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Originally Posted by kenzie20  Also about this article, the dogs at Petland are microchipped so if this dude sells or gives this dog to someone and they take it to the vet or the groomer supposedly all vets and groomers are supposed to scan the dogs for microchips and when they do, it will come up stolen and so if all goes as Petland says they should catch this guy or whoever ends up with the dog. |
All vets and groomers do NOT scan dogs automatically for microchips, though! Bella has a microchip and has been to a couple of different vets and groomers and has NEVER been scanned, not once! I think they only scan them routinely if a dog comes in that was found. But, if a person steals a dog and brings that dog in, the likelihood of it being scanned is pretty much nil. Now, maybe if you called every single vet, groomer, etc... in your area to let them know your dog is missing and that it was microchipped and gave a description, then maybe they'd be more likely to scan all NEW dogs entering their facility that fit that description??? Maybe.....