Returning to Europe with pets

[BM06]

You to take care:D

[Old Daffodil]

Thank you, found this clip on French cafe funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iskBfH6bv3c

[Old Daffodil]

The maximum number of pets you can take transport across Europe is five.

[Ovacikpeedoff]

The journey has finally ended and the dogs are safely and legally in England. There were times when I wished that we had taken some course of action to circumvent the Pet passport scheme. I am now glad that we did not and did everything by the book. This was brought home to me by an old episode of Heartbeat that was shown on ITV3 a couple of days ago.

The basis of the story was that a former army officer and his family brought a dog back illegally and hid it in a caravan. The dog had escaped and was running wild on the Yorkshire moors.A local garage attendant was in contact with the dog and the dog licked an open wound on his hand and through this he got rabies and died. This led to a panic in the area and resulted in every animal wild or not that had been found in the area being destroyed.It really brought it home to me that I had done the right thing. If an animal that I had brought into the country illegally had caused such devastation would probably drive me to thinking about suicide.

All I can say is that if you are thinking of returning to the UK with animals either put them in quarantine or do like we did have them vaccinated and live on mainland Europe for 7 months. Remember it can take up to 6 months for an animal to show signs of rabies

[Eric]

Well done guy's.  When you start your French experience you will have to let us all know.  Good luck Gerry and Gloria.

[Ovacikpeedoff]

Thanks Eric, best wishes to you and Fiona. The next adventure will start in about 15 months.

You never know but maybe one day we will meet in France. Have a gastronomic feast and few bottles of good cheap plonk.

[Ovacikpeedoff]

Just a little update on our Turkish dog Lennie. He has settled in well in England but he has not lost the street dog mentality. He will jump our 6ft fences any chance he gets and goes off for a wander. A couple of weeks ago he caused a big traffic jam because he took it upon himself to sit in the middle of the road in the middle of the town.. He has got himself and me well known in the town. Most people do not know his name and call him the Turkish dog. In his travels he has finished up in the dog pound a couple of times.

[Firo]

A dog with Turkish atttitude...so funny, lol

[Old Daffodil]

Lenny and Holly our dogs have now ventured out to the west of Ireland and can go no further in Europe.
We crossed to Dublin on an Irish Ferries trip (Lithuanian ship and crew were excellent), we then called in at a beautiful services once out of Dublin and were served by Polish staff, on reaching our destination we became a little lost and asked the way from some very nice ladies, (Bolivian). There really is an international feel about the place.
Our cottage is deep in the countryside and the window boxes are in full bloom with flowers. The peat fire was soon burning and the two donkeys in the field at the back came over to see what was happening, also a couple of skewbald ponies. There are buttercups,daisies,clover and yellow iris growing in the fields and hedgerows. The  dogs really enjoyed their walks. Everything is so green it really is the emerald isle.
We have bought some of the lovely fish for sale and tried Dillusk which is seaweed which you boil in milk. A man sells it from a van along with Carrageen Moss which you boil and drink the liquid as a cure for colds.
We visited lots of the west of Ireland and a couple of golf courses are links which are really lovely. Strandhill and Inishcrone.
The dogs have now travelled as far across Europe as they can go before swimming to America so that is their journey over!:D

[chestnut]

quote:Originally posted by Daffodil

Lenny and Holly our dogs have now ventured out to the west of Ireland and can go no further in Europe.
We crossed to Dublin on an Irish Ferries trip (Lithuanian ship and crew were excellent), we then called in at a beautiful services once out of Dublin and were served by Polish staff, on reaching our destination we became a little lost and asked the way from some very nice ladies, (Bolivian). There really is an international feel about the place.
Our cottage is deep in the countryside and the window boxes are in full bloom with flowers. The peat fire was soon burning and the two donkeys in the field at the back came over to see what was happening, also a couple of skewbald ponies. There are buttercups,daisies,clover and yellow iris growing in the fields and hedgerows. The  dogs really enjoyed their walks. Everything is so green it really is the emerald isle.
We have bought some of the lovely fish for sale and tried Dillusk which is seaweed which you boil in milk. A man sells it from a van along with Carrageen Moss which you boil and drink the liquid as a cure for colds.
We visited lots of the west of Ireland and a couple of golf courses are links which are really lovely. Strandhill and Inishcrone.
The dogs have now travelled as far across Europe as they can go before swimming to America so that is their journey over!:D