Eurotunnel in the car a few times and it was dead easy, zero stress for dog as in the car with us (on the ferry we had to leave him in the car on his own), just needed a ten minute trip to Calais Port vets before return boarding (assuming all jabs / paperwork etc. in place)
Last edited by tintin; 5th August 2019 at 22:23. Reason: Correction
We've taken ours to the Alps several times. Our preference is Eurotunnel as we can stay in the car with them (nervous rescues so a kennel on a ship is a non-starter). There's also a decent enough place to let them stretch the legs before boarding, and it's the quickest route across.
Piece of cake taking them in to Europe. Coming back slightly more complex with administering/ passport stamping at the correct time, but ultimately it's 10mins of admin and a few Euros.
As for destinations, some are more dog friendly than others. We were in Austria last weekend and saw loads of dogs, even high in the mountains, as they're allowed in cable cars etc. France is of course also super dog-friendly.
We love having ours with us, it's great. We do a few weeks at a time in the ski season, take them for a decent early walk, ski a couple of hours, then spend the afternoon with them and catching up on work (and more walks/ ski-touring).
Enjoy!
We take ours away every year
Do the passport, make sure you organise your vet and away you go… regular stops to stretch legs, wee and take on water…. Make sure they’re nice and comfortable in the car
Most restaurants in France are more than happy to have dogs…. Another thing to note is that vets are a lot cheaper here, so, Dudley is getting his teeth done at under half the price…. Not an emergency, but, needed doing at some point…
It’s nice to have them with us they’re part of the family
Dudley and Baxter on patrol in Burgundy
Book them into a kennel and give them a break.
I assume the trip into Calais was the day before? Noting this -
The [Tape Worm] treatment must have been given no less than 24 hours and no more than 120 hours (5 days) before you enter the UK. Your dog can be refused entry or put into quarantine if you do not follow this rule.
Sorry, does not compute on any level.
Please edit to avoid future readers to make a mistake.
You mean Eurotunnel. Eurostar only takes passengers (no cars), leaves from St Pancras to Lille, Brussels, Amsterdam, Paris, Eurodisney, the Alps or Marseille and has a strict no pet policy.
Last edited by Saint-Just; 5th August 2019 at 22:39.
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Done thx for pointing out
We were living in mainland Europe at the time and travelling back to the UK so went to a local vets before travelling, the Calais vet is for checking the paperwork and scanning the dog prior to driving onto the train for the Eurotunnel journey...... you would have to go to a vet prior to coming back adhering to the stated timescales. Still the best way as the dog (assuming they are ok in the car) does not know any different to a long car journey in the UK.
Indeed. Kennels would be torture for my Lucy. Not an option.
We took ours on the overnight sleeper train to Vienna and it went very well - there are a few destination points in Germany and Hamburg would be the obvious one if travelling forom the UK. I believe You can put your car on the train as well if you don't fancy a long drive south. Unfortunately Deutsche Bahn canned their night train service a few years ago but some of the slack was taken up by the Austrians. Paul was a Jack Russell/Corgi cross so if you have a bigger dog I think you'd have to consider an upgrade to 1st Class as there wasn't a lot of room in the cabin. I certainly wouldn't consider a long-distance train journey without a cabin as otherwise you need to be fairly alert to the possibility of other canine travellers and the havoc that can create.
Something I would always do is to make sure your vet checks that the chip is working before you go anywhere.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
Where do these trains depart from?
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More info here:
https://www.nightjet.com/en/reiseziele.html
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