Loki wears his collar with tags, although I put a harness on him to let him out. We don't have a fence or any way to stop him should he get out. He is housetrained so he goes outside many times a day and there are too many opportunities for him to get off the leash, bolt, etc. We've just decided it's safer for him to wear his collar and tags. He is also microchipped. My concern about leaving it only to microchips is that if a neighbor finds him they will not be able to read the microchip without calling the police, and I don't even know if our small local police dept. has a microchip scanner. A non-dog owner may not even be aware of what a microchip is and would not know to check for one. A tag with our address AND phone number would allow a neighbor to immediately contact us or return him. |