Pet Regulations in the UAE If you own a dog in Dubai you are not permitted to take it to the beaches and parks. When walking your dog you are always required to keep it on a leash, however if your dog is on the banned list(only in Dubai) you are also required to muzzle it as a precautionary measure. If these regulations are not followed your dog may be confiscated and a fine of AED 2000 may be issued to you. Your dog will be returned to you with a warning, the government permits two violations. The UAE does not permit the import of pets under the age of 4 months and all pets (dogs cats) must have their rabies vaccination which should be at least 21 days old. Some airlines have breed restrictions for both dogs and cats.  These usually involve breeds with flat faces (Persians, Pugs, and Bulldogs) and/or breeds thought to be aggressive. Prohibited dog breeds for import: All kinds of pit bulls Japanese Tosa (Tosa Inu, Tosa Fighting Dog) Argentinian Fighting Dog (Dogo Argentino, Argentinian Mastiff)

Brazilian Fighting Dog (Fila Brasileiro, Brazilian Mastiff) Cross breeds with extract of the above listed breeds Wolf dog hybrids (any dog mixed with a wolf) You might also be interested in: Banned dog breeds:The banned dog breeds cannot be imported or exported in and out of the UAE. This new law comes in to play by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (formerly Ministry of Environment and Water), after revising the approved list of banned dog breeds. Mix of any of the above breed Not prohibited but restricted:The restricted breeds need to be walked on a leash when in public areas and the collar should have the dog’s registration number. Another breed specific legislation just for Dubai is that certain breeds can only live in a villa. The following breeds are: American/ English Bull Dog Other animals like Guinea pigs, hamsters, ferrets, bearded dragons, iguanas, parrots and tortoises do not require rabies vaccination or do not need to be microchipped, but they do need an import permit to come into the country and must have their original health certificates.

If you plan on buying a tortoise, parrot etc and wish to travel with it in the future, make sure you get the CITES certificate upon buying it. CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) is an international agreement between governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. The CITES is needed to issue permission to the dealer(who you are buying the pet from/ or yourself if you are importing/exporting the pet on your own) to allow Importing / Exporting / Re-exporting of the animal. Find out more about the UAE requirements on CITES. About Multiple Sclerosis (MS) 5 Dental tips every Diabetic Patient needs to know! Introducing Dr Kishan Raichura, Our Specialist Aesthetic Doctor Rhinoplasty – Enhance what you have! Kings' Al Barsha Q&A with Principal Kings' Nad Al Sheba Q&A with Principal Why does my child not listen to me?

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Other online forums for expat women? Eid-al-Adha for private sector Looking for 3b/r flat Another boring visa questionUpper Airway ObstructionsThere are four upper airway obstruction conditions that commonly affect bulldogs.First, a bulldog can have nose holes that are too small. We call this stenotic nares. The openings in the nostrils are too small and the sides of the nostrils are pulled in with inhalation making the openings even smaller. With surgery, we make the openings larger.The second upper airway obstruction condition is elongated soft palate. The palate (roof of the mouth) should end in a position where it does not interfere with air passing into the opening of the windpipe. When a bulldog has an elongated soft palate, the palate tissue partially blocks the opening of the windpipe. Many dogs live with this for a while with only excessively loud breathing noises. But when an affected dog becomes hot or excited, the palate swells and more of the windpipe opening is blocked.

The dog has difficulty breathing, makes loud clattering breathing noise and can even collapse or faint. Untreated elongated soft palate causes poor quality of life, inability to enjoy normal play and even death..The time to surgically correct this is when the elongated soft palate is diagnosed on physical exam (looking in the back of the mouth) and there are any (even mild) signs of difficult breathing.With surgery, we shorten the palate to its normal length where it does not interfere with breathing. We use a CO2 laser for palate surgery. This results in less chance of complications and more comfortable recovery from the surgery for the bulldog.When we do palate surgery, we look for everted laryngeal saccules, the third upper airway obstruction condition. Everted laryngeal saccules are tissue from the wall of the larynx that protrudes into the windpipe. If these are there, we surgically remove them, too.The fourth upper airway obstruction condition is a windpipe that is too small (hypoplastic trachea).