Your airport sucks!

We had an incident at the airport upon arrival in March of 2017. Customs looked at our 6 lb dog Maxie's paperwork and said we needed proof that she had been given medicine for parasites (fleas and worms). This was not a requirement before, they said it was new but we had to have it and they were very stern and intimidating. Finally they said I could take the dog but they would keep my passport until I came back with the proper paperwork from a vet.

I thank the Lord for our hotel owner Lucy. When we arrived she hugged me and I told her what happened. She made arrangements and took Maxie and I to her vet this morning, we got the paperwork based on my telling her that we had given Maxie the parasite medicine at home (which we had). Then Lucy took me back to the airport and we got my passport back. The people at the airport told Lucy that this new "rule" had gone into effect in January, but no one was told about it.

The previous year they told us we couldn't take our dog home because the rabies vaccine was too new, we had gotten it early so it wouldn't be an issue (or so we thought), we brought the new paperwork but not the old. Thankfully a nice employee looked it up and let us go.

We no longer feel comfortable bringing our dog. It's too bad because she loved it. We've been coming for 12 years and Z is still our favorite place in the world. Thankfully I have a wonderful mother who loves my dog so we can continue to enjoy the paradise that is Zihuatanejo.