How To Bring Your Dog To The Philippines

Bringing your dog to the Philippines is an idea to think of very carefully and very wisely as it takes a great planning and effort on how your pet survives the stress that he/she will encounter on his/her travel on the flight to the Philippines.

Flying to the Philippines from Germany or Schiphol, The Netherlands takes at least 12,5 hours to Manila which in this case, a none stop flight to the Philippines. Of course it depends on the airlines you are flying with.

On our long months vacation to my home country, my hubby and I decided to bring Angus, our Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dog with us. We could not leave him at home in Germany (my second home country) because there is nobody who can take care of him and we know that he will be very upset if we would leave him behind. We would be very upset too as he is a member of our small family. Seems like he is our child.

1. Ask information from your travel agency which airlines accept dog as a cargo or as an excess luggage.
2. Ask any information from any pet air cargo who are transporting and taking care of live animals on flight.
3. Contact the Bureau of Animals in Manila and apply for an import permit and ask about the requirements needed for your dogs travel.
4. Book your flight, if possible together with your dog and no stop over in any country to avoid stress for your pet and for yourself.
5. Get an appointment from your veterinarian and arrange the time of your pet's vaccinations your pet needs.
6. Buy a cage which is required by the IATA, International Air Transport Association. The cage of "Sky" and " Vari" have these requirements.

Through Cabin

A small dog up to 6 kilos included the a travel bag can travel with you in the cabin .

Excess Luggage

The dog and the cage can fly with you as an excess luggage in a special live animal compartment in the plane you have booked for yourself. It should not excess 75 kilos in weight.

In an Air Freight Cargo Company

The dog can be transported as a cargo and should be booked in a Pet Air Cargo Company. This company will be the one to take care of your dog and the will be the one who do the check-in for your dog.

Documents and Health Certificates

1. Animal Passport with photo
2. Import Permit from the Bureau of Animals in Manila. Present the receipt of your import permit which is only valid for 2 months. The permit fee is 100 Pesos and the inspection fee is 250 Pesos.
3. Valid health certificates from the vet from the country of origin and it should be written in english language.

Vaccinations needed:

1. Against rabies.
2. Rabies serological test
3. Tick treatment
4. Echinococcus treatment

These documents shall be presented at the Animal Quarantine Office in Manila before going to the custom and before your exit.

What's on the Import Permit :

1. Name of the owner
2. Country of origin
3. Breed or the kind of dog
4. How old and the weight of the dog

• Buy the cage as early as possible so your dog will be acquainted to the cage he will be using on the flight.
• If you have relatives in Manila, let them apply for you the Import Permit. The filled up Application Form you have made should be brought to the Bureau of Animals so that you can have your ready Import Permit. Your relative can mail it to you via DHL. Of course you can send your application directly to the Bureau of Animals but sometimes it takes a lot of time until you get an answer from them.

I hope this article will help you with your travel with your dog. Thanks for reading.

Bureau of Animal Industry

Visayas Avenue

Diliman, Quezon City

Philippines

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KLM, Netherlands

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