[stewartslucy]

We just had our almost 6 month old female, Nina spayed and microchipped last week.

We too, thought hard about both procedures.

We felt the benefits far outweighed the risks, when it came to the microchip.

She has escaped from our yard a few times, right under our noses. She squeezed herself under the privacy fence so fast!
Now we spent the weekend drilling boards into the bottom of the fence, so unless she digs a hole, or learns to climb a fence, there is no way out!

She also uses her ID tag as a chew toy. We are on our second tag. Almost ready for her third because she makes them unreadable!

Because of the tag chewing and bolting out of our yard, we felt this made her a prime candidate for the microchip.

Of course, I realize that bcuz she is so cute, and people know that this is an expensive dog, that if she goes lost & found, the finders may not opt to return her. However, we feel we have done everything in our power to make that happen if the finder were inclined to do so.

Lastly, we plan to visit Europe with her many times in the future to visit family we have living there. The European Union requires all visiting pets have the microchip.