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Originally Posted by kjc  That's all verified before the microchip is implanted. |
Yes, but this is now a very unusual situation, possibly involving two (2) "owners"...one who 'could' theoretically claim that the microchip was improperly/not updated, and who could produce current photos, friends who the dog knows, vet records, etc. for the dog. Plus, the dog might be more inclined to go to the people who he was last with...or may not remember as a result of his injuries.
I know when two (2) 'perfect' boxers showed up in my kitchen wearing ID's, there were also two (2) owners and I REFUSED to allow the dogs to leave my care until they proved their right to the dogs. We called the phone number on the ID's, thinking someone vacationing has lost the dogs...it was over a big holiday weekend. The original owner had actually sold the dogs to someone in my neighborhood and the collars pointed to the original owner...not the current owners, who were out of the country on vacation, leaving the dogs in the care of a sitter. The dogs tunneled under the fence. My DH actually accompanied the sitter to view the little diggers' handiwork as final proof. We had the boxers for a week, but fortunately, the original owner was a lawyer and knew what to have produced, told us some things to check out, and he helped verify that the dogs really did go to the right people...or he would have taken them back.
I do hope that, if this is her dog, Armani, as the man said, that she gets him back.