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Dogs Moving in Russia by Trains

By Pet Relocation | February 1st, 2010

The Daily Dish has a couple of great stories up this week, one about the stray dogs who have learned how to move around the city of Moscow by riding trains.

[Animal specialist Andrei] Neuronov says there are some 500 strays that live in the metro stations, especially during the colder months, but only about 20 have learned how to ride the trains. This happened gradually, first as a way to broaden their territory. Later, it became a way of life. “Why should they go by foot if they can move around by public transport?” he asks.

“They orient themselves in a number of ways,” Neuronov adds. “They figure out where they are by smell, by recognising the name of the station from the recorded announcer’s voice and by time intervals. If, for example, you come every Monday and feed a dog, that dog will know when it’s Monday and the hour to expect you, based on their sense of time intervals from their biological clocks.”

There has been quite a bit of talk about the stray situation in Moscow. While some pets live like kings and queens, others are cast aside on the streets. Many expats who relocate to Moscow and Russia have a difficult time with the adjustment. For details on moving dogs and cats to Russia, check out our Russia pet import requirements. We also have a great firsthand account from a past customer who moved with dogs to Russia.

Russia

Living:

Veterinarians Dr. Yuri and Valeria Shishmaryov are husband and wife: Yuri is a state-licensed vet, and Valeria is a professional interpreter who speaks fluent English. They make house calls and will come to see you together, so there won’t be any communication problems. They have been working with expatriate pet owners in Moscow for over twelve years.

Yuri & Valeria's services include:

24-hour house calls and emergency visits (including residential compounds Rosinka, Pokrovsky Hills, Syetun, Moscow Country Club, Chaika, Barvikha, Zhukova, etc.).
General examinations and procedures carried out at your house.
All vaccinations.
Microchips.
Preparation of pets for the UK's PETS Travel Scheme, travel to European Union countries, Japan, etc.
Laboratory tests, X-rays, ultrasounds, and all kinds of surgery (carried out at a state-licensed veterinary clinic).
Veterinary dental services.
Delivery of veterinary medications to your house.
Delivery of veterinary medications to your house.
If you would like to adopt or buy a cat or dog, Yuri and Valeria will help you choose a suitable and healthy companion for you and your family.

Pet Supply Store

Beethoven Pet SupermarketLeninsky Prospekt d.49 Entrance from Ulitsa Bardina Metro Leninsky Prospekt Tel.: 135-44-01, 135-40-69, 135-41-13http://www.bethowen.ru

This is Moscow's largest, brightest and newest pet supermarket (opened in February 2003). This huge, clean, well-sorted and well-stocked store has everything for every kind of pet, including all kinds of imported pet food (huge choice of Hill's Science diet - dry and canned, all special diets such as W/D, I/D, S/D and C/D), accessories (cat litter and litter boxes, scratching posts, travel cages, dog beds, cat "houses", leashes, collars, toys, treats, clothing for dogs, aquariums, cages for smaller animals) and a large veterinary medications section/pet pharmacy. Prices are a lot lower than anywhere else, and Beethoven's helpful and friendly staff will be happy to provide you with advice on what to get for your four-legged friend. The store offers discount cards - if you make a purchase for over 1,000 rubles you automatically get a 5$ discount card. As you accumulate purchase, you will be upgraded to a 10% discount card. Once you have the 10% discount card, you are entitled to additional discounts (up to 14.5%) when buying full cartons worth of, e.g., Whiskas cat food. As people often drop off their unwanted kittens and sometimes older cats (and sometimes dogs) at the store, the staff never turns them away and always gives them a very nice temporary home and TLC until a new owner is found. Beethoven does sell small animals, including guinea pigs, rabbits, hamsters, rats and birds - along with all the equipment needed to keep them. Parking is available right outside the store. If you have made a large purchase you can take your shopping cart right to your car.

Beethoven is open Monday through Saturday from 9 am to 9 pm, Sundays from 9 am to 7 pm.

Beethoven also has stores (some are small) at the following addresses:

Beethoven Marino Ulitsa Lyublinskaya d.165, Building 1 Metro Marino Tel.: 746-32-49

Beethoven Belyaevo Ulitsa Miklukho-Maklaya d.18, Building 1 Metro Belyaevo Tel.: 335-89-00

Pet Groomers

Dog & Cat Grooming Salon "Gracy"Ulitsa Plyushikha d.53Metros Park Kultury & Smolenskaya Tel.: 248-48-84

This Western-style grooming salon offers all kinds of grooming services for dogs and cats, including washing and cutting of claws. Gracy also sells a large variety of dog and cat accessories, including baskets, brushes, shampoos, dog and cat food, bowls, scratching posts, toys, bones and treats, etc. If your dog needs grooming, Gracy recommends making an appointment 1½ weeks in advance. Washing and cutting of claws can normally be arranged without prior reservation. Gracy will also wash and groom cats. If you do not speak much Russian we recommend you get a Russian-speaker to make the appointment for you. The salon is open Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 8 pm and on Sundays from 10 am to 6 pm.

