USA Pet Exporter

[richsadams]

For anyone that stumbles on this thread, based on another post somewhere we contacted a company called Pet Relocation (https://www.petrelocation.com) about moving our two dogs from the U.S. west coast recently. The estimate was US$6,600 not including the required 10 days quarantine boarding fees. We can't vouch for their services but their email responses to our various questions were very good. Here is their outline:

Thank you for your email! I would be happy to provide a quote for our services.

We specialize in the complete door-to-quarantine service and manage every aspect of the move to New Zealand. This service includes:

• Move timeline creation for your dog’s Move
• Complete management of every step in the import process
• Working directly with your vet to ensure all work, treatments, and documentation is done correctly and timely
• Obtain necessary import permit
• Obtain Endorsed OVD
• Assistance with quarantine booking
• Pickup from current residence/boarding facility
• Delivery to a pet safe airport
• Domestic flight booking and air freight for a flight to SFO or LAX (with check-in)
• Pickup from airport and delivery to nearby boarding facility (1 night of boarding)
• Final vet visit and health check
• USDA Endorsement from the government vet in port city
• Vet certificate A and B
• Final Internal and External parasite treatments
• Heartworm treatment
• Delivery to the airport
• Check-in w/ USDA crate sealing
• International air freight and flight booking
• Client Care Specialist on call that is personally assigned to your move that will set in place all plans and manage the move

For our services, we are looking at an estimate of $6,600 USD for the move to Auckland.

This does not include the cost of quarantine or destination services. I'd recommend reaching out to a local quarantine facility such as Pet Haven or QPS to facilitate destination services.

FWIW that's pretty close to what we paid to ship two cats from the U.S. to NZ when we first emigrated years ago. We used Qualified Pet Services (QPS - http://www.qualifiedpet.co.nz) just outside of Auckland back then. (When quarantine was 30 days! ) They were terrific.

Hope that helps!

Cheers,

Rich