Are dogs acceted in rental villas? and other dog questions

[yipee]

Hi All,
I am moving with my husband and son to Dubai in Spetember. We also have 2 dogs.
We will be renting a villa are dogs generally accepted or are landlords not that tolerant of pets?
Can you hire dog walkers?
Is it true that dogs can only be walked before sun up and after sun down because of the heat?
My dogs are used to the UK climate will they suffer in the heat much?
Anybody got any experience of importing a dog?

Thanks
Wendy

[alli]

1) Depends on your landlord as to whether or not you can have pets.
2) Not sure about dog wallkers, but there is a job for everything here so I wouldnt be surprised
3) Yes, it's true that during the summer months you can only walk them early morning / late at night
4) Of course your dog will suffer in the heat. It gets over 40 degrees on a regular basis. If I had a dog, i wouldnt leave it outside.
5) No experience personally but there are people who do so

[tomoli]

On this topic, does anyone know what the regulations regarding dog importing are?

I know you need a rabies jab, blood test and import certification.

Anything else?

Also, do dogs HAVE to go in the hold? Or are there some airlines that allow them in the cabin?

We are also taking our dog.

[alli]

Google it.

[yipee]

Originally Posted by alli

Google it.

UMM really helpful. The idea of a forum is to share knowledge experience. If you dont want to do that maybe you should go spend your time on google???

[sgilli3]

Where are you coming from?

If coming from UK try
WorldCare Pet Transport LLC
AIRPETS Heathrow - Pet Travel Specialists

or try Emirates cargo

From Oz, try JetPets

Also ask furniture removalists (such as Crown), as a lot of them offer pet relocations as part of their services.

also try
www.uae.gov.ae/mafeservices/defaulten.aspx

Also, ask your vet about what information/injections may be needed.

hope this helps a little