Returning to England with dog!!

Nykky · Dec 5th 2007, 12:56 pm

Thanks for the vet contacts. Have no idea where most of these places are, so will check with a map.

The rest of the info should come in handy to others.

thanks again

ps, do you happen to know if these vets are just random vets in those areas, or are vets that know and are equipped for the scheme? We're not in France so I'm dreading having to ring several to work out if they have everything set up.

**val50** · Dec 5th 2007, 1:08 pm

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Originally Posted by Le Chant

A long post, so apologies in advance. This is something I posted on a relevant camping forum (we own a campsite) so used to get lots of folks asking about this. Sadly, we no longer accept pets on site (too many of our own!). HTH

Visit the DEFRA website at http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quarantine/index.htm for up-to-date info about the Pet Travel Scheme.

Have a look at http://www.day-tripper.net/infopetsabroad.html for more useful tips and info, including special offers on Ferries etc. Also costs involved for petcare products overseas. Very useful site.

See http://www.ledogstop.com/pages/travel_scheme_vets.html for more useful info.

http://www.dogsaway.co.uk/main/vets.htm also has good info, and a useful 'step-by-step' guide to obtaining your pet passport. They can arrange a vet on your behalf, but will charge for it at £27 per appointment, and £15 per subsequent visit. Expensive when you consider that quite alot of the French vets speak very good English, making it easier for those with little or no French to deal with them.

http://www.petplanet.co.uk/travel_int_vets.asp has a section with details of vets in Germany & Italy. Useful site.

Ok, here's the numbers...

Vets in Calais

Full list and telephone numbers of Vets in Nord-Pas de Calais, call (00 33) 3 27 96 84 38.

Clinique Vétérinaire du Parc Saint Pierre des Drs Fermé J. M. - 73, rue Aristide Briand (near the Town hall) Tel: 0033 321 34 93 88. Fax: 0033 321 97 16 56. Open: Monday to Friday 9.00am to 7.00pm, Saturday 9.00am to 4.00pm. We notice that consultations are about 100 euro if booked in advance and 200 euro if not. (Seems VERY expensive, but possibly the closest to the port!).

Centre Vétérinaire Curie - 139, Bd. Curie, 62100. Calais. Tel: 0033 321 82 15 11.

Clinique Vétérinaire du Docteur Nowosad - 138, Bd. La Fayette, 62100. Calais. Tel: 0033 321 36 67 96. Fax: 0033 321 36 05 63.

Clinique Vétérinaire des Salines (Dr. DELVAL Valérie) - 11, Place Crevecoeur, 62100. Calais. Tel: 0033 321 00 71 00. Fax: 0033 321 00 71 09.

For Vets in other parts of Northern France....

Brittany
Centre Vétérinaire, 12 place Rioust des villes Audrains, 22550 Matignon. Brittany
Tel: 0033 2 96 41 22 05. Matignon is situated approximately 15kms west of Dinan which is about 35 minutes drive west of the port of St Malo.

Centre Veterinaire Briocelande, 58 Miroir Aux faes, 35400 St. Malo. Tel: 0033 299 81 94 51.
St. Malo is one of the nominated ports for the Pet Travel Scheme and this vet is situated only five minutes drive from the port.

Michel Garancher, 154Bd.de Verdon. 35000 Rennes. Tel: 0033 299 54 46 48.

M Lamer of Le Goff Lamer Vets, 4 rue Jacques Rodallac, 56110. Gourin. Tel: 0033 297 23 56 12. (Visitor comment - "I found a vet in central Brittany who knows about the scheme, has a scanner which read my dog (eventually) and had the right certificates. Very helpful and even speaks English. He charged 42 Euros for the treatments and the certificate.")

