HOME

Shipping Dogs to the
Philippines


 

Who Else Wants to Escape to a Tropical Paradise?

Who Else Wants to Escape to a Tropical Paradise?
with Free 7 Day eCourse Filipina Familiarity 101

              
            ISLANDROSE
   If you want roses for your
   Filipina friend
click on

    
        IslandRose

                                                  
      
Beach Properties for Sale!
For more info visit:
www.samarislands.com
and
www.warmparadise.com

"Something new from UN Village, N. Samar, pristine Philippines!" 
 
TWO DAYS FREE RESORT ACCOMMODATION INCLUDING BOAT TRIPS TO OUR PEARL FARM, FOR BUYERS
 
Members of LinP3 can mail Chris at chris@samarislands.com for more information and yesgerald@peoplepc.com his manager for reservations. And place 2 DAYS please.

-GENERAL INFORMATION-

Live like a King in the Philippines
Cost of Living
Real Estate/Rentals
(Apartments, Houses, Condo, Hotels and Clubs)
Places To Live
Love and Romance Filipino Style
Health in the Philippines
Medical, Dental and Cosmetic Surgery
Maids: Cheap and Priceless
Climate and Attire
Getting Around
How safe is living here for Expats
Shopping Filipino Style
Accommodations
Philippine Culture
Filipino Education
Filipino Painting
Politics and Economy
Home: Staying In Touch
Getting Money from Home
Other Things To Do
Living and Retiring
Visas
Herbal Medicine
Golf in the Philippines
Death and Dying in the Philippines
Business, Job, Investing and Banking
Wedding in the Philippines
Philippine Recipe
Philippine Embassies and Consulates
Frauds Cases in the Philippines
American Citizen Services
Philippine Zip Code
Philippine Telephone Code
Philippine Call Centers
Philippine Corporation Code
Estafa and the Bouncing Checks
Philippine Securities Regulation Code
Philippine Family Code
Anti-Money Laundering
Philippines Citizenship
Philippines Highlights
History of Philippines Architecture
Philippines Wild Life
 

-REFERENCES-

-MAILING LISTS-

-GUESTBOOK-

OTHER INTERESTING ARTICLES


 

 
How to ship your dogs to the Philippines:

A member of the our mailing list wrote:

I need suggestions for a good carrier to put my dog in, plus how to give her enough water. What was your airlines policy on getting the dog on the plane on time, plus any other tips you can provide, such as the necessary paperwork beforehand? I know to fly her the cool months from November to say, January.
Tony

>>Recently I moved 3 labs to Cebu. All my dogs weigh in excess of 90 lbs and 1 is is 120lbs. I used an approved carrier called the Sky Cab, they range in price from $30-$100.I have moved my dogs several times and never had problems using this carrier. They are available in several sizes. You can purchase water bottles that can be attached via a metal bracket that will contain about a quart of water. They are not expensive, but they leak, so I chose to use a large baby bottle instead. I got the dogs to drink from the bottle about 3 days
prior to leaving so they got used to it. Prior to shipping the dogs I called the Dept of Animal control for a permit to bring the dogs. Took about a week to get the permit, and the permit itself is only good for 14 days. As soon as I got the permit I took the dogs to the Vet and got a certificate of health and all necessary shots including hepatitis. Also don't forget to ask for a prescription for heartworm.

Another thing, Philippines Air charged me 1000.00 per dog to fly from Honolulu straight to Mactan in Cebu. If you don't mind the stops, JAL will charge you approximately 200.00, but you may lay over in some cases overnight, and still only get as far as Manila. Make sure you contact the air lines prior to, to find out what markings they require on the cage itself as airlines differ as to how they want them labaled. (Strangello)

 I brought my two dogs from Omaha Nebraska USA to Cebu Philippines the end of May 2004. You fly the dogs based on the weather from origin to destination. After reading the nwa.com  on dogs, call nwa cargo 800 and find a rep
that relates. A few reps will put you down right away, but I worked in operations  at the railroad for 15 years and no one rep is the same. Some reps  just want to work with dry goods and lazy to work with dogs cause  they involve lots of conversation.. Once you find someone willing to  spend the time to work with you, keep their name and keep in contact.
This makes a big difference. I got a gal that was really helpful
and  had some that just didn't want to take the time to mess with dogs.

