It was a letter for the rabies, will phone the vet tomorrow and double check!

good point !!!
did u have the last vaccine done in england?

no, if the vaccine is licensed for 3 years ,he only needs it every three years

Yes the vaccine was done here in London in February, blood tests in April. Didn't get the passport as we didn't go abroad, but we might this year.
The sticker on Fluffy's medical card says it is valid until Feb 10. So I'm confused.... I asked another vet and he told me that rabies vax is valid for 3 years but if he wants to go abroad then for one year? As we didn't go abroad would the last year vax still be valid?

That is very confusing! I was under the impression that it's every three years whether you use the passport or not. I'm planning on getting mine done this year, apart from the vaccine and blood test, are there any other expenses?

Before you go make sure you fully understand the rules:

http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-pet...res/owners.htm

as I have heard of some people being refused entry back into the UK for not having the correct paperwork. As far as I know the UK is the only country with this 6 month rule and there appears no valid scientific reason why it remains in place.

Some countries do not necessarily recognise the 3 year rabies vaccine either.

Yes, you are correct in that the UK has never had rabies (Other than a few quickly isolated and destroyed cases) and being an island it's easier to maintain controls which I agree with BTW.

The Czech Ministry of Agriculture web site claims only three cases since 1952 but one needs to remember that 40 of those years were under a communist regime where distortion of the true facts was routine

In the forrest around here they put out bait for the foxes with the anti-rabies thingy in it. When I asked what happens if our dogs eat it I was told that it will do no harm. My wife has lived here for five years and so far as we know there has been no cases of Rabies in the media.

Britain has had strict quarantine laws for nearly 100 years for very good reason. Rabies is a nasty killer and incurable once the symptoms appear. few survive. I remember in 2004 when a Dutch man smuggled a 4 month old puppy from Morocco and took it to France. he took it to all the summer music festivals where it bit 9 people. There followed a massive national (and international) search to track down everybody who had been near this dog which had already died. He obviously didnt think the law applied to him. I know of people who still smuggle animals into the UK. Having the vaccine protects your pet and ultimately you!

Just had a look at the med card and he got Rabisin on the 19/2/09 - expires on the 9/1/11 and next due date is Feb 2010. So yes it looks like we need a booster.

Right, to make matters more confusing.... just got off the phone to defra, they say his rabies vax is valid until 2011 so he's ok to come back to UK at any time until the rabies valid date. It's only that some countries require the annual booster, so would need to check the individual countries I would need to travel to to check the regulations.