Rules:

Attention: This information is to be used as general guidelines and may not be updated to meet the current requirements. Before you travel, be sure to contact the appropriate authorities for your destination country.

RUSSIA IMPORT RULES AND REQUIREMENTS 1) Microchip: Each Pet shall be identified by means of a microchip. No other form of identification is acceptable. The microchip used should comply with ISO Standard 11784 or Annex A to ISO standard 11785- otherwise the pet will need to be sent with it’s own scanner attached to the top of the crate. 2) Rabies Vaccination & Certificate: All pets must have an original Rabies Certificate and this certificate must state the microchip number, the date of inoculation and the validity of the particular vaccination you obtain – some are good for two years, others are only good for one. This vaccine must be an inactivated vaccine. 3) Vet Health Certificate (Form 7001)– This is the standard Health Certificate to be filled out by your USDA accredited Veterinarian. Must be issued within 5 days of the flight. 4) USDA Endorsement: The above referenced forms:

Microchip Implantation Record
Rabies Certificate
Vet Health Certificate

Must be sent to your local USDA for their stamp of approval. Please contact your local representative on the best way of handling this.

Geography:

Geography

The resort city of Sochi stretches for 145 km along the Black Sea coast. The warm sea and the nearby Main Caucasian Range have formed in this land of Russia a unique climate of humid subtropics, which is not typical of this latitude elsewhere on the globe. The highest summits reaching 2,500-2,000 m are found in Adler (a district of Sochi). This natural barrier shields the coast from cold continental air. Further on, in the north-west region of Tuapse, the mountain range narrows and becomes flatter, with summits reaching 300-800m above sea level. And even further, in Anapa region, there are no mountains. This relief accounts for the Mediterranean climate and cold north-east storms rushing in winter into Tuapse - Anapa coastal area as well as into the South Coast of the Crimea, while the sea resort region of Sochi (from Lazarevskoye to Adler) protected by mountains is a land of humid subtropics.

Capital Moscow

Languages Russian

Currency Russian ruble

Climate

Due to the warm climate, four seasons can hardly be specified in Sochi. Actually there are only two seasons here – the warm period from May till October, and a cooler period from November till April. Sochi’s ‘winter’ is mild, with no frosts, and snow is a rare surprise here. On such extraordinary occasions when it snows the snow lasts only for 2 or 3 days. The average temperature in January is +5ºÑ +6ºÑ. Yet in March the amount of sunshine allows holidaymakers to take sun baths and get the sun tan. The heat of Summer is moderated by cool breezes and ‘fans’ – the mild winds coming from the valleys in the mountains.

Clear, cloudless weather is typical of Sochi’s summers, the average temperature in July is +22ºÑ +23ºÑ. Autumn months are dry, warm, and the ‘velvet season’ lasts long. The average temperature in September is +19,8º, in October +15,9º, in November +11,8º. Sochi’s weather is beneficial for health practically in any season. The warm seaside climate is good for rich flora too. Sochi is a land of 6 thousand species of flowers, trees and shrubs. The area has turned to be a perfect place for many imported plants to grow: tea, persimmon, mushmula, feijoa, citrus plants. In the coastal zone and at the foot of the mountains there are Colkhis forests of many relict forms. Sochi is the only region in Russia that survived the Ice age, so groves of yew and boxwood trees grow in wild here. This is the only Russian city where palms decorate streets, not greenhouses, and the sights of blooming magnolia trees can be enjoyed only in Sochi!

While on the other sides of the nearby mountains in winter there are severe frosts, in Sochi it only rains, trees are green, flowers bloom. This only Russian city of humid subtropics has always excited guests.

By its extraordinary variety of curative factors Sochi is unbeatable in the world. Whereas the US, French, Italian, Turkish and other resorts on the globe offer only leisure holidays, Sochi has much more to offer. Catering for our guests’ health recreation, we turn on a generous supply of natural resources. The curative properties of our climate are applied to the utmost in health resort programs at “Rus”, as we have developed all proper conditions for intensifying the effect of natural factors by advanced spa-methods. The “Rus” resort is a destination for comfortable pleasant and meaningful rest. This is where Sochi holidays comply with the world’s best standards of spa resort services and the best hospitality traditions!

Links:

The RussiaSite.org, www.therussiasite.org, provides a lot of useful information about Russia, including Politics, Law, Human Rights, Immigration, and more.

Penny Lane Realty, eng.realtor.ru, is a real estate agency in Russia.

News from Russia, newsfromrussia.com, is an English-language news website by the Russian Press Agency Pravda

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