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Originally Posted by JeanieK  Couldn't you just have a second chip put in? I doubt that those people would admit who they are even if someone did contact them. That is really sad, but also so why dogs should be chipped so people like that can be held responsible.
Perhaps you could have him tattooed. I'm not sure how that works, those numbes must be registered somewhere. |
i did ask my vet about a second chip, but with both in there, it would be 50/50 whos chip would be scanned...
he is registered in the ladys name, and she surrendered him to a freind who privately rehomes dogs, but the son called her a few months later asking for the dog back to resell (it isn't his, but i'd be afraid he'd ransome him or something- he does seem crazy! dexx was on his seat, which is why he was tossed against the wall). if i had his breeders info on the chip though, i could have gotten Them to put me on it if thats how it works!!!
need to add again, Dexx is Not His dog... he was his mothers bought and paid for by her, and registered in Her name. even the counsil agree that he is legally mine.
i imagine in the near future he will have to have his leg removed- he's only 4ish bless him! so my vet has already said that when that is being done, he will call the chip registry and local council to inform them he is removing the chip with an abusive ex-owners details on it to implant a new one (goodness knows we have the evidence to back the claim), but it cannot be done as a primary procedure as it is classed as cosmetic, and if he was given an anesthetic Just for that is when it gets sketchy legally. i doubt he would ever run away (touch wood) so i'm not overly worried about it too much; his collar fell off him a few times, but he picks it up and brings it back to have it put on again (collar equals belonging to us, he never had one before)...
i'll definitely ask them if they would tattoo him though- i don't know why i never considered that!
as for it hurting, could they not numb the area with a cream- when i was constantly getting bloods taken etc as a child, i had no pain threshold, so they used 'magic cream' (i dont know its name, i was 6!) to numb my arm 100%... or would that not work with dogs? i supose sitting still would be an issue?