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Lorraine

Hi
Thanks for a great article! I live in spain with my lovely gsd cross rescue dog and am totally anti the annual rabies shot they state is a legal requirement.
He had it ( without mercury as I insisted! ) And parvo as a pup but I don't want him to have more. My concern is if we have to travel back to uk or go to the vet for anything we could get fined or forced into it or worse.
Please can you advise me on what to do? I know you are advising from the US but I don't know who to turn to here for help.

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Will Falconer, DVM Moderator

Thanks for providing the Canadian experience, Joanne, or at least your province's. And if there are others who cross the border regularly, perhaps they'd share their experiences. As it stands, does "current" paperwork mean rabies every three years?
Interstate in the US, health certificates can be signed by a vet with rabies "out of date" by usual standards and no one notices, to my knowledge. Main thing: signature, appropriate blanks filled out, boxes checked, etc.
I'm sure international travel is more restrictive. But I've also heard through the grapevine that trans-Canadian/US travel happens with dogs regularly w/o necessarily having up to date rabies. Anyone know how?

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