I flew my dogs 3 months before I got here and they stayed with
relatives. Why, because of the weather. I think it was Dave Star
that told me to fly them in May. You check out the weather pattern  which is tough, but when the dogs flies they check the route temps and  then they know. You may have to bring your dogs home and back a few  times but you will find an opening in the weather and NWA will find  different routes every time.

Once they were going thru Anchorage and then it was changed to  Detroit. In the early AM these dog services are there with maybe 30  dogs flying out and that's when the dog raisers ship their dogs is  early morning. NWA cargo opens at 6am in Omaha. Get their phone number by going down there in person and chatting.  When you're there you can get their phone and fax number, but you  still key around the rep at the NWA 800 number. Soon the NWA cargo  will be on the phone last minute with the 800 rep and get your dogs up and away.

1) The Philippine consulate has a web page and you need to get an  import permit from the bureau of Animal Industry in Quezon City. It's  not hard to do. Your Philippine Consulate has someone who handles  dogs. I finally called `dave' in Quezon Phil Dept Ag, Bureau of  Animal Industry. They are easy to work with once you get someone who  speaks English and doesn't just brush you off.  Having a fax machine is a big, big help. Fax me to death.

2) You need to have your vet fill out a 'small animal permit'
for the  Consulate to stamp and it has to be within 20 days. So you must  overnight  it to the Consulate. Get the persons name at the Consulate.  Remember UPS is shut down on weekends, so pickup at the Philippine  Consulate requires you to have the return overnight envelope and  carrier arranged and prepaid by you. If the consulate has them ready  on Friday, you may wait until Monday before they pick them up.

So, it  that case you would want return via USPS overnight. Try to arrange  your "small animal certificate" by your vet so you can mail it on a  Monday and then you know the week ends aren't going to be a problem.  It would have been better if the return was USPS cause it sat at  the  Consulate Friday, Saturday and Sunday until the Monday pickup.  Remember you are fighting time to get the 20 day limitation for the Phil gov't, and you need a second one for USDA. As  I said your vet knows your dog is okay after 10 days of issuing  a `small animal cert' and should make another one out for free and  mail it to you cause the U.S. requires the cert be within 10 days of  departure.

3)By the time it comes back your "USDA small animal cert" will be  over 10 days, so tell your vet you gonna need another copy just days  before the flight leaves. Mine did it for nothing, and just dated it  later and mailed it to me.

4)You MUST have a broker. I used triwayord.org   in chicago and they  fellow was 'Roman'. He did a great job in getting a customs broker in  Manila and a notify party.
5)I used NWA and nwa.com has a sheet on all the things you need to do. The only thing they don't tell you is you need a customs broker which  you definitely do.

6)Fly you dog when it is below 85 degrees at all point if it is
going cargo. I had to change schedules several times. Drive down to your airport and locate the cargo area for dogs. That way you know the folks and they know you and you don't get lost trying to find the place. Make your relative the consignee, not the broker and make copies of everything so you can fax them if something goes wrong.

7) nwa.com has a page where you can keep posted as to the exact time  it lands in Manila. Then you call LD the notify party. Your dog will  be in the 'red lane' for live animals. My dogs got in at 10:30pm  about May 27th and it was right about 85 degrees. I called and  they answered and I told them I didn't want the dogs brain to burn up.. They sat in an air condition building all night  with the dog until customs  opened up in the morning. Then they brought the dogs to a 'doggie'  place for a bath and feed. Then they got a truck to put them on to  Air Philippines and they flew to Cebu, were delivered right to house. I was going to have relatives take a ship to Manila or fly to Manila,  but when you add up the expenses and schedule changes and LD phone
calls its no savings.

8)Wal Mart has airline approved cages and tape baggies of 'dry dog  fools to the cage/s" Let the dogs sleep in the cages for a few nights  as they need to get used to them and it does work. When you bring  them to the airport you need lots of shredded newspaper. My dog flew 7am to Detroit, then to a 'doggie' place all day for @$50 then they drive the dogs in their cages back to the airport for a  late night flight to avoid the heat and next they are in Japan
for a  few hours refueling and they get watered, etc., Next it lands in  Manila and you check some websites for the temp. I used LITP and 4 or  5 fellows gave me the temperature in Manila cause I keep the issue on  the LITP that day. I got varying temps, but basically they were about  85 degrees. I called the notify party who apparently had a phone  right there on them and I could call and talk to the guy who was with
the dogs anytime.

