European Pet Passport and Rabies Booster

[Lizbiebrowne]

Off shortly to the continent and one of the first stops is to get a EU pet passport for the dog. Although her UK administered rabies jab is valid until Nov 2023, would it be prudent to get the vet to give her a booster at the same time as issuing the pet passport. I'm thinking this might give it more "authenticity" and avoid transcription mistakes, confusion over dates etc.

 

[Phill D]

it appears that most ( but not all ) EU vets that are willing to issue a pet passport also insist on giving a Rabies booster.

 

[Peter and Julie]

Off shortly to the continent and one of the first stops is to get a EU pet passport for the dog. Although her UK administered rabies jab is valid until Nov 2023, would it be prudent to get the vet to give her a booster at the same time as issuing the pet passport. I'm thinking this might give it more "authenticity" and avoid transcription mistakes, confusion over dates etc.

You wont, I don't think get a French Pet Passport without a Rabies booster. Won't do them any harm.

 

[Landy Andy]

We went to a vet that was happy to transfer the rabies jab, but we had new one done just to make sure we had no future issues which we haven’t.

 

[The Happy Hooker]

When we got a Spanish pet passport, she would not transcribe the rabies info into it & thought a photocopy of the rabies certificate added into the passport would be ok. Having consulted thr experts on here, we got s booster done which was documented of course onto the new passport & all was ok on our return here.

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[Googlebot]

The UK vet I spoke to was insistent that EU vets wouldn’t accept it.

I would just get the booster done abroad, it’s all legal then and unequivocal.

They told me they lost all their EU signing rights for animals including health declarations and disease prevention etc when we left the EU. It’s not worth the hassle, especially when it’s probably cheaper abroad. Examination and worming tablets in France was €43. Just the rabies jab in the UK is £75, go figure!

 

[The Happy Hooker]

The UK vet I spoke to was insistent that EU vets wouldn’t accept it.

I would just get the booster done abroad, it’s all legal then and unequivocal.

They told me they lost all their EU signing rights for animals including health declarations and disease prevention etc when we left the EU. It’s not worth the hassle, especially when it’s probably cheaper abroad. Examination and worming tablets in France was €43. Just the rabies jab in the UK is £75, go figure!

I probably didn't make myself clear. The uk vet didn't write in the passport, we were still away when she had the booster which was done in Portugal.

 

[Googlebot]

I probably didn't make myself clear. The uk vet didn't write in the passport, we were still away when she had the booster which was done in Portugal.

In that case, it should be fine.

It might still be cheaper to get it done in the EU early though.

 

[Minxy]

We got our 3 dogs (now 2 unfortunately) passports in Portugal in the spring, the vet was happy to transfer the rabies jab info into each new passport so no need for them to be done again. The cost for them all was €75.

 

[Bart]

Lizbiebrowne we have just returned from a trip to France , we have 2 small dogs and as we live in n.ireland we just went over the border into southern Ireland to get EU pet passports.
The vet was more than happy to issue the EU pet passports and as both our dogs rabies jabs were ok for another year the vet just " copied over their existing jabs batch numbers etc into the EU pet passport, scanned the dogs microchips , filled out the rest of the EU pet passport and job was done.
We forward a week and we went to the tunnel and presented both EU and the N.Ireland pet passports over to the lady in the pet centre , hmm she said looking at the EU pet passports , she said them ones , refering to the EU ones are no good , but the N.I ones are ok , I said why ?
Well basically when a new pet passport is filled out the vet has to scan the dog and then register it's microchip information in the new pet passport , but here is the catch , the microchip scanned date has to be BEFORE or at the same time as the dogs last rabies jabs , and cannot be a date after the dogs last jab.
Luckily enough we were not required to have any AHC'S as we are from n.ireland , so we were able to get through with the normal UK pet passports

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[Camdoon]

The UK vet I spoke to was insistent that EU vets wouldn’t accept it.

I would just get the booster done abroad, it’s all legal then and unequivocal.

They told me they lost all their EU signing rights for animals including health declarations and disease prevention etc when we left the EU. It’s not worth the hassle, especially when it’s probably cheaper abroad. Examination and worming tablets in France was €43. Just the rabies jab in the UK is £75, go figure!

