About Border Pet

Border Pet exists because pet travel compliance is genuinely hard — and the information available to owners is scattered, outdated, and often wrong.

The problem

When you try to find out what it takes to travel with a dog between the UK and the EU, you'll find Facebook groups, forum threads, and blog posts — most of which contradict each other, bury the rules in anecdote, or haven't been updated since Brexit.

The official sources exist. But they're written for vets and border officials, not for a dog owner trying to figure out whether their puppy is old enough to board a ferry.

Getting it wrong has real consequences: dogs refused at borders, expensive last-minute vet visits, cancelled trips. The information exists — it's just not in a usable form.

Why we built this

Border Pet was started by someone who went through this firsthand — trying to move a puppy between Amsterdam, Spain, and the UK and finding nothing that gave a clear, reliable answer. The Facebook groups were full of conflicting advice. The government websites required reading four separate pages to understand one requirement.

The goal is simple: tell you exactly what you need, in the right order, based on your specific dog and journey. No forum opinions. No outdated blog posts. Just the current rules, explained clearly.

What Border Pet does

Border Pet is a compliance tool, not a travel agency or a vet service. You tell us where you're going, when, how, and a few things about your dog — and we give you a personalised checklist of exactly what's required, with timing guidance so nothing catches you out.

The tool is currently in development and launching in July 2026, starting with UK–Spain travel. More routes are coming.