[MarMema]

In order to enter the US dogs must be cleared for many many diseases. I have the paperwork for our dog from Taiwan and we fostered for a group that brought them over.

It's a bald faced lie that they are brought here with diseases. In truth they are probably more healthy than many dogs already here in the US.

[Salamander]

Sorry, but it’s simply not true.
The animal importers are making a mint and the health of the dogs coming in is not always vetted properly.

http://naiaonline.org/blog/animal-policy/irresponsible-dog-importation-and-illness-an-expert-speaks-out/#.WgmE-VtSyUk

http://tyrannyandliberty.blogspot.com/2014/08/retail-rescue-fuels-deadly-diseases.html

*Your* dog may have been famously healthy but too many others were not.