Pets in the Carib?

[Pyriots]

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Hi guys,

I know this may seem really trivial to a lot of you but I would really like to know if anybody has any experience with or knows of anyone who brought their dogs with them to med school in the Caribbean? How well did it work out? Was it really really crazy expensive? Did any major health concerns arise (with the pet?) due to its new environment? What about the housing situation for people with pets?

I would think, since there are so many vet school in the Carib too, that it wouldn't be all that uncommon but I haven't really heard of it before.

Thanks

 

[aliDO]

I know you can bring pets to Ross, but as their post on their website states many more people are wanting to do this and many of the landlords are now forbidding it so housing for people with pets is scarce. Also, they will need to be up to date on shots and get a "clean bill of health." I don't think they would contract anything unusual in the Caribbean.

 

[oldpro]

Hi guys,

I know this may seem really trivial to a lot of you but I would really like to know if anybody has any experience with or knows of anyone who brought their dogs with them to med school in the Caribbean? How well did it work out? Was it really really crazy expensive? Did any major health concerns arise (with the pet?) due to its new environment? What about the housing situation for people with pets?

I would think, since there are so many vet school in the Carib too, that it wouldn't be all that uncommon but I haven't really heard of it before.

Thanks

Between the cost and hassle ( the pets have to be in quarantine coming and going) I think it is way better for the pet to stay in the states if possible, you will be stressed during school and it mey be for the best.

Just my take on it.

 

[AGDJenni]

I also heard that there are very little "grassy" areas for the dog to use the bathroom and the area that are grassy are very very tall and ridden with ticks and critters.

 

[Bring It On]

Took both the dog and 2 cats....not that expensive. Had to have all the shots current prior to leaving....again, was not a big deal.

 

[Tastebuds]

I went to Saba and took my dog with me.....I found alot of grassy areas for my dog. It was no hassle for me to take my dog. I just needed a health certificate everytime I traveled back and forth from the US and Saba. Honestly, my dog allowed me to focus on something else besides school and provided me with some sense of home. I recommend taking your dog with you if YOU think its a good idea.

 

[dr f8]

Be advised that the locals on the island of Nevis HATE DOGS!

I am a student at MUA and adopted two starving, battered puppies. I live in a house in a quiet neighborhood that has not one but two fences and have been allowing my dogs to stay in the innermost fence (which does not border any other housing) during the daytime. Last week, one of them was poisoned right when we were sitting out with them! Fortunately, we caught it as soon as it happened and the one and only vet in Nevis met us at her clinic and injected antidote to overcome the insecticide that was put out in a can of Spam for the dogs; it saved her life.

There is blatant and shameful abuse of dogs and cats that occurs here. I have come to find out that there have been many, many poisonings of students' and locals' dogs here. In fact, I was told by a professor here that the government gives out the poison to locals so that stray dogs can be poisoned (supposedly to prevent them from going after that countless herds of loosely wandering goats and sheep).

According to the small animal rights group here, many animals are starved, dehydrated, burned alive, drowned, chained to trees for a LIFETIME, etc on a daily basis. Also, dog fighting is a prime source of entertainment for these savages. I have personally witnessed many starved and abused animals, even on the property that adjoins MUA. When I have tried to intervene by feeding/watering them, I have been thrown off property and reported to police.

Nevis is a VERY DEPRESSING PLACE. I was very optimistic when I first came here. If I had it to do over, I would not come here again; NO WAY! I cannot speak for the Caribbean as a whole, but the culture/mentality here is a pre-civilized one where students and pets are hated by the natives.