I am new to this forum and am seeking some honest advice. I will be taking a job with a British company and need to be in London mid-March 2005. I have done as much research as possible and keep finding that my dog has to be in quarantine for 6 months. I will have a microchip installed tomorrow and blood drawn for the initial rabies test. Assuming she is fine, which she is, is there any way around keeping her in quarantine for 6 months? It doesn't make sense that every dog coming into the UK needs to be quarantined so long. The DEFRA website is of no help.

Thank you in advance for your advice.

LB

 

I have read the PETS Scheme guidelines throughly by myself and with my Vet. I guess my real question is if there is any way to reduce the 6 month period that my dog needs to be in the US or in the UK quarantine. From what I can tell, the dog can stay w/ friends here as long as she is following the procedures to meet thet 6 mth requirement. She can also come to the UK right away and stay in quarantine for 6 mths.

I was hoping to limit the total time that she will be away from me and my wife. I can understand needing to monitor her 6-8 weeks. But 6 mths is overkill. Are there any loop holes?