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kotatsuneko wrote:We currently have 2 cats which my brother will probably take care of when we get round to returning, but recently I miss an old childhood pet, a tortoise! the wily bugger actually ran away!
so I'm seriously thinking of buying a tortoise.. does anyone know if bringing one to Japan is possible?
tonikoro wrote:You know, this makes me wonder..
How many FG's actually have pets here?
-And by the way, if you return to the States, with a normally healthy pup, how long is the quarantine?
yanpa wrote:Can't help with dogs, but I was involved in the import of a cat from Europe and it required somewhere between 6 and 12 months of certified vaccinations/checkups, thought that was to ensure quarantine-free import (the alternative, IIRC, would have been multiple weeks quarantine at mildly eyewatering prices).
Grumpy Gramps wrote:We have all our dogs here from http://www.japan-rescue.com/ (just noticed that they have a website, we only ever were in contact over the phone to their Nagoya office).
Worked like this: We told them what we're looking for and when something suitable popped up, they would let us know. Our current two dogs we met first, when they were three weeks old, so we coulds see the mother, the owner, the whole litter and the circumstance of the puppies. And the cost of the dogs were always zero yen (plus an omiyage ) No nazi.
Unless you really want a special breed that is rare in Japan, I'd go for a mixed breed. Japan is over(in)bred IMO.
Grumpy Gramps wrote:Yes, I have seen lots of shelties for a while. They must have been "fashion" here.
yanpa wrote:Can't help with dogs, but I was involved in the import of a cat from Europe and it required somewhere between 6 and 12 months of certified vaccinations/checkups, thought that was to ensure quarantine-free import (the alternative, IIRC, would have been multiple weeks quarantine at mildly eyewatering prices).
Grumpy Gramps wrote:We have all our dogs here from http://www.japan-rescue.com/ (just noticed that they have a website, we only ever were in contact over the phone to their Nagoya office)...............
kurogane wrote:Grumpy Gramps wrote:We have all our dogs here from http://www.japan-rescue.com/ (just noticed that they have a website, we only ever were in contact over the phone to their Nagoya office)...............
Please go for that option. You don't seem nearly mindless enough to really care if your dog is trophy or not, and nobody with a brain and heart should support the puppy industry. Never mind the F'in dolphin hunt, all OECD level countries should ban the dedicated breeding industry, or at least make it as hard to get into as nuclear power generation. And kill all the cats that aren't locked indoors 24/7.
Grumpy Gramps wrote:The problem with this type of operation is that the customer has almost no way to tell the good from the bad. Puppy mills are often enough disguised as wonderful family operations. Unsuspecting costomers can pretty easily be deceived in view of cute puppies.
And the "responsible breeders", who are organized in their associations and have their lobbies, are often enough not that much better than puppy mills.
Best that can happen would be two little old ladies chatting at a street corner, not realising that their doggies are having fun. Once they bikkuri it, it's too late and the result of this is often enough strong and healthy
Russell wrote:Matsuki, you do realize that dogs can reach an age of up to 20, do you?
Are you ready to make a commitment for such a long time?
Russell wrote:Matsuki, you do realize that dogs can reach an age of up to 20, do you?
Are you ready to make a commitment for such a long time?
Samurai_Jerk wrote:Russell wrote:Matsuki, you do realize that dogs can reach an age of up to 20, do you?
Are you ready to make a commitment for such a long time?
Obviously not.
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