Batgung

In addition to Fiona's helpful information, I'll just repeat here the answer I gave to a similar question some time ago here on our batgung discussion board:

The information you need is at this HK Government web page.

On that screen, you need to click the "Pet animals" option, then keep following the obvious options, i.e. "Import of pet animals and birds", then "Import of dogs and cats" on succeeding screens. The site even has a little applet you can enter your pet's vital info into to see if it's eligible to enter HK.

Frankly, the process looks a bit daunting, but I wouldn't know if it's that's hard in practice. Readers, any experiences here?

What I do know a great deal about is keeping a dog in Hong Kong. Mrs Tall and I kept a German Shepherd for years, till we had to put him down a couple of years ago. I don't know whether I'd recommend keeping a dog that large here again. If your dog is accustomed to being outdoors and having space to run, it'll no doubt have a tough time adjusting to life in a small flat. But lots and lots of people in HK have dogs, by no means all small ones, and given the life of a pampering-and-adoration-sponge our big dog had, it's certainly not impossible, or even cruel, I think.

What you'll need to worry about are of course where you'll be able to take your dog to do the business, whether or not members of your household will be around home enough to make sure this can happen, and so on. I think the important thing is making sure the dog doesn't have to spend too much time indoors alone.

Oh, and there are very good pet stores/kennels, etc. available here. I particularly recommend Ferndale Kennels.

They may be able help you with the importing as well.

Anyway, good luck, and let us know how it goes.

Mr Tall

i am plannin to bring my dog back to hk as well. actually i've been awnting to do that since last year, but i have faced many obstacles. maybe you guys can help me out?? my dog has lupus diesease which means his immune system does not work at a normal rate , his white blood cells are not to the standard due to irresponsible vet i had before giving him too many rabies shot. i've been told by the health and animal regulation group in hk that my dog must get a rabies shot when he arrives to hk no exception. Eventho my holistic vet have written him a letter and proves that my dog would not be infected with rabies as his shot is still valid til this may 2006. now if my dog does get a shot in hk when he gets there, his immune system will go down again (he has gotten so much better already for the past 2 years) andd there might be a chance of him dying. I have talked to the vet in hk and the health and aniaml group in hk and they said the best thing is not to bering him back?? that sounds a little bit crude, knowing that the dog will get ill and there's a possibliltiy of him dying they still insist of the rabies shot. Do you guys anywhere i can make a special request for this case for them to make an exception? i love my dog so much that i can't bare to leave him here nor to have him go on a 14 hr plane ride and then have him suffer cus they give him the needle. thanks so much .

Hi we brought our dog here in 1997. He had to stay in quarantine for two weeks outside in August. That nearly killed him! I think it is just too hot here for dogs. Our dog was 11 when we brought him. The flight from Canada was very hard on him too. The vet recommended not to give him a tranquiller. We lived in Discovery Bay so there were places we could walk the dog however the security people were always following us around and shouting at us. I think they are more used to dogs there now. I guess what I am trying to say is that flats are small, weather is brutal and for the well-being of your dog, you may want to consider the quality of his life that he has here. I really don't think that Hong Kong is a very dog-friendly place. good luck, whatever your decision, pp