[Amazing Yorkies]

I chip all my dogs and all my puppies. My Vet does it, and it costs me $30.00
but also gives me opportunity for an extra Vet check. I've had success in several ways by them being chipped. I've had humane societies and Vets call me because the chip read came back to me, since the owner hadn't registered the chip to themselves, I get the call. The dog had ran out of the door, and was lost. Someone found it, and took it to the Humane Society. The owner was there to claim the dog, but since the chip was registered to me, I had to give permission to have the dog returned to the owner..
Another thing for breeders to consider a good reason for chipping puppies... There was a deal going on several years ago that a person bought a few dogs from different breeders, and one of them had congenital problems. The lady contacted all the breeders and had a Vet report for this one dog, and presented the report to ALL the breeders. Most let her keep the sick one and replaced the pup or refunded. She made out like a bandit, and without chips there is no way to prove or disprove it is actually YOUR puppy that might be sick. That's the way she was caught.. a breeder had chipped her puppy and actually went to her house and the Vet for proof.
My older Crystal Waters boys were tatood, but really hard to read, so I had them chipped, and I worry about tattoos being more painful than the chip on my puppies, although the needle is big, and I hate that too.. The new lady that took over Crystal Waters just chips now.