Lastly, for TWO dogs is cost me $1299 air from Omaha to Manila. Then customs, dog handling, trucking, Air Philippines, and delivery  to the house was about $1000.  I just put it on my credit card at 2.9%APR and autopay each month. They got here and the relatives said the dog had a sore after some
weeks. When I got here I was amazed that some parasites had really make the skin turn red and soon the skin and all can almost  peal off the bone. I had a can of this sauve for cow utters made in  Vermont I bought at Walgrens for about $4 bucks and put that on them  and it cleared right up.

It was a lot of work and time consuming, but the biggest problem was  that they didn't tell me I needed a customs broker until I was ready  to ship the dogs. Then I had to reschedule the whole thing and got a  broker and from there I eventually could fax the necessary papers to  Philippine Bureau of Animal Industry, the customs broker. All these papers will be with the air bill that you get, but make  copies cause customs doesn't really read them and then the broker in  Manila can contact your broker and your broker will furnish the Phil  broker and you can fax them to the Phil broker. In the end you will  know via fax the customs broker and by phone the notify party.

Lastly, and apart from your original question is shots. The rabies  shot by Phiizer(sp) is a three, 3 year shot. One year shots are  merely mislabeled for the income of the vets.
There are several articles on the web where years shots can damage  the dog. I called the Nebraska Director of Agriculture and talked to  him and he said the 3 year shot is fine.
Many vets argue for the one year shot but you will find they are
just  after the money. I never found an article in support of a one year shot and pziser  doesn't really make such a shot. The shots that are labeled `one  year' are mislabeled in the U.S. and they are really three year  shots. Even the Omaha City Council finally adopted a 3 year shot like  Sarpy county Nebraska. A 30 year veterinarn appeared before the Omaha  City Council and said the one year shorts were a rip off. Another Vet
countered. I called the countering Vet on the phone and he slammed  the phone in my ear and I am always polite, but factual, and he lost his cool. I basically gave him all the indisputable evidence and told  him not one web page out of innumerable web sites had any  justification for a 1 year short, and quite on the contrary it was  damaging the dogs with over vaccinations. Sorry if any of you  readings a vet but you all know the truth.  Next is heartworm pills, that's another rip off. Just after investing  about $3+/pill I found that Earl May Garden Center sold them right  off the shelves.. If you can get a bunch at Earl May, stock up, cause you may take  months to find a vet here and you aren't gong to haul them in a cab  or a jeepney
(Dave Utterback)

Additional:
April 2005
Dogs had red sores after arriving in Philippines. Applied `bag balm' and it  cleared up. Recently a fellow American told me on the farm they just  use motor oil.

Dog got ticks. Fenced in yard but no grass. Tried bathing with tick  soap so finally went to a vet and got a spray which the vet rubbed  onto the fur of the dogs using latex gloves.

April 2005
Now the dogs coats are shinny and the ticks fell off. Overuse of
the  product can prevent the spray from working. April 2005: Bought heartgard Ivermectin + pyrantel (heartworm
pills) box of 6 with a 7th attached to the box for P900 per dogs.
 

 

Hi James,
You can actually bring your dog here without too much expense. Thetrick is that you and your pet must fly Northwest airlines. They
are the only carrier that I'm aware of that has a decent fare for
bringing your pet here.Make sure your dog flies with you. If not, your pet will be labeled as cargo, which will have to go through customs and a duty amount will be assessed. However, if you bring the dogs with you on the flight, Northwest charges $350 for up to 150 lbs (pet and kennel). check out their website http://www.nwa.com/services/shipping/
cargo/products/ppet2.shtml#cost
[Carriez]


 

 

[TOP]  [HOME]  [SITEMAP]  [LINK TO US ]  [TELL A FRIEND]



 

Click to subscribe Living Retiring Traveling and Doing Business In The Philippines

<<< F R E E-
<< Click to subscribe to Living, Retiring, Traveling, Doing Business  and Moving  To The Philippines
FREE INFORMATION FROM EXPATS, FOREIGNERS WHO TALK ABOUT LIVING IN THE PHILIPPINES, RELOCATION HERE AND DOING BUSINESS, TRAVELING OR RETIRING IN THE PHILIPPINES.

 
   Copyright © 2001-2008 livinginthephilippines Inc. All rights reserved
   Design By:
Don Herrington © 2001
   Maintained By: Web Designer's Workshop

   Edited by: Pete Onni