dogs
publié par Paroma Basu dans forum Lausanne
Hi Ashleigh, nice to hear from you. I hadn't been on this site for a long time so very lucky i caught your message!
In general, Switzerland is complete dog heaven. Dogs can accompany you to restaurants, bars, on trains, buses....pretty much anywhere! Because of this, finding a place that welcomed dogs was not particularly challenging for us. On the other hand, we didn't really go to see an apartment unless it advertised that animals were welcome, and frankly, we didn't see that many apartments because we pretty much liked the first place we saw. Still, there are soooo many dogs here I would be really surprised if you struggle to find a dog-friendly apartment.
Bringing our lab over from India was a different story. It was an insane amount of paperwork--probably took us about seven months to get through it--and was very expensive as well. But I think the situation might be different in your case because you are coming in from the States while we came in from a 'Third World' country by Swiss standards, so had to prove she didn't have rabies, etc. What made it all worth it for us of course is that our dog could be with us and that Switz. does not require any type of quarantine.
Anyway, these are a few thoughts off the top of my head. Please write directly to me at [...] if you have any other questions! Are you moving to Lausanne by the way? Look forward to meeting you if you are and good luck with the move!
paroma