It's just like an injection and its pretty quick. Its the size of a grain of rice. This weekend I asked my vet how it works and if she could show me by scanning my dogs. She scanned Cookie and her scanner beeped and displayed a number. What she would do if he was lost and she scanned him. She would call Petrac and give them the number and they would give her all the information like Owner's name,phone number and pet's name. I compared it to the Petrac certificate and the numbers matched perfectly.
Our new baby girl Maltese is microchipped and my vet scanned her also and her numbers matched. The microchip can only be helpful if a pet that is lost is taken to a shelter or to a vet and told that this pet was lost.
Genie, Cookie & Lola |