Normandy
Clinique Veterinaire, 18 place Poulet-Malassis, 61000. Alencon. Tel: 00033 233 26 29 51.
Clinique Veterinaire, Le Haut Gelé, ZA 50310. Monebourg. Tel: 0033 233 21 11 14.
Dr Fabienne Ringot, Cabinet Veterianire St Marc. 7 Rue Alsace-Lorraine. 76000. Rouen. Tel: 0033 235 981 745.
Docteur Borel, Cherbourg. Tel: 0033 231 97 41 41
Drs Dalagoutte et Roger, Cherbourg. Tel: 0033 231 96 55 82

Then the rest of France.....

Town
Vet
Telephone Number

Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne
Dr. Lenoir
00 33 474 55 0057

St. Genis-Pouilly
Dr. Radiguet
00 33 450 42 1234

Villefranche sur Mer
Dr. El-baz
00 33 493 01 7422

Bergerac
Dr. Carrad
00 33 553 74 4390

Louviers
Dr. Larson
00 33 232 40 0334

Uzes
Dr. Jacquemart
00 33 466 22 1065

Villefrabche de Lauragais
Dr. Jubenot
00 33 561 81 6401

Montpellier
Dr. Leplat
00 33 467 27 3732

Reze
Dr. Nouhin
00 33 240 32 3854

Prayssac
Dr. Untz
00 33 565 22 4646

Monebourg
Dr. Bastin
00 33 233 21 1114

Corbigny
Dr. Vignault
00 33 386 20 0163

Hellemmes
Dr. Nowak
00 33 320 56 7419

Calais
Dr. Alcouffe
00 33 321 82 1511

Randon
Dr. Hodencq
00 33 470 41 5142

Pau
Dr. Barande
00 33 559 30 1156

Selestat
Dr. Guth
00 33 388 82 8687

Kientzheim
Dr. Ortet
00 33 389 78 2379

Paris
Dr. Gittins
00 33 140 59 0476

Neuchatel-en-Braye
Dr. Savalle
00 33 232 97 0147

St. Aubin sur Scie
Dr. Lamaiziere
00 33 235 84 2735

Ouville la Riviere
Dr. Zachee
00 33 235 83 0210

St. Germain en Laye
Dr. Lazard
00 33 134 51 3133

L’isle sur la Sorgue
Dr. Silovy
00 33 490 38 1188

Mandelieu la Napoule
Dr. Begue et Combe
00 33 493 49 2849

Mandelieu la Napoule
Dr. Faure et Pepin
00 33 493 49 3619

Mandelieu la Napoule
Dr. Texier
00 33 493 49 7850

Remember that your pet MUST be seen by a vet no less that 24 hours prior to departure and no more than 48 hours prior to departure from France. Most vets that we've encountered are very pragmatic in their approach to stamping your pet's passports. So don't stress about getting exact times for your stamp!

Most campsite owners will know of a local vet who can stamp your passport, just ask them. When travelling around your chosen holiday area, keep a lookout for a Green Cross with the words 'Cabinet Veterinaire' outside the surgery.

Our vet in the local village also speaks excellent English, as do the ones in nearby Longué, and also in Saumur.

If you're on holiday here in the Saumur area, then the vet there is situated next door to the Sésame store, on the Route du Mans, heading north to Le Mans from the town centre, just before the roundabout to turn left for the Intermarché!

Great post Le Chant,
thanks

peaches17 · Dec 6th 2007, 12:29 pm

I read in this thread that a person has to have one's dog seen by a vet before you can return to the uK with your animal. Is this so even when you are only visiting Europe with your dog for a holiday or say a month?

My dog is now ready to go and return to Europe, she has all her shots and passport, etc.. I did not realise she has to be seen again 24 hours before returning to the UK. If so, what a pain. Finding a vet at the border crossing will not be a simple matter and my pup will be put out.

Peaches

Nykky · Dec 6th 2007, 12:53 pm

Yep, they need worm and tick treatments no less than 24hrs, no more than 48hrs before getting back into UK.

More details here:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quar...res/owners.htm

http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quar.../parasites.htm

Unfortunately, there are bad things carried by certain ticks and worms in Europe that the UK doesn't have and it's for the good of animals and humans in the UK that this is in place.
There seems to be plenty of vets near the border (see previous threads). Although I was thinking that if you had to wait 24hrs I would rather get it done before reaching Calais, rather than waiting around. My struggle is finding a vet that has everything in place (scanner for microchip, etc) when I'm not currently in France to phone around. I was hoping to hear personal experiences of specific vets.

