I have been wanting to MicroChip Daisy, Pochi and Choppi and when I took Dsisy in for her shots a couple of weeks ago I figured that would be a good time to do it and the Vet said for dogs her size, she usually would do it when they are asleep (ie if they are being spayed/neutered) since the needle was big. Well I saw the needle and almost said forget it but instead I held Daisy down...boy I wished she was asleep. Although she only yelped for maybe 10 secs it seemed like forever and it looked so painful. You could see the crescent shaped mark on her back and it bled a little from the needle. I felt so bad and held her and she didn't want to let me go.
Well seeing the pain in her eyes, I promised myself I'd wouldn't have Pochi or Choppi go through that so a last week I took Pochi in to get his teeth cleaned and since he would be asleep, I thought it would be a perfect time to get him chipped! I'll get Choppi done too when I get his front dewclaws removed (breeder only got his back legs done). Neither Pochi or Daisy seem to have any problems with the chip.
I have chosen not to have them wear the ID Tag from the Avid MicroChip instead I have their dog tags to say:
<Dog's Name>
$$ Reward $$
phone number
AVID MicroChipped
That way if they are found (god forbid) they will know to check them.