Importing My New Dog.. Hopefully!

[Bloo]

No, 9 months is not standard practice - it's 12 weeks as is with most breeders. But for some reason I think Jess wants the pup to stay with the breeder until 9 monhts of age (Unless I have the wrong end of the stick here....)

 

[diademhill]

No, 9 months is not standard practice - it's 12 weeks as is with most breeders. But for some reason I think Jess wants the pup to stay with the breeder until 9 monhts of age (Unless I have the wrong end of the stick here....)

Pets passport - minimum age a dog (or cat) can come into the UK without quarantine is over nine months.

I've used it a couple of times and it is difficult to get stock as the pup has to be run on & few breeders have room or time to run on an extra puppy as well as the one they keep for themselves.
You have to start the vaccinations & blood tests six months prior to arrival & the earliest age for these is 12 weeks, hence 9 months.
Switching from a pug to a toller is a bit drastic though - I'd have though a Sussex spaniel would have fitted the bill.

 

[Bloo]

I'm clearly in non-thinking mode tonight.

 

[Jessica13]

The import regulations mean that the dog cant be imported until its had a rabies vaccination, then a blood test taken (one month later), it can then come into the country if a second blood test comes back clear 6 months later.

Our two choices are, have all that done as soon as the puppy is old enough and then let the breeder keep it until it 9 months old and able to come into this country without quarentine, or get the vaccination and blood test done, ship the puppy over (not nice for a 9 week old puppy!!) then stick the poor thing in quarentine kennels until its 9 months old. I dont know about you guys, but much as we would love to have the puppy in this country to be able to visit it is very cruel to take it away from its home, then stick it in kennels for 6 months so thats not an option. I'd much rather let it stay with the breeder

And they would charge for the food they have to feed it from 8 weeks old until it came to live with us. That is totally acceptable i think as we couldn't expect them to feed and raise it for 6 extra months for free!!!

Oooh, and im not a spaniel person to be honest - too much trimming and grooming to show and too noisy!! I have liked the tollers for a long time but they are so hard to get over here i didn't think it was an option. I've wanted a pug since i was tiny and still do want one!! But i think for the moment the toller is the better option as its a more active dog, and i'd love to be able to do agility and flyball with it! a pug is more of a lap dog - i will get one eventually though

 

[Angel Lady]

I think it is adorable.... It looks as if it is very happy

 

[pica_nuttalli]

(not nice for a 9 week old puppy!!) then stick the poor thing in quarentine kennels until its 9 months old. I dont know about you guys, but much as we would love to have the puppy in this country to be able to visit it is very cruel to take it away from its home, then stick it in kennels for 6 months so thats not an option.

not to mention the behavioral issues that would develop from such an experience; i can't even begin to imagine the mental scars that would result from quarantining a young puppy like that dogs are soooo not like fish that way (thank goodness )