Every Shelter in the US has a micro-chip scanners and can detect chips of all brands.
All my dogs have AVID chips. AVID And Home Again are the big names out there.
So god forbid if you dog gets out and loses it's collar the chances are much higher that your dog will be returned to you. With out an I.D or chip you may never see your dog again.
I think every dog should be required to be micro-chipped. I bet that would cut down on the numbers of dogs that people dump by their owners.
Also there is a GPS collar that is on the market. It will broadcast it's location to your cell phone...e-mail. etc
The two major problems that I see with it are that #1 They are very bulky collars. #2 If someone is stealing your dog I am sure they would remove the collar. So even if you decide to go that route, I would still get a Micro-chip as they cannot be removed. |