The Avid Microchip is still more used in our area but I know AKC has started pushing the Home Again chip. My Mosheh is Avid chipped and next Sunday my GiGi will also be Avid chipped.. It isnt a guarentee to finding your lost dog but I know if someone steals your dog, it is the easiest and quickest way to prove that it is your animal.
My mom had someone steal her boston, she knew who it was and couldnt prove that the dog was hers. She was heartbroken, she had spent months training this dog as a therapy dog and her groomer (my mom ran a shelter) stole her when she quit. It was the only dog my mom didnt have microchipped. I got her a rescue dog a couple months later, she was so excited but she had such a bad hernia that she didnt make it through the six hour operation. needless to say my mom doesnt have a dog right now.
__________________ The family!!! Kellie, Malakai, and Ezekial and the doggy  better half GiGi and Mosheh!! |