Le Chant · Dec 6th 2007, 1:04 pm

I can only speak from my own very local experience. We had a vet in the village who's since retired, but was great with the pet passport scheme. We'd often make appointments for guest's pets with him just before they were due to leave us, and he'd be very 'pragmatic' about stamping the time & date of treatment on the animal's 'passport'. The newer vet is an unknown quantity to us, as we decided to use one in Saumur after Charles-Henri retired. We have no hesitation in recommending them. They're absolutely first-class. Très sympa!

Guests have told us too that it's relatively easy to be seen in both Calais & St. Malo (for some reason we attract lots of people from the Channel Islands) by the vets there. Other ports I can't speak for.

Dec 5th 2007, 12:56 pm	#16
Nykky World Citizen Joined: Feb 2006 Location: Montenegro (UK 12 ys) (Australia pre '95) Posts: 79	Re: Returning to England with dog!! Thanks for the vet contacts. Have no idea where most of these places are, so will check with a map. The rest of the info should come in handy to others. thanks again ps, do you happen to know if these vets are just random vets in those areas, or are vets that know and are equipped for the scheme? We're not in France so I'm dreading having to ring several to work out if they have everything set up. __________________ Stage: researching Possible places: Kingston, Ontario Last edited by Nykky : Dec 5th 2007 at 1:06 pm.

Dec 6th 2007, 12:29 pm	#18
peaches17 Member Joined: Nov 2007 Location: London Posts: 35	Re: Returning to England with dog!! I read in this thread that a person has to have one's dog seen by a vet before you can return to the uK with your animal. Is this so even when you are only visiting Europe with your dog for a holiday or say a month? My dog is now ready to go and return to Europe, she has all her shots and passport, etc.. I did not realise she has to be seen again 24 hours before returning to the UK. If so, what a pain. Finding a vet at the border crossing will not be a simple matter and my pup will be put out. Peaches

Dec 6th 2007, 12:53 pm	#19
Nykky World Citizen Joined: Feb 2006 Location: Montenegro (UK 12 ys) (Australia pre '95) Posts: 79	Re: Returning to England with dog!! Yep, they need worm and tick treatments no less than 24hrs, no more than 48hrs before getting back into UK. More details here: http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quar...res/owners.htm http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quar.../parasites.htm Unfortunately, there are bad things carried by certain ticks and worms in Europe that the UK doesn't have and it's for the good of animals and humans in the UK that this is in place. There seems to be plenty of vets near the border (see previous threads). Although I was thinking that if you had to wait 24hrs I would rather get it done before reaching Calais, rather than waiting around. My struggle is finding a vet that has everything in place (scanner for microchip, etc) when I'm not currently in France to phone around. I was hoping to hear personal experiences of specific vets. __________________ Stage: researching Possible places: Kingston, Ontario Last edited by Nykky : Dec 6th 2007 at 1:00 pm.

Dec 6th 2007, 1:04 pm	#20
Le Chant Big Brother For Hire... Joined: Nov 2007 Location: Near Saumur, département 49. Posts: 367	Re: Returning to England with dog!! I can only speak from my own very local experience. We had a vet in the village who's since retired, but was great with the pet passport scheme. We'd often make appointments for guest's pets with him just before they were due to leave us, and he'd be very 'pragmatic' about stamping the time & date of treatment on the animal's 'passport'. The newer vet is an unknown quantity to us, as we decided to use one in Saumur after Charles-Henri retired. We have no hesitation in recommending them. They're absolutely first-class. Très sympa! Guests have told us too that it's relatively easy to be seen in both Calais & St. Malo (for some reason we attract lots of people from the Channel Islands) by the vets there. Other ports I can't speak for. __________________ Kind Regards, Stu. www.loire-gites.com www.chantography.com