Barnaby Longdog - fighting against illegal dog importing

I'm realising for many people, what is actually going on is difficult to understand. I have the proof in front of me, documents, statements etc and so it all fits together, it's more difficult to understand if you don't have this. In this post I will try to explain the extent of the crack in the TRACES and pet passport systems and hopefully you will understand why I seem hell bent on ensuring APHA re-evaluate the effectiveness of these systems. I will focus on Romania and Serbia but this is also relevant to many other countries as on this journey I had discovered or heard of dogs being illegally trafficked from as far away as China. Let's call the dog Bowser. Bowser arrives in the UK with a Romanian microchip and passport. The passport is filled in with batch numbers, vaccine dates, dog ID information and microchip number. The passport is signed and stamped by a vet in Romania. The dog has his TRACES document and is entered in the system. Everything complies with...

With all the nonsense that has been going on, this is the first chance I have had to post about our last visit. Barnaby wasn't as happy as the last time we visited but I think that was due to the rain as he really prefers being outside, especially when it's warm so hopefully the weather will turn again soon. We took him along many new toys so along with with angels visit on the Thursday, he now has quite a collection and insists on them all being on his bed with his balls hidden under the covers. He ate the treats we took him but looked at me as if to say where is my chicken? We had decided not to take him chicken that day as he is actually getting quite fat in there but I might take him a couple of carrots or an egg on Saturday - though he turned his nose up at the all natural treats the pet shop gave us for him! We gave him lots of cuddles a live streamed some of the visit which was funny as I kept saying don't film this bit (when I was saying something silly to B...