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For British people wanting to 'live the dream' of a new life in Spain, taking Rover with you can be a big worry. But if you were expecting a bureaucratic nightmare when you take your pet abroad, you may be in for a surprise.Many expats want to bring their pets to Spain
Anyone who has ever been tempted to complain about Spanish bureaucracy has a simple method of providing a contrast; try to travel with your pet, and you soon find out that British bureaucracy can be ten times worse!
The Pet Travel Scheme was introduced around five years ago in Britain, to make it 'easier' to take your pet abroad and to replace the old quarantine system.
Maureen Lindhurst, 58, a widow from Solihull, in the West Midlands, used the scheme to enable her to bring Holly, her Labrador, out to Spain when she moved to her villa in Calpe in the south-east.
"First of all I had to get Holly micro-chipped," Maureen told us, "And then she needed a rabies vaccination.
"A month later she had to be tested again, but they warned me it would be six months before I could re-enter Britain with her. I had to get two forms, PETS5 to authorise Holly's journey abroad, and PETS1 for her re-entry.
"Then I needed a Residency Declaration Form to show that Holly hadn't been outside of the list of approved countries."
But Maureen eventually had all the paperwork, and duly discovered that none of it was inspected when she entered Spain.
"I could have had a tiger in the back of the car, for all they cared."
But nonetheless, Holly was in Spain, and all was well until Maureen decided to go back to the UK for a few months, with Holly, when her new grandson was born. Then the paperwork reared its ugly head again.
"You have to have your dog treated against ticks and tapeworm between 24 and 48 hours of returning to the UK," she said.
"A Spanish vet can do this, but if you're delayed in France by five minutes, you have to do it all over again. And most Spanish vets don't have copies of the official form saying the dog has been treated, and they won't let it back into Britain without one. And it's ten times worse in France."
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