Nancy, I was asked "What is a broker?" And I know that a broker is a person inbetween the buyer and the seller, but are they licensed as such? I still have a problem understanding why a person needs a broker to accept a dog from our of the U.S. Maybe Homeland Security? Stormy In a message dated 10/31/08 5:09:35 PM, nancy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > It depends on the airport of Arrival. In Atlanta dogs entering from > outside the US MUST be cleared by a broker. Same for IAH from Canada. > Check your airport for the current rules. They are all different. We have > cleared many coming in from other countries. > Nancy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <cnnpmm2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "ShowGSD_L" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <Stormy435@xxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 5:15 PM > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Importing dogs problems... > > > Stormy writes: ... But it appears that some customs agents are only > releasing dogs to "brokers." > *~^*~^*~^*~^*~^*~^*~^*~^*~^*~^* http://www.FairhopeGSD.com Dogs love is different. It requires no return. ************** Plan your next getaway with AOL Travel. Check out Today's Hot 5 Travel Deals! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1212416248x1200771803/aol?redir=http://travel.aol.com/discount-travel?ncid=emlcntustrav00000001) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================