HOW TO SHIP DOGS^ 



Section A— PAPERS AND RECORDS 



NECESSARY PAPERS TO PREPARE 



Before you begin to prepare the container or shipping crate, it is 

 well to check on papers. These include a signed pedigree certificate 

 for at least three generations, a registration application with proper sig- 

 natures for the individual dog, the litter having been registered pre- 

 viously, and a health certificate signed by a veterinarian if the dog is 

 to be shipped to any state requiring such examination. This certificate 

 can be signed as part of the live stock shipping certificate (express bill 

 of lading) . 



HEALTH CERTIFICATES 



Health examinations are required by states (none by the Federal Government) 

 only for dogs coming into these states unless from an area quarantined within 

 the state when a certificate is necessary to ship the dog out of the quarantined 

 area, regardless of destination. No certificate is required for a dog in transit 

 thru a state requiring examination when a certificate to ship out is necessary. 

 Such certificate is sufficient also if the dog is being shipped into a state requiring 

 examination. 



The following states require that a health certificate be signed at the point 

 of shipment for any dog or dogs shipped into their respective states. STATES 

 NOT MENTIONED HAVE NO REQUIREMENTS. 



No rabies immunization is necessary unless noted after each state. No health 

 examination and no rabies immunization are necessary for states not listed here. 

 R. V. — rabies inoculation. 



Alabama (r. v. within 6 mos.). Alaska (r. v. required). Arkansas (r. v. within 

 60 days). Connecticut. Florida (r. v. within 6 mos.). 



Georgia (rabies 50 miles radius, 9 mos. prior to shipment). Idaho (no rabies 

 within 6 mos. in shipping area). Illinois (r. v. within 6 mos.). Iowa. 



Louisiana. Michigan (no rabies for 6 mos. within 50 miles). Minnesota. 

 Mississippi (r. v. within 30 days prior to date of shipment). Missouri (r. v. 

 within 12 mos.). Montana (50 miles radius 9 mos.). 



New Jersey. New York. Tennessee (r. v. within 15 days prior to date of 

 shipment or else vaccinated within 21 days after arrival). North Carolina (r. v. 

 necessary 6 mos. previous; otherwise vaccination within N. C. and confinement 

 for two additional weeks). 



Oregon (no rabies for 3 mos. within 25 miles of point of shipment). 

 Pennsylvania (no rabbies within 100 days at point of shipment). Rhode Island. 

 Texas (r. v. within 10 mos. prior to shipment). 



Utah (no rabies during last 6 mos. within 50 mile radius). Vermont (9 

 mos. — 50 mile radius). "Wisconsin. Wyoming (certificate must state that rabies 

 has not existed within a distance of 50 miles from point of origin within at 

 least 6 mos.). 



It must be said that the majority of dogs are shipped without observance 

 of these regulatons. Some of these regulations are unnecessary or are unneces- 

 sarily severe. Also these regulations can be changed over night by the state 

 department of agriculture. They are not established by statute; they are indirectly 

 authorized by a general act of the legislature and directed by the chief state 

 veterinarian, who is subordinate to the director of agriculture or live stock board. 



As a general rule, unless rabies exists within 50 miles from the point of 

 shipment, the requirement that the dog be vaccinated against rabies is seldom 

 carried out. 



This certificate should be made out in triplicate by the veterinarian at the 

 point of shipment. One copy is presented to the express or other conveying agency 



