Full 9-month timeline, 7 required documents, cost breakdown, and a bonus interactive checklist. The complete playbook · built from moving Murphy.
Moving your dog from Australia to Thailand isn't complicated once you know the process. The problem is most people don't know the process until they're already mid-planning the move · and by then, the timeline doesn't work.
The FAVN blood test alone takes 3 months to process. Before that, you need the microchip and rabies vaccine. The Thai import permit has its own timeline. Get the sequence wrong and your dog misses the flight.
The playbook walks you through the full process from the day you decide to move your dog to the day they land in Thailand. Every step is sequenced, timed, and explained.
Microchip placed (if not already), rabies vaccine administered, FAVN test blood draw sent to an approved laboratory. This is the critical path · nothing else can start until this is done.
Book a specialist pet relocation agent who handles Thai import permits and airline cargo. Order an IATA-compliant crate and start crate training. FAVN result comes back · confirm it passes.
Apply to Thailand's Department of Livestock Development (DLD) for the import permit. Your agent handles this. Allow 6–8 weeks for approval. Confirm airline cargo booking.
Lock in your travel date. Confirm cargo space on the specific flight · cargo is separate from your booking and must match. Check airline breed and weight restrictions.
Accredited vet issues the official health certificate · must be done within 10 days of travel. DAFF endorsement, final document pack assembled. No room for error here.
Cargo drop timing, airport procedures, Thai customs and DLD inspection on arrival. Your agent meets the flight. Murphy lands.
Systematic BTC trader and founder of Absolute Capital. Murphy is my dog. Moving him from Australia to Koh Samui is one of the most research-heavy parts of the entire relocation. I spent weeks piecing together the FAVN test requirements, DLD permit process, approved lab list, airline cargo restrictions, and correct document sequence. The Dog Relocation Playbook is that research in a single guide · the thing I needed at the start, documented so you don't have to do it from scratch.
"I had no idea the FAVN test took 3 months. I was 4 months out from our planned move. This guide pushed my timeline back a month · disaster averted. Worth every cent."
"The document checklist alone is worth more than $17. I'd been trying to build my own list from five different websites. This had everything in one place, sequenced correctly."
"Murphy's Checklist is brilliant. I printed it out and ticked it off as I went. Knowing nothing was slipping through the cracks was exactly what I needed for the final month."
PDF guide · 9-month timeline · 7 documents · Cost breakdown · Murphy's Checklist
Read through it. If you don't think the guide + checklist was worth $17, email me and I'll refund you the same day. No forms, no questions, no waiting. Built from the actual research · if it doesn't help you move your dog, you shouldn't pay for it.
The exact AU-to-Thailand dog relocation sequence · rabies titre timing, export and import permits, flights, and arrival · so nothing gets missed and your dog lands with you.
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