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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?

On Friday 07 January 2005 3:30 pm in rec.boats.cruising Blue Eden wrote:

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?

The dog gets 6 months in quarantine if you have the cash
to pay the fees in advance, otherwise destroyed.
You get to spend 2 years sharing a cell with an assrapist
called Bubba.

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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

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

"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

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

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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Ingore what the alarmist are saying. It is not easy cruising with a dog but
NO IT DOES NOT mean that your dog gets locked up in some pound for 6 months.
Even in England which is used to be the toughest does not require quarintine
if you have the proper paperwork. In those places that do have strict
quarintines the dog stays in designated hostels where you can visit any
time.

In the BVI it means house arrest. The dog can't leave the house or boat
until the quarantine period is over. But to get an import permit you do
have to provide certified test results for a number of deases which can be
expensive and there is only one lab in the US that does one of the tests. .

Otherwise the dog has to stay onboard. On the few islands with quarintine
regulations if he is reported or caught outside quarantine he will be
immediately distroyed with no appeals. But in the BVI technically that is
true also for any dog not on a leash.

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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?



"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

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
news:UnHDd.13315$EG1.11134@lakeread04...
Ingore what the alarmist are saying. It is not easy cruising with a dog
but
NO IT DOES NOT mean that your dog gets locked up in some pound for 6
months.
Even in England which is used to be the toughest does not require
quarintine
if you have the proper paperwork. In those places that do have strict
quarintines the dog stays in designated hostels where you can visit any
time.

In the BVI it means house arrest. The dog can't leave the house or boat
until the quarantine period is over. But to get an import permit you do
have to provide certified test results for a number of deases which can be
expensive and there is only one lab in the US that does one of the tests.
..

Otherwise the dog has to stay onboard. On the few islands with quarintine
regulations if he is reported or caught outside quarantine he will be
immediately distroyed with no appeals. But in the BVI technically that is
true also for any dog not on a leash.
Glenn Ashmore

Hi Glenn:
I am not sure where you got your information, but, the rule for England is 6
months quarantine if the dog arrives by boat. There are specil permits
available to import a dog to England, by aircraft only, that can be applied
if the dog meets all of the requirements. You may check this with English
Customs. I did. This same rule also applies to BVI and many other Islands
in the Caribbean. It is best to leave the dog at home. It would be a
terrible thing to ignore the rule and have your pet destroyed.

Jim Carter
"The Boat"
Bayfield

What about birds kept in cages on the boat? ( have a parrot)


On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 01:51:20 +0000, Chris Newport
wrote:

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.

Weebles Wobble
(but they don't fall down)