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Originally Posted by mimimomo  Cancer & migration of the chip are rare. I personally think cancer from being vaccinated between the shoulder blades are more common than from the microchip (which happens to be in the same spot). Migration doesn't happen anymore (for Home Again), bc of the newer technology of the chips, anti-migration features. Dog and Cat ID Microchipping | HomeAgain Pet Microchip HomeAgain is the only dog & cat microchipping product on the market today that has the Bio-Bond patented anti-migration feature to help ensure that the microchip will stay in place so that it may be easily located and scanned.
I hear more happy stories about being reunited w/a lost pet than a pet getting cancer from being microchipped.
But wouldn't that sad reality make you want to chip him? If they took him in to see a vet or ended up in a shelter & he got scanned, he would be reported as missing & you'll be reunited. That's why all my 4 are chipped. |
It's unfortunate, but I know that there is a very, very small percentage of people in my area that would ever admit that they found a dog that was worth as much as a Yorkie or Biewer. They'd just Ty to pass the dog off as their own and either keep him or "flip" him :/
I'm lucky that I live in an indoor apartment. It would take a WHOLE lot of effort for Shelly to run off. He'd have to get through two locked doors without my (three...small, locked off apartment building) neighbors who know him, and myself, being oblivious. Just not worth it to me, in my situation.