Micro-Chip Tag???

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by Britster

Yeah, but he wears an information tag at all times - with his name and my cell. So if he were to ever get out, all one would need to do was call my number and I'd be there in a flash. If I change my number, I always make sure to get a new tag, so that's not a problem. I don't see a reason to have a gazillion other tags, just plain and simple for the person who would find him. Just personal preference, but I do understand why one would want ALL on them. But I like them on my keychain because whenever he's out in public, I am with him. So if anyone needed to see proof of rabies or whatever, I could show them.

That's true, whatever is more simple. I want them to call my cell. The rabies tag has animal control's number on it, and the chip tag has their number on it. The last number I want them calling is AC.

[LoALAnna]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

In a way I agree with you, but I guess there are two types of people when it comes to finding lost pets, those who try to find the owners and those that don't. When you take a pet to the vet, they don't automatically scan for a chip. They only do it if you ask them to, or if they have a suspicion the pet doesn't belong to that person. They don't bc they say it's an invasion of privacy. I guess it would take them an extra step of work, so maybe that's why? If someone knowing this, and found a dog with the tag, could just take off the tag and keep the dog and vet it if they wanted, but no vet that I have heard of scans each pet that comes in, and then calls the chip company to see if the info matches.

Both my boys are chipped and one of the first contact numbers to call is actually their Vet's office (where they know us VERY well!) and then our personal numbers. I guess since this is a fairly rural area (no big cities, but some busy small towns) I would believe that most of our veterinarians would scan any dog that someone brought in with no fear of "privacy invasion".

[NewYorksBrandy]

I personally have not micochipped Brandy is yet but I do have one of those tag chips. I have lots of different collars for her I put claw clips on the tags so when she goes out I could just clip then on. Some people don't like the tags cause their ugly But in New York you can't be to careful.