moving pets

We moved these pups to the UK through the Pet Travel Scheme

Rudi and Sunny are two long haired Daschunds we're currently moving from Calgary, AB, Canada to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  They look pretty content to be hanging out on their couch right now!

For import requirements for moving pets to Malaysia, check out our Malaysia Pet Import page.

Moving can be one of life's most stressful events, ranked right up there with getting married.  When the two events combine, tensions can definitely run high!  

If you're considering moving in with a new partner, husband or wife with pets, additional precautions should be taken to make sure that the transition will be made smoothly.

Don't forget the pets!

On one of the relocation discussion groups I visit frequently had a post from The Appleton Group, Mayflower Transit and United Van Lines reminding people of the top 10 most forgotten belongings when planning a move.

"With more than 43 million Americans planning to move this year, odds are even the most organized may not remember every detail of a move -- or every item," said Chris Well, Vice President of Commercial Sales for the Appleton Group.

So the pets are taken care of -- you either hired PetRelocation.com or are using our free pet travel resources to plan your move.  Now for hte tricky part -- the moving day!

Anxious about how smoothly the process will go? Well the good thing is you don't have to panic. Read on to discover the five most common mistakes people make when moving home - then vow you won't do the same!

1. Not doing research

I came across an interesting article today on MSN by Marilyn Lewis entitled "Moving: Hire a pro or do it yourself?"

Lewis brings up some great points about planning ahead and how to go about picking out a good, reputable moving service.  Three main suggestions include avoiding online bids, screening companies and asking for licenses and insurance policy numbers

A few months ago we moved Cynthia and Mark's Min-Pin, Caesar, from the US to London.  Caesar had to wait out his 6 month home quarantine a little longer, so while Cynthi and Mark left for London from New York, their relatives watched Caesar and worked with our pet transportation specialists on getting the final health certificates for Caesar's trip.

Caesar the dog in front of Big Ben

Over the weekend, we got a blog comment from Lisa, who was thinking of moving her African Grey parrot to Vietnam.  She had saw our post about moving parrots to Vietnam, and wanted to know how the move had gone for our other client.

We came across this New York Times article about a traffic jam in Jakarta being a lesson in patience. The same could be said about moving with pets to Jakarta or Indonesia, as there is always quite a bit of misinformation and confusion.

Hi there, My queston has a few parts as I have been finding a lot of out of date information relating to international pet travel. I am a Canadian living in Lima Peru unitl December at which point we will be moving to Washington DC. We have an 8week old Rhodesian Ridgeback that we need to bring from Canada to Lima.