Worming tablet and examination in Spain, 7 Euros.

 

[MichaelT]

We got our 3 dogs (now 2 unfortunately) passports in Portugal in the spring, the vet was happy to transfer the rabies jab info into each new passport so no need for them to be done again. The cost for them all was €75.

Where did you get the passports please, we are looking to get Reggie one when we travel in 3 weeks?

 

[maz]

We got our 3 dogs (now 2 unfortunately) passports in Portugal in the spring, the vet was happy to transfer the rabies jab info into each new passport so no need for them to be done again. The cost for them all was €75.

Transferring the rabies vaccination info is fine provided it is done properly. Unfortunately a lot of vets seem incapable of doing this and come up with some strange ideas as to what they believe will be acceptable. If in any doubt, it is probably safest to get another rabies booster at the time the EU pet passport is issued.

 

[Red Sonja]

Just for info Bart. Pet passports issued in Northern Ireland are still considered EU Pet passports. You just need a sticker on the front and the vet to update it.

 

[maz]

Well basically when a new pet passport is filled out the vet has to scan the dog and then register it's microchip information in the new pet passport , but here is the catch , the microchip scanned date has to be BEFORE or at the same time as the dogs last rabies jabs , and cannot be a date after the dogs last jab.

This catches a lot of people out. Basically, if you are having rabies vaccination info transferred the vet needs to enter the date of implantation of the microchip, not the date of reading it.

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[Bart]

Just for info Bart. Pet passports issued in Northern Ireland are still considered EU Pet passports. You just need a sticker on the front and the vet to update it.

I am now aware of this under the N.I protocol , but still am going down the EU pet passport , for 2 reasons , 1. Things do and will change especially with politicians in charge , 2. In the future I might not still be living in NI.
but thanks for the info Red Sonja

 

[Bart]

This catches a lot of people out. Basically, if you are having rabies vaccination info transferred the vet needs to enter the date of implantation of the microchip, not the date of reading it.

Yip later last night I read this in another pet passport thread here , which happens to be your post , the problem I see here is that the vet surely cannot just take the dog owners word that the dog was microchiped on xxxx date , surely there would need to be some physical evidence to confirm this date. I guess that could be a problem asking a vet to put xxxx date without them being able to confirm said date. , Super informative info , thanks

Unfortunately this is a fairly frequent problem with Pet Passports issued by transferring over existing rabies vaccination details. With transferred details the date needs to be the date of implantation of the microchip, otherwise it appears that the rabies vaccination was given before the dog was microchipped. This is highlighted in the following page from the ‘How To Complete Pet Passports‘ booklet issued by the APHA when we were still members of the EU.

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[Minxy]

Yip later last night I read this in another pet passport thread here , which happens to be your post , the problem I see here is that the vet surely cannot just take the dog owners word that the dog was microchiped on xxxx date , surely there would need to be some physical evidence to confirm this date. I guess that could be a problem asking a vet to put xxxx date without them being able to confirm said date. , Super informative info , thanks

The date of implementation should be in the original PP however in the case of our Minky I logged into the microchip providers website and got it from there, if I'd taken her vaccination card with me that could have been used instead.

 

[BreweryDave]

If you obtain an EU passport, dont forget you will need ALL relevant vaccinations done in the EU…..NOT a U.K. vet, or it will be invalidated. This applies to every vaccination, every year

 

[Minxy]

Peso da Regua, Portugal

Régua Vet

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[Phill D]

If you obtain an EU passport, dont forget you will need ALL relevant vaccinations done in the EU…..NOT a U.K. vet, or it will be invalidated. This applies to every vaccination, every year

Correct except I do not believe that the annual normal boosters. Need to be done in the EU only anything rabies related.
But happy to be shown that I am incorrect

 

[Minxy]

If you obtain an EU passport, dont forget you will need ALL relevant vaccinations done in the EU…..NOT a U.K. vet, or it will be invalidated. This applies to every vaccination, every year

Wrong, only the rabies jab needs to be done in the EU before the expiry date of the current one, ours are every 3 years. Other vaccinations are not required or relevant to the EU passport.

 

[Minxy]

Where did you get the passports please, we are looking to get Reggie one when we travel in 3 weeks?

Peso da Regua, Portugal

Régua Vet