Taking an Emotional Support dog on an overnight trip to Hawaii

11/26/2018 11:24:28 AM

If you’re travelling more than about two months from now, you’ll be able to do this. You’ll need to get the dog vaccinated for rabies (even if her vaccination is up-to-date, the vet may advise a booster, to ensure that the immunity test comes back positive) and other things, wait several days, go back to the vet for the rabies immunity test, wait for the results to come back from the lab (there’s only a handful of labs certified to perform the test), then submit a bunch of documentation to the authorities well before travel (which you’ll have time to do, since the blood test needs to be done at least 30 days before you arrive). Since you’re flying into HNL, you’d be able to get them to clear the dog at the airport.

Note that the fees for the vet visit, blood testing and other documentation, import examination, and transport might well be greater than the rest of your trip costs put together. Moving pets into rabies-free areas is EXPENSIVE. Doing it for a 40-hour vacation (more like 35 hours, now that you have to deal with moving a pet) is silly.

Also note that boarding options for dogs vary, and the good ones do not involve being “left alone in a cage”. I guarantee you that your dog would prefer a good boarding service to being trapped alone in a crate in a loud, dark, cold cargo hold during a long round-trip flight.

11/26/2018 8:44:53 PM

Hawaii has always been free of rabies. The quarantine laws are strict so that it stays that way.

There is a Five-days-or-less program for short stay animals that will allow your dog to be released to you on arrival. Preparations for this program start 30 days before you arrive and involve, amongst other things, confirmation of two rabies vaccinations at specified times and a blood test.

There is a wealth of information on the Hawaii Department of Agriculture page that should answer detailed questions.

Even assuming you can comply with the quarantine regulations, you still have to find somewhere to stay that will accept your dog. Hawaii is not known for pet-friendly hotels.

The short answer to all this is, realistically, don’t take your dog.

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