Be advised that microchips can migrate around the body, so much so that they cannot be detected.
Probably advisable to have the vet check the microchip from time to time, especially if you ever holiday abroad with your dog.
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Be advised that microchips can migrate around the body, so much so that they cannot be detected.
Probably advisable to have the vet check the microchip from time to time, especially if you ever holiday abroad with your dog.
Don't EU restrictions now require a visit to the vet immediately prior to (or a week or two before) going to EU?
Yes and she apparently did.
The stringent aspect seems to be a validated rabies vaccination that is up to date. A bit like most people with dogs have for different things in the UK. Boosters seem to be needed. That will be out of date in 2024 but I'm unlikely to take a dog abroad due to how we holiday. Usually tours of some sort.
The only other aspect I can add is that the passport has loads of spaces for updates, treatments etc so the passport can last for ........ but they must be updated as needed.
UK to EU appears to have changed. A one off piece of paper each time. Rabies needed but not so comprehensively spec'd as the EU. Probably costs more over all and not so clear but suppose vets do know what to do.
UK to EU appears to have changed. A one off piece of paper each time. Rabies needed but not so comprehensively spec'd as the EU. Probably costs more over all and not so clear but suppose vets do know what to do.
You may be correct.
I am not sure that the vet has to scan for the microchip if he already has the information on his PC.
Having just googled the subject, I did not realise how much an Animal Health Licence costs. It is £180 for four months. That it £540 per annum if you regularly travel to or from the EU and Northern Ireland. Wow...
Edit- and that excludes the cost of the rabies vaccine every 3 years and rabies and tape worm blood tests.
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I'd guess that a UK vet wouldn't object to updating an EU passport. A Slovakian may go home and get it done or to the EU. I'd guess it's more routine in the EU.
The rabies booster is needed in 2024 in this dogs case. I think that varies according to which one is used as have seen will accept 3 year ones mentioned. The initial vaccination appears to be checked via an antibody test. Looking at this area I was surprise what animals can catch it - cats and foxes too. I found a survey. 2007. Infections seem to be reportable.
Tape worm etc seems to just be a medication given.
LOL The passports are blue.
The rabies booster is needed in 2024 in this dogs case. I think that varies according to which one is used as have seen will accept 3 year ones mentioned. The initial vaccination appears to be checked via an antibody test. Looking at this area I was surprise what animals can catch it - cats and foxes too. I found a survey. 2007. Infections seem to be reportable.
Tape worm etc seems to just be a medication given.
LOL The passports are blue.
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I understood you weren't sure the passport was legit?The passport means no quarantine. The whole idea. These to me need checking just as human ones are. They may or may not be. How the puppy has arrived is a matter of conjecture really. Slovakians visit Slovakia. There are all sorts of possibilities good and bad. Passport costs differ dramatically between countries.
Anyway looks like Bree is going to be Becky.No family objections - yet. Difference - she looks at me as soon as I say it. I need to have a name sorted before visiting the vets. The vet can settles several aspects. The dogs microchip code can be transferred to the UK. One check is that this matches the dog.
No - I don'tknow. It's possible end of really. It appears to have got the dog here so highly likely to be ok. A bent vet, not the sane dog. Something to check.
You've bought a mad dog?
No. Only the booster gives them rabies. Same as covid. Gov plot to get all to catch it,
More seriously don't think so. She is more settled in now.
No mess last night, That being reliable may take a while as it does with all pups. Quick for a fist time really.
She likes to be within a couple of feet of some one even if they just move around in the same room.
If wife is in another room she periodically checks what she is up to.
Loads of tail wagging.
Sleeps at times, explores etc. Some puppy dreams.
Recognises no. If too many of them may get stubborn and not respond to calls. Just sits and stares at me.
She is exercising herself in the garden now.
Take her out after the morning meal and she poos and piddles. Looks like that may help in the evening too. Be a while before she can just be let out.
Accepts a lead fairly well now. That didn't take long.
She heard her first siren yesterday before I did. Barked, dashed out of the house to the front gate. Bit guard dog like. A number of dogs are like that.
When I got up this morning she gave me a high speed agility display with Ilmmelmann turns against a kitchen floor cabinet. Then settled down for a fuss.
Ikea so doors easy to replace but ok so far. I suspect she will settle down. Puppies can be a bit over the top.
