Kaitlyn
Yes quarantine here is very strict, it used to be 6 months! but now they have cut it to 10 days, fortunately. I used to get them vaccinated every year, but now I have stopped and I am worried that once I get to Canada that they will require me to give them a rabies vaccine, I would be scared how they would react to it since they haven't had vaccines for a while, and when they did get them, they used to be off for days. they are little dogs, not big which would make a rabies vaccine even more hard on their bodies. Plus my dogs (I have a cat too, but she's indoor) are 8 and 7 so in a couple years they will be double digits. What provinces don't require the rabies vaccine? I would be worried though because I don't want them to get put down if they bite someone... this is just stuff I have never had to deal with before, since there's no rabies here :(
the only way I can think around it at the moment would be to apply for permanent residence after a few years and just come back to Australia for visits and get someone to look after my pets in Canada, to avoid the quarretine and vaccines. but if the residence got rejected, I would have no choice but to bring my pets back and get the rabies vaccine. and I'm not sure if I want to stay in Canada forever! but I know I don't want to leave my fur babies for 2 years.. as you can see.. it's just all too complicated. If Canada had rabies free status then I wouldn't have to worry, so I don't know :( I guess I'll have to just stay here!