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Old Aug 29, 2015 | 10:16 am
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OrangeCrow
 
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Germany
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Originally Posted by offerendum
Tulku has fun - cool So many great pictures of him!

Thank you! Tulku (she) is the only member of our team who has fun all the time. We experience a full spectrum of feelings, from extremely positive to extremely negative. And Tulku is just constantly happy with whatever happens.

Originally Posted by mpkz
Sounds like an awesome trip (the whole thing, not just the boat). How do you manage to bring a dog across so many borders without quarantines or anything like that? I'm sure it's well-behaved, but often times people aren't

Thank you Not many countries in the world still require quarantine for dogs. Australia and New Zealand still do and maybe some other islands, but most countries e.g. Great Britain and even Hawaii are loosening up the requirements. Tulku has her Pet Passport with her identification info and vaccination record. In order to cross a border we need to do some paperwork: visit the vet and get a updated health certificate, then visit the governmental veterinary office (usually a part of ministerium of agriculture or the like) and get the approval stamp on the certificate and that is pretty much it for the most of the countries. 95% of the borders I ever crossed with my dog don't even want to look at the paperwork. If I proactively show the paperwork to customs, the workers don't really know how the paperwork should look like, so they don't know if my paperwork is valid (it usually is) and what they are supposed to do with it. So I stopped being proactive and have the paperwork ready for just in case somebody wants to see it. There are some strict countries like Chile, India or GB, but most of them don't really care. The biggest challenge is that not many people travel with their dogs, so there isn't a lot of reliable information about the requirements and the process. But in praxis it's not that complicated.

Originally Posted by mad_atta
Interesting report, on a journey I've been contemplating for a while (though probably in the other direction).

Thank you! May I ask why would you like to go in the opposite direction?
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