She likes licking my feet if I have no socks on.She may chew hard stuff but is beginning to play with balls. I may get a nylar bone and give it her at times. Pups may do this sort of thing.
Not keen on a cage. Our last GS broke some of the welds in it and then accepted it. This one bent the wires and got out. Cages can be needed at times. It's sort of built into the kitchen. I'm going to see what I can do with one of these. It will leave more space than the cage.
I've not bought any training treats - yet, I frown on too much of that. Much used by dog display teams and it shows,
She either sleeps on her memory foam bed in the corner, or next to me, under my feet, me on the recliner. The recliner creaks if I try to get up, which wakes her and up she gets to see where I am going - to avoid her guessing, I just tell her and she leads the way.
I use one of those nylon woven ones, ends joined by a short section of chain, so no buckle. The nylon section is adjustable for length, so you set it to just slip over her head. In the car, or out, I always put it on her for safety - it's handy to grab her. She only needs to see the collar and she can put it on herself.
The lead I use is a police style training lead. I like its length and adaptability. It has the spring hooks at each end, can be shortened to a normal lead length, or double length and can be used if necessary, without need for a collar. I like a long lead, because she is very difficult to walk with on a short lead - she insists on walking a few steps, stopping and investigating, then a few more steps. Unlike a traditional lead, this lead makes it easy to lash her to anything handy, whilst I nip in a shop. I keep one by the back door and a second in the car.
With her, it's helicopters. One flew low over the house and garden when she was a pup. She thought she had chased it off and ever since then, if she hears one, she dashes out to chase it away. Planes no problem, but helicopters are for chasing
Every few years, I buy her a batch of ex-match tennis balls on ebay. They last her for years, where as the usual tennis balls sold for dogs, she can destroy in seconds. She has never chewed anything she didn't ought to chew. She asks for the cardboard tubes in toilet rolls to tear up and make an incredible mess with. She also likes those plastic pots which the likes of microwave puddings come in, which she can walk around with making the plastic make a clicking noise. One dog we had, used to enjoy sitting popping the bubbles of bubble wrap.
No, she always spits the bits out.
I went off tennis balls. The only time our GS's have tore things up is Xmas presents and the paper from all of them even ours. They have open their own. They seem to take to the idea easily. Toy destruction varies but a no when they have a really good go at that has worked with them but lots are flimsy so the time does come to throw them away. They can get carried away with squeaky ones - too many squeaks when watching the TV but even those can last for months.
This one - no idea really what the breed does. A problem in some ways as have to own them. I don't think the web is that good a guide. It can give people an idea but dogs of the same breed can vary.
Puppy training clubs. Good way of socialising a dog but if a dog is disruptive they may tell you to go away. Nice easy life for them. We did have one who used a local park and a building in it who realised it may take a while and did the right thing even group walks. Sadly the Cadbury trust told her to go away. Looking around things look to have become more complex and costs have increased. We do have a local one that can train military etc dogs. Also a walker that does group walks - may be useful.
They have open their own. They seem to take to the idea easily. Toy destruction varies but a no when they have a really good go at that has worked with them but lots are flimsy so the time does come to throw them away. They can get carried away with squeaky ones - too many squeaks when watching the TV but even those can last for months.This one - no idea really what the breed does. A problem in some ways as have to own them. I don't think the web is that good a guide. It can give people an idea but dogs of the same breed can vary.
Puppy training clubs. Good way of socialising a dog but if a dog is disruptive they may tell you to go away. Nice easy life for them. We did have one who used a local park and a building in it who realised it may take a while and did the right thing even group walks. Sadly the Cadbury trust told her to go away. Looking around things look to have become more complex and costs have increased.
We do have a local one that can train military etc dogs. Also a walker that does group walks - may be useful.
I joined one of those, as soon as I found out she liked to bark and go berserk at every dog she might meet. They must have had 20 dogs being trained and had me walk round them in ever decreasing circles. Of course she behaved perfectly every time, though a bit timid
I took her a few times, but - Once back home, she carried on with the barking at other dogs.[EDIT] I forgot to say I had to give here an unplanned bath yesterday. She had found a empty except for a crumbs packet of toffee popcorn, in one of the waste bins in the house, got her face in it and it was stuck all over her fur.
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