 Poster: A snowHead
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My friendly French vet gave me one for for my dog, despite me not having a French residence, not used it yet.The dog had to have another French rabies vaccine to get it.
Do you just hand it over at Dover, and then a quick check of the microchip?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@nevis1003, yes, and there no need for any other documentation. Only get the rabies booster done in Europe though not the UK. Also check when it expires as the first vaccine in France is only valid for 1 year, and our vet didn't extend Odin's to 3 years when she did it in January. Lola's was when same vet gave a booster last March though so not sure what was going on there.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Thanks for that Hells Bells, I just checked the vaccine after your advice, it is valid for 3 years now, and I will get it done in France when due for booster. maybe 3 years because it was not his first.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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@nevis1003, it wasn't Odin's either, that was done in the UK before Christmas, but who knows. All that matters is that he has a passport and we'll be in Serre next Christmas anyway in time to get it done.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@nevis1003, we’ll done. That’ll make life easier for the next 3 years.
Just to reiterate what @Hells Bells, said, your UK vet can’t add anything to your passport so make sure you get a rabies booster in the EU before the expiry date. Go even a day over and you’re effectively starting again.
And don’t forget you still need your french vet to record the tapeworm treatment 1-5d before entering the UK.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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@nevis1003, that's a good move. Out of interest, is your dog registered in iCAD, the French dog registration system? This is normally a requirement before a vet will issue a passport.
Also, who and where is your French vet? It might be useful for other Snowheads who want to try and get an EU passport for their pets.
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@sno trax, iCAD is important, I wouldn't say critical but our vet filled the registration form out incorrectly for one dog and a month or so later we had a letter from the Hautes Alpes prefecture to that effect.
The vet would know you're not full-time residents, so they don't bother.
Basically, you're fudging the system as you're not residents, but the chance of anything serious happening is highly unlikely.
Driving around on UK plates as a resident is another story 
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@sno trax, not sure how they would complete an iCAD application if there is no French address.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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@Hells Bells, good point. In which case, it does sound like there are still vets who are willing to issue passports without an iCAD registration. Our regular vet wouldn't issue a passport until we had actually received the documents from iCAD.
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Here's a French dog with a passport
would a British Bulldog get one?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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We got our pet passport from Clinique Vétérinaire du Chiriac in Albertville. https://clinique-veterinaire-du-chiriac.business.site. Very lovely vet. She did everything on one visit, including sorting the transfer of the microchip (i think we had to fill in a form, send it and confirmation then came through by post). We do have a french address, so in the sense it didn’t seem like a fudge. This was in the early days-summer 2021- and she did get the rabies bit wrong. She just entered the date of the U.K. jab on the passport, which worked for about 6 crossings, until it was spotted at Calais last summer. Thankfully a quick visit (cash only!) to a vet in Calais sorted the problem.
Since then we’ve mostly used a practice in Moutiers for the return worming pill https://clinique3v.wixsite.com/clinique3v, but the Albertville practice just seems nicer.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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The vet registered Casper on Icad, she used the address at which we were staying. She didn't know if this would be accepted and I had to wait 10 minutes until it went through on her computer. She did explain that if she wasn't able to do this then she couldn't give him the passport.
As I said above he was then given a French rabies jab valid until 2026 which I will ensure is replaced with another French one in due course.
I haven't used the passport yet as he came back on the AHC so I will post if there are any problems in due course.
In summer, on climbing trips, I buy my dog's tick treatment, worm tablets, in France because I think the vets there have good local knowledge of what's best, and that is why I think she offered the passport, I didn't actually ask for it. Also, a very nice person.
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