just came across this thread, chances are if your dog is only inside, never goes outside without a leash, no one else comes in and out of the house except for you (the OP) you will not need a collar. But there are so many what if's that could happen so is it really worth taking a chance. Get a very small collar and a tag with your pups name and your phone number.
I will tell you first hand that having a dog chipped does not always help in getting your dog back if it goes missing. My sister's yorkie got away by accident when my parents were watching her. She was chipped and the info in the computer had both my parents phone number and my sister's. However the people that found her never even thought about taking her somewhere to be checked for a chip, they just read the collar and called my sisters house, and since she was out of the country she did not pick up messages. They started to think she did not care and were preparing to keep her yorkie. There are tons of people that when finding a cute little dog like yours would just say, Oh well no ID, I guess no one cares about the pup and keep it. I know that sounds weird to us that are so tuned into to micro chips but there are a ton of people out there that still don't know about them or even know where to take a dog to be checked for one. |