going on holiday abroad with ur precious babies?

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• CreamyShibaMom

  August 2009 edited November -1

  sigh, why can't the in-laws come and see us, for god sakes we have dogs that can't travel! ;-)
  
  Though I've never done it, I say you could probably get some info from USDA, CBP, CDC and perhaps the state dept.? Plus the requirements to go back into your native country.. I don't think you'll have enough time from now through November to get what some of the others have done, which is like a pre-approval so they don't have to go into quarantine. And for a few weeks probably not worth the hassle.
  
  I know how you feel, trust me, as I've just come back from my in-laws and the pup was boarding for 12 days.. but with 3 dogs I say it's best to try and find a babysitter/house sitter...if we have to do it all again that's probably what I'll do, especially if we end up with multiple dogs. Good luck!
• TheWalrus

  August 2009 edited November -1

  It's probably pretty easy getting them Stateside, but bringing them back into Japan will be quite a hassle, probably involving a quarantine...
• yukidomari

  August 2009 edited August 2009

  Yup, Shigeru is right.
  
  Getting into the US - no problem.
  
  Going back to Japan - a minimum 7 month preparation to bypass incoming quarantine. Otherwise, your quarantine stay can be up to 180 days.
  
  But, it's possible. We do it every year.
  
  Nowadays some Japanese airports have pet hotels for if you're leaving your pet behind and wanna pick them up ASAP when you get back. Kansai International Airport (not Osaka International) has one.. it's convenient, but we've never used it.
  
  And here's the Japanese government link to bring dogs out, and back into Japan, or vice versa:
  
  Japanese: http://www.maff.go.jp/aqs/animal/index.html
  
  English: http://www.maff.go.jp/aqs/english/index.html
  
  Seeing how you're traveling in November, you don't have hardly enough time to prepare your dogs for travel, unless you want to return to Japan with a 180 day quarantine. So you'll have to leave them home this time, but you can always start their travel prep now and keep it ongoing in case you need to travel any other time in the future.
  
  The bad part is that since I assume you pups don't have ISO-compliant microchips, and that they were vaccinated for rabies without having microchips, you will have to have them re-vaccinated twice at least 30 days apart after a microchip is implanted. That's a lot of rabies vaccinations.. :T
• lingmorton

  August 2009 edited November -1

  Thanks for the advice every1
  yeah i expected it to be quite a hassle for bringing them back into Japan, not so much into the US
  we live on the naval base here so we have the ISO compliant microchips, we actually have both the ISO and Japanese microchips in all 3 of our babies.
  we have all our paperwork/shots up to date, but the shots needed for travel i guess we dnt have enuf time to prepare it. (((
  we are still gonna go check it out, because we live on the base, im hoping they allow me to do the quarantine on base(in home) when we return here.
  if not, my husband will stay for the full 3 wks while ill prolly fly back early, like after 7-10days. i do not want to board them, so i will have some1 come over. Even so, i dnt want to leave them with another person at home for 3 wks. so ill just have to cut short my vacation
  Thanks every1 for the advice tho
• yukidomari

  August 2009 edited August 2009

  Oh you're in the military base? Well, there's a little wiggle room I believe if you're relocated due to PCS, but not for personal travel. That's what a military friend told me, anyway. In either case you still need to have the rabies done on an ISO recorded pet, and a FAVN-rabies blood test performed by approved labs, the one my friend uses in one that services military personnel only in a military installment in Texas. And you'll need the forms signed by the USDA-APHIS.
  
  There is home-quarantine allowed for the military, but I'm pretty sure it's for PCS and not for leisure.