What does it cost to import? - Page 3

Howdy,

to clear the issue of quarantine :

If the pup is UNDER the age of 3 month, no rabies vaccination is needed. Owner will have to sign up on pickup of the pup, that he will "house quaratane" the dog for 30 days. This can get checked by the lokal animal cotroll officer. Never heared that is was, but the possibility is there.

If the pup is OVER the age of 3 month, it has to have rabies shots done, which have to be older than 30 days befor entering the US. Easy to avoid, if you just put a little thought to it and plan accordingly.

All my US puppy buyers claimed their pup themselfs, I have not heared yet that there have been any mayor problems. Yes, the paperwork may take a little time, but certainly not worth 200 - 250 $,imo. At least I would not spend it.

The airfare from Germany to the US depends on a great deal on where you want the pup be send to. Gradlyn Kennels & PetAir are located at Frankfurt Airport. Here is the HP for PetAir : www.petair.de  They also have a english written HP, and do speak english. I just send a 4 month old pup to Las Vegas, it was about 450 €uros = roughly 700 $, send one last year to Atlanta, it was about 320€uros = roughly 550$.

And yes, if you, the buyer decide to have the animal transported by either Gradlyn or PetAir from the breeder to the Airport, they do charge for the pickup seperatly. The cost for that will vary, depending how far the trip for the pickup will be. Useally they pick up a day prior to the flight, so there will be also an overnight stay at the Airport Frankfurt. I would suggest, to find out how much PetAir & Gradlyn charges for that service & then talk to the breeder if he / she would be willing to bring the dog there. This will safe your pup an overnight stay in unknown surroundings and you will probably save some money. Just dont expect the breeder to do it for free, with gas prices around 7 $ per gallon, that would be just to much to ask.

One more thing : The puppy cost a certain amount - the cost for shipping is something totally diffrent.

Hope this helps. Regards Ulli Dresbach

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If you ship with Gradlyn or petair, the price useually incl. crate. Shipping price also depends on size of crate. Healthcerts have to be provided by breeder, but I believe Gradlyn & PetAir are capabel to provide that as well.

Ulli Dresbach

Oskar1

            Thank you very much for the information.  Guess if your going to get a pup from Germany it is best to do it sooner than later as costs just keep going up.

to clear the issue of quarantine :

If the pup is UNDER the age of 3 month, no rabies vaccination is needed. Owner will have to sign up on pickup of the pup, that he will "house quaratane" the dog for 30 days. This can get checked by the lokal animal cotroll officer. Never heared that is was, but the possibility is there.

If the pup is OVER the age of 3 month, it has to have rabies shots done, which have to be older than 30 days befor entering the US. Easy to avoid, if you just put a little thought to it and plan accordingly.

Proof of rabies vaccinations (regardless whether or not it has been done) is not required for entry into the US...  from CDC's website (state requirements vary and of course Germany has its own set of regulations):

Karla

I just imported an adult female (70# dog + 500-sized crate) and the shipping cost was $1000.  She was shipped via Gradlyn.  I hadn't imported a dog in quite a while, and the price has doubled since then. 

molly

Dogs must clear customs at the port of entry.  If you can not pick up your dog or puppy at the initial port of entry, someone will have to clear the dog i.e.  customs broker.   If on a direct flight to owner's locale, no problem....

If shipping from Germany and using GK to ship, use there website to find the cost.

www.gkair.de
www.petshipping.com
 

Faruk Berberovic is the General Manager for GK
 

Gradlyn Kennels
G.K. Airfreight Service GmbH
Cargo City Nord, Bldg 458
60549 Frankfurt - Airport
faruk@gkair.de

I know we got off the topic a little, but he would be able to help answer any questions with shipping, as he was very nice in helping me. He speaks english very well.

Thanks,

John Kennedy

If you ship directly to the port of Entry, then clearing customs is very easy.   But if you have a connecting flight, then there is the issue of customs clearance.  Gradlyn will recommend Barthco.

Crates run about $50.  Last few times we have shipped to the west coast and east coast, it was $230 (or there abouts).  Our vets charge 42-47 for health certificates.  We provide all the receipts, so there is no question.

And yes, shipping has drastically increased from Germany.

With the drastic drop in the value of the American Dollar, I can't see for how much longer anyone can afford considering importing dogs or puppies. As I mentioned above, I think I have just imported my last dog from overseas just this month. For example, the young male I'm importing was say, 4000E including shipping. I have been tracking what my cost was compared to when I wired the money and what it would have cost me last week and this week. Just in the last week our dollar has dropped enough that today it would cost me almost $100.00 more than just last week. My cost would have gone up $65.00 in just the last two-three days on the 4000E alone.

I have been thinking now with Americans more or less forced to turn to locally born pups and adults currently in the US when purchasing, where will our prices go? One would think we now could get more money here at home with more buying within the States, but at the same time with our depression in general, I would think many of us will take this into consideration and be keeping our prices or even considering lowering them to deal with our economy. One thing that scares me is the average pet buyer will not be able to pay for a well bred, higher priced German Bloodline puppy that some of us may be offering and turning toward the BYB to obtain what they can afford. Others may try to take advantage of the loss of sales from the European Breeders by raising their prices here at home. It's not that they are raising their prices in Germany, it's not that they are receiving more for their dogs and pups, it's just our having to Pay such much more on our end, that it certainly has to be affected their sales and ours as well. So, what are your thoughts of how this will affect our prices and our sales here in the States?

TRU

Howdy,

Karla, thank you for the valuable info you provided. I allready saved the links you provided for future reference. I described the way I did these things in the past, as I said, there have been no problems sofar. I guess, I was lucky. When someone bought a Pup over the age of 3 month, I had them vaccinated and kept them for annother 30 days and then sending them of.

Ski,

as I mentioned, I just recently send a Pup to Las Vegas. It had a stopover in Detroit,MI. As far as I know, the buyer cleared the Pup at customs in Las Vegas (prior to its arrival of course), they then informed customs in Detroit. As far as I know there was no problem with it.

Regards Ulli