When my family moved there many years ago, it was a mandatory 120-day quarantine for all animals, which was really terrible. Our elderly dog almost died during the process, and had to finish up her quarantine at a veterinary hospital which wound up being very pricey for us. I don't know if the facilities have changed since the 1990's, but back then the dogs were basically in outdoor runs with concrete floors with a small covered area in a very hot, dry area. It was horrible for our golden... I think that even a five day stay in those conditions would have been hard on her, but 120 days really hurt her and she was never the same afterwards.
I wonder if with a tiny little dog you might be able to ask that she be quarantined the five days at a vet office? You could come up with some reason like potential hypoglycemia even if it isn't something you really see in her a lot...
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Thanks so much for your reply. I am having serious second thoughts.
You are the second person that has a horrible story of how hard it is to quarantine their dog.
The previous person I spoke with said their dog got sick from the chemicals they used to clean the kennels and died shortly after being released.
I have had some dealings with Hawaiian authorities when I was involved in a traffic accident in Oahu. I got my license suspended and it took weeks to get it resolved. It was all because my insurance carrier was not a hawaiian carrier. You would of thought I had a DUI the way they treated me.
If the department that handles the dogs is as unreasonably bureaucratic as the dmv was my little Mia has no hope of not being quarantined 3 months. |