Bringing a dog to Accra, from the U.K.

Eve2011 New member

6POSTS

15 years ago

hi all,does anyone know what the procedure is,for bringing my pet dog to Ghana?

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Eve2011 New member

6POSTS

15 years ago

Sheena, that is fab news, says the dog chewing his bone right now....I will look into all that asap.thank you
Eve

Eve2011 New member

6POSTS

15 years ago

Where is the best vet in Accra, please help I need it for my DEFFRA form
thanks

Sheenamac Member

19POSTS

15 years ago

We used Dr Tetty, The Vets Place, email address is thevetsplace@gmail.com for queries, I found them very helpful.

Also if you can get customs to preclear your dog and get a figure for "custom taxes", which were significantly more than we were expecting and took a bit of time for our contact to finalise on our arrival.

Hope all goes smoothly for you.

regards

Sheena

Russel of Russians Member

23POSTS

14 years ago

Is it true thaat you are allowed to bring in your pets but you're not allowed to take any pets out of Ghana? This is what a friend told me.

Sheenamac Member

19POSTS

14 years ago

Don't know where they got that from, totally untrue.

I know someone who has recently left Ghana and have taken their dog back to the UK. The dog has to spend 6 months in quarantine, but other countries have different regulations, you may just need blood tests etc. It's just very expensive!

cyrcha Active member

41POSTS

14 years ago

Hi,
I just brought my dog frm Belgium.
I needed his europeen paspoort and his vaccinations.
Arrived at the airport i hade to pay a fee of 200 cedis to the vet.
Much cheeper and less complicated.
The other ones i will bring the same way.
Pat.

Eve2011 New member

6POSTS

14 years ago

Hi there, we have arrived, and all is well

Sheenamac Member

19POSTS

14 years ago

#10

Welcome to Ghana

Eve hope you are settling into your new life and all went well with your trip over.

Crycha you got of lightly we had to pay substantially more, maybe it was because we brought a bitch and dog over, think it depends on who you deal with.

But they're here and enjoying there new surroundings,still adjusting to the heat (especially the dog).

Any hope you enjoy your stay in Ghana and who know may meet up with you at some of the expat events.

Sheena

cyrcha Active member

41POSTS

14 years ago

#11

Hi Sheena,

Nice to meet you, im Patrick.
Sheena, pls u sayed a bitch and a dog! But what do i have to understand by that??? A dog ,, ok ,,, but what do u mean with a bitch????
Im here in Ghana since nov. 2007.
Offcourse i go to visit my children and parents 2 to 3 times a year.
Can u tell me something about the expatevents pls.
Kind rgds ,
Pat.

Sheenamac Member

19POSTS

14 years ago

#12

Hi Pat

I was only referring to my female dog, I brought a male (dog) and a female (bitch) over together. Nothing degrogatory in anyway, just plain old terminology used in the uk.

There are a few websites that organise nights out for expats of all nationalities, accraexpat.com and internations.com, both which have useful information.

regards

Sheena

cyrcha Active member

41POSTS

14 years ago

#13

HI Sheena,

Thks fr the websites.
And now i know how in England they call a female dog:)
Honnestly i thought i was a kind of antilope!! So thats why my question.
Good night,
Pat.

dollyphin Member

1POSTS

14 years ago

#14

Hi Everyone-

We are on our way to Accra and would like to bring our dogs from the USA. However, to get the import permit we need to perform about US $1,400 worth of blood tests.

Do you think it would be okay to arrive and pay the penalty fee? It would be less than the tests.... My only concern is that they do have the option of.... gulp...destroying the dog. Does this happen??

Any insight you have would be great.

Thanks!

Russel of Russians Member

23POSTS

14 years ago

#15

Sheena,
Hahahaha, maybe Pat was wondering if you brought in your mother-in-law or even my Mother-in-law). This is well funny.

cyrcha Active member

41POSTS

14 years ago

#16

hi dollyphin,
It s indeed expensive when u want to follow the right way and as more problems it will bring. And finally when u will arrive at the airport they will charge u becourse it will not be the correct papers or another paper is missing etc etc....
What i did is simple. I went to the vet and she give me an european pasport fr the dog and the neccesary vaccinations indicated in the dog s pasport.
Once i arrived at the airport the vet of the aiport charged me 200cedis fr penalty. I have payed him and left the airport.
Past year september i brought again 2 other dogs and did exactly the same like the first time and payed 400cedis to him, and i tipped him an extra 100cedis. So simple and no extra procedures.
And no they will not keep the dogs and certainly not destroy them. Just be fine with the guy and give him something in his hand and u will have no problems at all.
So good luck with it.
Patrick