"Blue Eden" wrote in message
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Does anyone have experience cruising with a small dog?
Next year we will sail the milk run of the Atlantic: Azores, Canaries, St.
Lucia and lesser antilles in Caribbean, Bermuda.
Some islands have pet restrictions. Are they strictly enforced or can a
small dog go discretly ashore?

Some Islands have very strict rules which include a quarantine. There is a
very good list on the following web site,

www.sailcharbonneau.com/QuarantineImport.htm

I hope this is what you need. Most British Islands have the 6 months
quarantine rule.

If you break the rule, you may be jailed and fined.

Jim Carter
"The Boat"
Bayfield

SIX MONTHS? Does that mean you can't see your dog for 6 months?



"Jim Carter" wrote in message
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"Blue Eden" wrote in message
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Does anyone have experience cruising with a small dog?
Next year we will sail the milk run of the Atlantic: Azores, Canaries,
St.
Lucia and lesser antilles in Caribbean, Bermuda.
Some islands have pet restrictions. Are they strictly enforced or can a
small dog go discretly ashore?

Some Islands have very strict rules which include a quarantine. There is
a
very good list on the following web site,

www.sailcharbonneau.com/QuarantineImport.htm

I hope this is what you need. Most British Islands have the 6 months
quarantine rule.

If you break the rule, you may be jailed and fined.

Jim Carter
"The Boat"
Bayfield

What part of the word "quarantine" don't you understand?

"Falky foo" wrote in message
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SIX MONTHS? Does that mean you can't see your dog for 6 months?

Yes, that's what it means. Quarantine for six months.

Jim Carter
"The Boat"
Bayfield

"Jim Carter" wrote in message
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"Falky foo" wrote in message
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SIX MONTHS? Does that mean you can't see your dog for 6 months?

Yes, that's what it means. Quarantine for six months.

Jim Carter
"The Boat"
Bayfield

Jim...think I read somewhere that they were planning to stop that procedure
for animals from countries with reliable animal health certificates.

"Falky foo" wrote in message
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SIX MONTHS? Does that mean you can't see your dog for 6 months?

Yes, that's what it means. Quarantine for six months.


not quite - you can visit.

My wife's mother married a brit and they moved to Guernsey when she was 8,
taking their dog. Weekly visits on Saturday - and that dog knew when they
were coming, according to the folks who ran the impound...

L8R

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On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 20:34:39 -0500, "Jim Carter"
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"Falky foo" wrote in message
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SIX MONTHS? Does that mean you can't see your dog for 6 months?

Yes, that's what it means. Quarantine for six months.

Considering the problems a lot of places are having with BSE and foot
and mouth, my suggestion is "don't cruise with a dog". It's
disrespectful to try to sneak an animal into a country that has a
problem with it, whether you think it's "fair" or not.

R.

Huh??? Dogs don't have any thing to do with BSE and foot and mouth . Those
are cattle deseases.

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On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 20:34:39 -0500, "Jim Carter"
wrote:


"Falky foo" wrote in message
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SIX MONTHS? Does that mean you can't see your dog for 6 months?

Yes, that's what it means. Quarantine for six months.

Considering the problems a lot of places are having with BSE and foot
and mouth, my suggestion is "don't cruise with a dog". It's
disrespectful to try to sneak an animal into a country that has a
problem with it, whether you think it's "fair" or not.

R.

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 23:08:46 -0500, "Glenn Ashmore"
wrote:

Huh??? Dogs don't have any thing to do with BSE and foot and mouth . Those
are cattle deseases.

I am aware of that, but dogs and cats can carry diseases--like
rabies--that have been eradicated in many countries. My point was that
many countries are far more sensitive to disease control and
quarantine issues--and rightly so, IMO--than we here in North America
are, which is why we have purple loosestrife, zebra mussels, killer
gobies and snakehead fish crowding out indigineous species.

As a former dog AND cat owner, I understand why people want pets on
board. As a person from a country that's had to deal with SARS and
BSE, I understand why people get strict over disease control.

Also, cats and dogs "getting loose" on a lot of islands (and Australia
and particularly, come to think of it) have killed off entire species
of flightless birds and native fauna. From an ecological perspective,
our "pets" are parasitic invaders frequently better equipped to kill
the local wildlife than that wildlife is equipped to evade them. The
Polynesians proved this with rats and pifs as they crossed the
Pacific.

I think if you are coasting in one country (particularly your own) and
can get ashore frequently, there can be no objection to pets aboard.
But the idea of taking a dog or even a cat on passage seems cruel to
me, dangerous to the pet, and the last thing I need is a furry bilge.

If you have a bigger boat or say, a trawler, the arguments against,
say, cats, lessen...but don't expect to take them ashore.

R.

On Saturday 08 January 2005 12:45 am in rec.boats.cruising Falky foo wrote:

SIX MONTHS? Does that mean you can't see your dog for 6 months?

Correct, and the quarantine kennel charges will probably
bust you in the meanwhile. You may find it hard to pay
the kennel charges while you are in jail. In many countries
a prison sentence is mandatory for illegally importing
an animal.

It is FAR cheaper to leave your dog in kennels at home.
The last time I checked the quarantine charges were
roughly 10 times the going rate for holiday kennels.

Please leave the mutt behind, we do not want your
diseases, especially rabies and toxicara canis which are
often fatal to both children and vulnerable adults.

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