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Documents, tests and the process between them. Start with your destination’s requirements, then work through the details.
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CDC Dog Import Form: How to Complete It and Use Your Receipt
Learn who needs the CDC Dog Import Form to enter the United States, how to complete it, and how receipt rules differ by travel history.
Updated Read guide DocumentsInternational Pet Health Certificate: Vets, Timing, and Endorsement
Plan an international pet health certificate: the right vet, destination deadlines, and government endorsement, including USDA endorsement for US departures.
Updated Read guide ProcessInternational Pet Travel Checklist: 15 Steps from Planning to Arrival
Follow a 15-step international pet travel checklist covering route checks, microchips, rabies records, certificates, flights, entry ports, and arrival checks.
Updated Read guide TestsRabies Titer Test for Pet Travel: Timing, Labs, and Waiting Periods
Check when your pet needs a rabies titer test, which labs are accepted, and how EU, British, Japanese, Chinese, and U.S. waiting and validity rules differ.
Updated Read guide ProcessISO 11784/11785 Microchips for Pet Travel: What Vets and Border Staff Check
A travel microchip must be ISO 11784/11785 readable, implanted before the rabies vaccination, and recorded on every document. Here is what vets and border staff check.
Updated Read guide TestsRabies-Risk Country Classifications for Pet Travel, Explained
The US, EU, UK and Japan each publish their own rabies-risk lists, and a country can be low-risk for one destination and high-risk for another. Here is how to read them.
Updated Read guide DocumentsAnimal Health Certificate (AHC) for the EU and UK: Timing, Vets and Endorsement
An AHC is valid for 10 days to enter the EU, must be signed by an official veterinarian, and covers 6 months of onward EU travel. Here is the timing and endorsement.
Updated Read guide DocumentsPet Passports: What They Are, Who Issues Them and When You Need a Different Document
Learn who issues pet passports, which versions remain valid, and when destinations require a different document. EU, Great Britain and US rules differ.
Updated Read guide ProcessEU Pet Travel Rules for Dogs, Cats and Ferrets: The 2026 Checklist
The 2026 EU pet travel checklist: microchip and rabies timing, the antibody test, the tapeworm window, which document and which border point, plus the dates the new rules changed.
Updated Read guide ProcessAirline Pet Crate Requirements: Size, Ventilation and What Airlines Actually Reject
Check airline pet crate sizing, ventilation, fittings and common reasons for rejection. Confirm the requirements for your carrier and transport mode.
Updated Read guide DocumentsUK Dog Passports: When You Can Use One and What Replaces It
A UK-issued dog passport no longer takes a dog from Great Britain to the EU. What changed in 2021, when an EU passport still works, and how the animal health certificate replaces it.
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