Dog registration & Vaccine requirements in Portugal

Back home:

1- Get complete shot records for your pet from your veterinarian in the USA to include
inoculation date, expiration date, manufacturer, brand name, and LOT/Serial number.
Note: the expiration date should depict if the one-year or the three-year vaccines
were issued, PT generally only uses the one year vaccines, so it's important to
prove validity and avoid over inoculation.
2- Get a Microchip Certificate (PT uses the 15 digit microchip readers, not the old 10
digit ones): the certificate can be either the "new microchip implanted", or the "existing
microchip verified one".

In Portugal:

3- Register your pet at the local Freguesias (annually)

* Establish a local veterinarian to complete steps 4-8:

4- Get your pet an Antiparasitic collar- (Prevendog protects against Ticks, Mosquito,
and Sand Flies which can transmit Leishmaniasis).
5- Get your dog the Leishmaniasis Vaccine (For dogs only- not administered in the
USA)
6- Register the pet microchip in the national Portuguese database, [Sistema de
Identificaçãode Animais de Companhia (SIAC)]
7- Establish an EU Pet Passport for your pet to use on cross-border travel (physical
exam required within 3 days of each trip).
8- Establish a Portuguese pet shot-records (Boletim sanitário de cães e gatos) for your
pet to use on trains or present to the local Freguesias at annual registrations.

Official Portuguese pet shot-records (Boletim sanitário de cães e gatos) lists the
following vaccines for dogs:
So make sure to bring complete shot records for your pet signed by your original
veterinarian (per #1 above).

PT vaccines for Dogs:

1. Rabies
2. Distemper
3. Hepatitis
4. Parvovirus
5. Leptospirosis
6. Parainfluenza
7. Bordetella "kennel cough"
8. Babesiosis (tick-borne infection) -Not generally
administered in the USA
9. Leishmaniasis -Not generally administered in the USA
Note: Two common vaccines in the USA not generally administered in PT-
• Canine Influenza
• Lyme Disease "tick-borne infection"

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Driving safely with your dog in Portugal:

The legislation for Portugal states that dogs must be suitably restrained in a separate
passenger area where they cannot interfere with your driving. When they say restrained
this means using a special lead that is fitted into the seatbelt, which for your dogs safety
and to prevent injury to their neck it should be used with a suitable dog harness.
Alternatively they should be contained in a crate/travelling kennel or behind dog guards.

https://silvercoastangelicdogs.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/driving-safely-with-your-dog-in-portugal/

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Portuguese Pet Laws:

1- Registration and Identification

2- Walking your dog or cat
3- Vaccines
4- Pets living in apartments
5- Pet abandonment
6- Reporting: death, change of ownership, loss or theft
7- Responsibility for dog actions
8- Dangerous and potentially dangerous animals
9- List of potentially dangerous dog breeds

https://petsittingalgarve.com/pet-law-portugal-download-portuguese-pet-law/

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A complete guide to the laws for pets in Portugal:

1- What is the pet information system (SIAC)?

2- What is the purpose of SIAC?
3- How does the registration process work?4- Which animals must be registered?
5- How does the registration of purchased or adopted animals work?
6- Is it possible to vaccinate an animal without registration?
7- How to proceed if the animal cannot be marked?
8- Who can be registered as an owner?
9- Who can register with the SIAC?
10- When should the registration data be changed?
11- How to transfer ownership of an animal?
12- What about animals received as a gift or part of an inheritance?
13- Consequences of not complying with the new pet legislation
https://www.idealista.pt/en/news/legal-advice-portugal/2019/10/29/449-complete-guide-laws-pets-portugal

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE LAW FOR PETS AND DOMESTIC
ANIMALS IN PORTUGAL:

1. Animals are no longer considered ‘Things’ in Portugal

2. Married couples who Separate have to reach an agreement regarding the custody of
any pets
3. Pets are allowed in Restaurants and other commercial establishments of Portugal
4. Mistreating and Abandonment of Pets is a Punishable Crime in Portugal
5. Registering your Pet is Obligatory in Portugal
6. How many Dogs and Cats can I own ?
7. The different categories of pets as follows:
Category A – Pet dog
Category B – Dogs for your economic livelihood
Category C – Dogs for military purposes
Category D – Dogs for scientific research
Category E – Hunting dogs
Category F – Guide dogs
Category G – Potentially dangerous dogsCategory H – Dangerous dogs
Category I – Cats
8. Responsibility for Dog Actions – Noise and other Problems
9. Walking your Dog or Cat
10. Report of Death, Change of Ownership, Loss or Theft of your Pet

https://www.planetalentejo.com/2019/community/alentejo/pets-and-domestic-animals-law-in-portugal/

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Information about taking pets on our trains:

https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en/how-to-travel/Useful-information/travelling-with-pets