Taking dogs from England to Northern Ireland

Re: Taking dogs from England to Northern Ireland

Hannah Wynne Richards — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 15:39:23 GMT

I hadn't realised that.

Wynne

Re: Taking dogs from England to Northern Ireland

Stephen Courtney — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:38:39 GMT

Praziquantel has an extremely short half life, and a very high therapeutic index - it would be very impossible to overdose by giving a standard dose of droncit even daily, for as long as you might like.

high doses e.g. those used for cerebral cysticercosis and schistosomiasis in humans, are another story but even there the side effects are an inconvenience not a toxicity!

Re: Taking dogs from England to Northern Ireland

Will McMullan — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 13:21:34 GMT

That's what I thought - thanks for all the replies.

Will

Re: Taking dogs from England to Northern Ireland

Robin Grimmer — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 09:25:48 GMT

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You are correct Will , this has been the case for 3 or 4 years, you dont require a passport if you travel direct to Northern Ireland from Scotland but as all other ferry routes from England /Wales ( I think) arrive in the South you do require a passport on these routes. We have had clients that were told they needed a passport for their dog when trying to book on Liverpool to Dublin ferry. I believe there is a small sign at the ferry port at Belfast asking pet owners that have come from the South to show their passports but that's really it. It is a crazy situation especially as has been said in other comments there are often no clear borders / farms in both south and north and even the locals dont know exactly where the border is sometimes.

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There's a ferry from Belfast to Liverpool (Birkenhead). I used it to get home last summer after a round Ireland cycle trip. I had no passport checks anywhere. Actually I didn't take my passport as you don't need one from the UK, just my driving licence. But I still had no id checks anywhere - I entered on the Fishguard to Rosslare ferry and was waved through. I crossed in to northern Ireland on a small ferry from inishowen, no one was checked.

Re: Taking dogs from England to Northern Ireland

Hannah Wynne Richards — Thu, 12 Mar 2015 09:10:18 GMT

Veterinary surgeons close tothe border must be experts in treating praziquanteltoxicity!

Wynne

Re: Taking dogs from England to Northern Ireland

macvet — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 23:02:09 GMT

Re: Taking dogs from England to Northern Ireland

Stephen Courtney — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 21:02:44 GMT

you need to have the praziquantel treatment signed off between 24 and 120 hours of return to the UK.

The Irish situation is a load of ridiculous bollocks, i cannot believe that some jobsworth in whatever the Ministry is now called was allowed to impose this nonsense.

Re: Taking dogs from England to Northern Ireland

Sammy82 — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 19:26:50 GMT

Does the new passport need signed everytime the dog crosses the border (I am not in practice so haven't seen the new passport yet)?

Re: Taking dogs from England to Northern Ireland

Hannah Wynne Richards — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 18:10:23 GMT

I forgot to insert the word "need"

The dog would be popping to and fro across the border so often that all available spaces would be rapidly filled up.

Wynne

Re: Taking dogs from England to Northern Ireland

Sammy82 — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 15:22:45 GMT

@Wynne: what do you mean by "it's passport would renewing" ?

Re: Taking dogs from England to Northern Ireland

Bob Russell — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 15:09:20 GMT

Pretty sure we are waiting for a bilateral agreement. Will still require a passport but no rabies vaccinations if both countries are rabies free.

Re: Taking dogs from England to Northern Ireland

Hannah Wynne Richards — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 14:46:28 GMT

I believe there's some farms which straddle the national boundary, so strictly speaking, a working collie would need it's own personal customs officer, who would follow it around all day, and it's passport would renewing at least a couple of times a week!

Wynne

Re: Taking dogs from England to Northern Ireland

Sammy82 — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 12:59:15 GMT

You don't need anything to go to NI as it is part of the UK. Crossing into the Republic they will need passports, although I don't think any Northern Irish dogs carry a passports to go for walkies in Donegal.