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[williejean23]

Hi everyone:

I have just finished CTESL course and want to move to Mexico end of January or February. I don't know where in Mexico yet. I have a dog and cat I am bringing with me and wonder how hard is it to find a place that takes pets. Does anyone know? Thanks

[sickbag]

I can only speak for Puebla but here, almost everyone has a pet of some description. Haven't seen so many cats around (we have a feeling the stray dogs eat them) but lots and lots of dogs. The place we rent allows pets - I imagine most do.

I hope your animals are pedigree - Mexicans' social status appears to be also based on how expensive your pet is.

[ls650]

Uh oh. I found my cat when he was a kitten eating garbage in our apartment complex's bin.

Of course I named him Basura, which my students seem to think is hilarious.

[Guy Courchesne]

http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=44173&highlight=jalisco A relevant thread...

[MikeySaid]

Speaking of dogs and cats and.... whatever else people keep as pets...

My girlfriend wants a dog... she thinks it might be better for her to get an American dog so it's not so difficult to bring the pooch to the states from Mexico.

Anyone had experiences porting their pup between the US/Canada and Latin America?

She wants a little dog... small enough to take on the plane with her.

[MELEE]

[sickbag]

[dixie]

People are aways asking what breed Tequila is as well. She's a mutt from Honduras that no one wanted and is now a beautiful, well travelled mutt that I would never part with! I'm still amazed how how poorly treated some dogs are...and I'm referring to the ones that are considered 'pets'.

But...back to the topic. Where I live in D.F, I (obviously) can have pets. Smaller dogs are more easily accepted [I think] but I'm the exception to that one as Tequila stopped being small about 6 months after I got her! Cats...I would think they would fine too. It's just a matter of finding the right building (my school found me the apartment).

My next goal....to get Oscar-Monster the ferret down here! (Yes mom, if you're reading this..I'm serious! )


Best of luck!

...dixie y tequila

[amelie]

We bought our two dogs in Puebla. The funny thing is that it was actually MORE effort to get the EXPORT permit from the Estado de Puebla (Agriculture Dept) than it was to IMPORT them into Canada. The Canadian Government. just required a vet certificate to document their vaccination history. The customs official just said "Oh, aren't they sweet" and let us pass. She said "Any Mexican vet willing to do that much paperwork must be legitimate" (looking at our export permit, health certificate etc...) To get the export permit, we had to make a trip to the main office in Puebla (during very short specific hours of course) WITH the vet. We had to pay $500 pesos and come back a week later to pick up the stamped papers. Then we had to visit the federal agriculture dept. in the Mexico City airport and let them re-stamp the papers as we left for home.

But we're glad we got them

[dixie]

To bring Tequila home from Honduras, I simply had to have her vaccinated and the papers that documentated that. THe hardest part was finding a crate big enough for her for her plane ride!

To bring her to Mexico, same thing BUT it all had to be done 5 days before she arrived here (which is a pain in the ass). I actually didn't do it this time becuase I misunderstood and nearly had to pay for a vet to come to the airport to see her. Thankfully, they accepted her 'late' health certificate and let us through.

[cangringo]

We brought our Canadian pooch but left the cat in a new home...sniffle. I was very sad but I am glad we didn't bring him because I haven't met anyone here who likes cats in any way shape or form and there are so many stray dogs and crazy cars I would have just worried about him constantly. Also too hot in summer for him - he's a longhair. I do miss him terribly though.

We adopted a street dog for about a month and then found her a home, she was a real cutie but we aren't going to be staying here and we already have one.

Anyway no problems bringing her in (of course we drove in and got the green light so no one asked anything about her) but we haven't tried getting her back. We even went to a vet in Del Rio, Texas who basically just gave us the health certificate cheap and didn't even check her out. I assume he gets a lot of dogs crossing the border. Unfortunately she has no interest in eating cockroaches or moths or any of the other bothersome insect sort of things - just wants to chase cats and lizards...

As for places that take pets, I think if you rent a house like we are doing they don't usually care and if you're in an apt it depends. It's hard for them to do much damage to most of the houses here but if it comes furnished you never know. Depending where you go you should be able to find a cheap enough place that takes pets - maybe for a small extra fee if nothing else. We were worried about that at first but had no problems at all finding a place.

[williejean23]

Thanks Can:

My dog and cat have all their shots and they have been vet checked and the documents signed saying they are healthy. My cat I never let outside. She is strictly a house cat, so shouldn't have problems with other people who don't like cats.

[cangringo]

No problem, depending on when you are driving down adn how long you plan to take you may need another health cert because I believe they want one from 72 hours or something prior to arrival. I would double check on that because when we left that was the info we had from the Mexican embassy. You won't have any problem getting them into the States as long as they have rabies shots up to date.

I would advise getting another health cert at a vet near the border - they are used to it and will probably charge about 20 bucks each and off you go. If you get a green light going through the border - you won't even need the papers but it's good to have just in case. It would be horrible to go all that way and not be able to get them in.

Where are you driving from and to btw?? I am assuming you are driving because I thought you were the one that said you were driving in another post??

For the kitty, it's hard to say how hard it will be to keep it inside. Ours was an indoor cat too but it would be impossible to keep him inside in our house here. Of course if you get an apt you probably won't have a problem. Depends where you want to live I guess and how hot it is etc.

[samizinha]

I have an enormous rabbit named Xempazuchitl, I bought her at my school on Day of the Dead. I call her Xempita for short, and my students always ask about her. She�s the cutest thing in the world (although not the most intelligent creature).
I only had one potential landlord turn her down, but the gentleman offered to make a great rabbit stew if I didn�t want her has a pet anymore

[cangringo]

Aw...Xempita - that's funny. Does he play or anything, I've seen rabbits that do...

All of our neighbors think it's strange that we keep our dog inside...she's a medium sized dog and everyone keeps them outside - not to say they aren't taken care of. One of our neighbors keeps their dog outside but they have a heater in the laundry room which is out back for when it gets cold. Some are scared of ours too because she's very friendly and wants to say hi and there are a lot of dogs that bite around here apparently.