Also since Qatar doesn't ascribe to the European Pet Passport scheme, and Janet from QAWS won't be able to spearhead that effort here in Qatar any longer, it would be difficult to get your dog back and forth (if needed) without a lot of notice, or quarantine, which isn't fun for them either.

We're going home at the end of this month, having been here just over 1 year, and our dog with us just over 10 months; we'll all have a much better life back in Canada, and she'll have all her dog friends to run off leash in the park...