PARVO nightmare

[suandianbrown]

Hi all

Just a rant to let you know about the nightmare we have had trying to get our lovely dog Oscar shipped to Melbourne, I have been reading all the literature and getting tips from Poms in Oz so I felt well informed when I embarked on the mammoth task of getting our dog out to Australia,

I took him for his Rabies jabs in plenty of time,

I got his Blood tests done

I got the vet to sign the RNATT decleration,

I told our local vet that Oscar was not allowed to have the Lepto vaccine when he went in for his boosters.

I applied for his import permit.

I applied for the medical health certificate.

I found a shipper that was very helpful they booked his flights,

I booked his quarantine a Spotswood,

I took him to the vets on Monday for his final checks, his flea treatment and internal parasite treatment, got part A of the Medical health certificate completed.

Took Oscar to Heathrow airport on the hotest day of the year in the worst traffic. Dropped him off at the shippers, said our goodbyes.

 

We drove all the way back to our temporary accomodation on the south east coast and had a nice relaxing drink, thinking that we could tick that one thing off the list, he has now gone..........WRONG!!! Woke up Wednesday morning to my phone ringing,"Hi this is the dog shippers, Oscar did not get on the flight last night, the portal vet discovered he has not had his Parvo Virus Vaccine" I could not believe what I was hearing," Yes he has " i replied, it turns out that my rather incompetant vet did not realise that when he omitted the Lepto vaccine he also omitted the Parvo Virus, as the brand they use is combined. I could not believe my ears. This is where it gets complicated, we had to go and collect Oscar from Heathrow, we rang the vet that should have administered the Vaccine, thay agreed they would stay until we arrived and give him the jab straight away, fair enough it was their error after all. Shippers have managed to get dog booked on the same flight but a week later, so the blood tests will be out of date and also 14 days would not have lapsed after the jab was given, we needed to contact DAFF to get certificates of equivelance then get permission from Animal Health in the UK to allow the vet to alter the original Medical Health Certificate. What a BL**DY nightmare. Quarantine at Melbourne were brilliant, they have changed Oscar's booking for the following week. So a warning to all you lovely dog owners out there, if your vet uses "Vanguard 7" for your dogs boosters, the Parvo Virus vaccine is freeze dried and needs to be mixed with the Lepto vaccine to be administered.

Please check check and check again that your dog has been given the Parvo Virus vaccine even though they have not had the Lepto, I would hate for anyone to have to go through what we have gone throught his last week.

Sux

[starlight7]

Oh you poor things, what a nightmare for you and your dog. Hope he comes home to you safely very soon

[Guest Ptp113]

Nearly as bad as the vet in Victoria advising horse owners not to vaccinate against Hendra, as it's just a money making exercise by the drug companies..........................................