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Hi Dr Will,
I recently had to complete health certificates for some servicemember's dogs going to Germany with him and his wife, and was amazed at how complicated it has become now, thanks to the European Union. The USDA office faxed me 19 pages of instructions on how to complete the 7 or so pages of the certificate, which was very wordy and detailed. The dogs were in great health, despite a standard vaccine history, but the whole process was daunting to all involved. I served as a US Army vet in Germany from 1990-93, and it was much simpler to send animals back to the states in those days, or over to Europe, than it is now, thanks to regulatory veterinary medicine.
Todd Cooney

Dear Will, by now I am too biased to become friendly with a vet who would write an honest certificate :)
To my knowledge nothing but the EU passport with the vaccine’s barcode & vet’s stamp are accepted. New regulations even require these to be laminated (in new EU passports). We may try next time to get titer testing & a cert.
Thanks to Joe we are on a never-ending homeopathic journey, with lots of stories. Including my cat’s last days in a peaceful home environment, supported by homeopathic end of life remedies. I like to think he had an enjoyable death, surrounded by his loved ones incl. my dog, he was alert & joyful, mostly pain free, to the last day.