[alpayton]

Any vet that signs a health certificate is saying that the animal is free from any visible or known signs of infectious or communicable disease. I highly doubt you'll get any vet to just GIVE you a health cert for a dog that they haven't seen in the office. My vet does a health cert for around 30 bucks. That's with the office visit. It's not that much. Don't forget though, you'll need health certificate for the return trip as well so if you're staying longer than 10 days, you'll either need your vet to post date one for your return trip, or you'll need to see another vet down there to get another certificate.