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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] |
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