When I moved, it was 35 x 7 dogs. And I was renting, so I had to move again. It was difficult.
But I had my Clarissa who had a collapsing trachea and you are correct about sedation being risky in situations like that. Fortunately we never had to do it the rest of her life. However, microchipping doesn't require sedation. I was with them in the office when the vet did it. They were fine.
If I lived in a metropolitan area where microchipping is a way of life and vets scan new pets and verify the owner, I would still do it in a heartbeat. People steal and resell yorkies. You must be careful. But my area does nothing so spending the money to have it done, well, it actually solves nothing unless they took my dog to a metropolitan area and eventually they would have to go to a vet ... maybe at some point it would get back to you.
There was some talk about it becoming a requirement in order to register your Yorkie. But I don't know if that ever came about. If it did, vets would be required to scan that chip.
Don't know about the GPS tracking. A good idea; however, if it is an externally worn item that could be removed by a person who wanted to steal and resell the yorkie then, it would not be helpful. But I can see something like that coming. Since pets tend to wander off, it would be wonderful. |