Hi Mary,
I investigated this when Tris and I got Millie as we wanted to do the same thing.
From what I can remember it goes something like this ... bear with me, this was last year and I have consumed alcohol and slept since then - I may have lost some of the brain cells storing the info! :wink:
OK - you get the dog checke out by a vet, general health check - if everything is ok dog is given the first injection against rabies and the passport application starts.
You have to go back again (I forget how long, probably 2 weeks like all first time injections) to have the 2nd jab.
Once the 2nd jab is done the dog should be a ok aginast rabies, however, IF you travel within the 1st 6 months of the 2 jab when ou get to where you are staying you MUST have the dog checked over by the local vet, and when you come back into the UK the dog STILL has to be put into quarantine - which seems a tad stupid to me since you have vaccinated your dog against it and have a passport for the dog! but the government is a tad strange at times ...
Anytime after the six months and I believe you still have to have the dog checked by a local vet when you get to your destination and then checked within 48 hours or something by your vet when you get back.
So I would say get the ball rolling if you want to take Tia this year.
Tris and I haven't had Millie done yet, instead we went camping with her to Wales
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