Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Moving Anxiety

We live in a foreign country, and before we get to come home to the United States for good, we will live in at least two more foreign countries. I'm getting nervous as our first move approaches.

Our family will be leaving Okinawa at some point in the next three months, but most likely in mid-October. We do not yet know which country we will be moving to, and that presents a unique set of problems for pet owners. Quarantine laws and the rules for transport of domestic animals are different for each host nation. We have to cross our fingers and pray that our next home will not be one which requires a long quarantine (because we won't know where we're going until it's far too late to accommodate such a requirement).

I am getting her microchip information updated as well as I can. I have several potential backup plans for foster care in the USA if we cannot take her with us immediately. I am working now to make sure she is healthy, current on vaccines, and that all her medical records are in order. I guess there's not really anything else I can do...

...except worry.