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Old 04-11-2009, 03:50 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by FlDebra View Post
What do you use to distinguish between puppies when recording weights as they grow? Do you read the microchip each time you weigh? I don't have a reader and have not chipped the puppies yet. Do you chip them right away?

I have yarn around mine. I change it every few days so that it never gets too tight or too loose. I had a soft velcro in different colors that I was going to use, but I didn't have 5 colors so I used the yarn this time. I would like a better method than the yarn. But why is it so bad? I am feeling like I shouldn't even be admitting to the yarn. But seriously, I would never do anything to hurt these precious little ones!

I would never use zip ties though -- they would not give at all if they got caught on something and just the hard plastic seems like it would be terribly uncomfortable and might rub them raw.
I'm not a breeder but I wonder if different colored bands using material or ribbon and velcro would work.(?)


The zip ties are just plain WRONG!
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