So glad you had him scanned to be sure...checking craig's list, the paper and animal control to see if a dog is reported missing only works if the dog is reported missing locally...my worse fear personally, not only that my dog would be lost, but found and kept because someone didn't check to see I reported them missing to animal control and have them chipped
...in saying that my Scoobers was dumped outside a pound and was home again chipped also the pound contacted the registered chip person and no response...later in talking to the chip people...apparently the previous registered person had several hundred dogs registered to them!
Unfortunately pup mills and otherwise also use chips as a selling point...ye that and if someone didn't bother to update their chip info...they may not want to be found...sad sad sad, seems its always "older" dogs who get dumped.
Congrats on having him! Looks like he found a really good home now! Looking forward to more posts from you on how everything goes 
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Originally Posted by lucyaboo  Another person where we get the doggies food & supplies, etc said that he looked like an Australian Terrier also & showed me pictures when I was there buying his harness & leash. SO ~ his name is Aussie!! As mentioned, he looked at me when testing this name & his eyes sparkled 
The vet scanned him & he has a Home again chip. She called & checked - he had not been reported lost/missing. She also got the contact number for the owner & the number is disconnected. My vet said this has become the normal thing here. So he now belongs to us. I will register him now that he is named.
She looked him over & her main concern at this time is his teeth. He will be loosing some of them. They are pretty bad. That is why he's having trouble eating. He will go on Saturday for the cleaning. The dental special they have is with the cleaning they do a complete blood panel for a GREAT price. Pebble's had hers done last month. He got all his shots & I'll know the fecal test results tomorrow, vet wasn't to worried about this.
She estimated him to be 8 years old, so his birthday is 3/8/2003. So  to Aussie ~ sweet boy!! |