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I had Thor chipped, and I absolutely will do it for any pet I own in the future. We see so many stories here about yorkies who slip out the door, and of course they are not wearing collars. On the flip side, people have found yorkies with no tags or chips.

All shelters and rescues I know about chip their dogs as SOP.

I've also seen stories in the news about dogs that are reunited with their owners after many years, even when the owners moved out of state - all because of the chip.

When considering the idea of a foreign object under your skin, consider it's not just dogs who get things like this - metal pins are placed in people's joints after bad bone fractures, the elderly may consider a plastic hip or two, some people have pace makers, etc. As long as it is chemically inert, which many metals are, it should not be harmful.