I hope I have placed this on the right thread.
Did you guys know that if you buy a pup/dog from abroad now you have to have a broker on both ends? All dogs - pets, breeders, and show. I just learned this and my baby is arriving on Thursday!
I have been calling the airlins, air cargo, and tried to contact customs - but you can't speak to any real person at customs you can only leave a message which they do not return.
I knew that to import the breeder there needed a broker, but didn't know I also had to have one.
You can do the paperwork yourself but it takes awhile and the airlines, air cargo and the broker said that she might then need to stay in the kennel overnight if I had tried to do it myself and have to drive back in the morning. The airpirt is about 1.5 away form me!
And it will cost 200.00 to pay for the broker. I don't mind if it will keep my baby from spending the night in a kennel. Her flight arrives in the afternoon and I just did not want to risk doing the paperwork all by myself at customs and her have to stay overnight keneled since we ran overtime into after 5:00.
Has anyone had to do this? It just seems everyone has their hand out to get more money. I know that it is good that customs want to make sure that the dogs are healthy coming in to the US, which is great, but at least be available to answer questions. When I called the airlines on Thursday last week - they said that I should be able to do it myself in an hour (customs) - then today they said that all dogs needed a broker to avoid complications and delays.
Well, I have hired a broker and hopefully all things will go okay so I just pick her up at air cargo now.
T.