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yorkietalkjilly 11-10-2012 07:45 PM
I called Home Again on a Sunday and since it wasn't an emergency, had to leave a message but they called back in an hour. Call them anyway now and someone surely is available to assist you on callback.

107barney 11-10-2012 07:58 PM
Worked for me for Petlink and Home Again chips.

ladyjane 11-10-2012 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1 (Post 4053120)
Anyway, if Avid told you that was all you had to do, I'd be livid as well having all those dogs not being registered with them! With our rescue, we also use Avid, and I was told whoever gets the paperwork on the chip files it and it's done. That even though I recieve the foster with the Avid paperwork I don't have to do anything. I wonder if this is correct or not.
That is exactly what they told me!!! I have my people fill out the paperwork, I am listed as implanter as well as second contact, and I personally pay the fee and mail in the paperwork....my buyers then receive a letter from Pet-track telling them they have received the paperwork, the fee and all is well. But then when my one buyer went to double check, she is told on the site that the number is not registered!!!! yOU ARE RIGHT....i AM LIVID!!! AND I HAVE TO WAIT TIL tUESDAY TO GET AHOLD OF SOMEBODY....MONDAY IS A HOLIDAY....DOUBT THEY ARE OPEN!!!![/QUOTE]

You can call them any time....there is always someone there!

SophieKatesMom 11-11-2012 05:59 AM
Sophie Kates showed but but not with any current information. It has information from Sophie Kates first owner. I need to make some calls next week.

gracielove 11-11-2012 10:09 AM
I have never had a problem with PetLink. When Gracie has a checkup visit I have them scan her to make sure the chip is working. My question is: Do the places that chip pets have a particular site that they place the chip? It seems there should be one area of the body, like left front or right front, to place the chip so that a whole body search does not have to be done to find the thing.

chinalee61 11-11-2012 11:09 AM
Have two fur babies, new pup registered with home again found her number registered. My five year old is registered to avid, so I thought. Just called them, and they told me he's not registered. That I have to fill out paper work form and pay to get him registered. These past five years I thought he was registered by vet. What do I do now? I thought it was all done and paid for from vets office.

Cherie6446 11-11-2012 11:23 AM
Jackson, my Maltese's Avid chip did not show up. I will check Zoey's which is Home Again. I guess I should call the company.

Yorkiemom1 11-11-2012 12:12 PM
I just called Avid. ALL MY BABIES have been registered with Avid. The information is entered and complete and current. His explanation in the case I was presented was she was checking with an on line registration site and to get the correct information about her Avid chip/dog being registered, she needs to call AVID @ 1-800-336-2843. He told me they are making upodates to the Avid site and you WILL in the future be able to check your regisatration on line, but for now, call them at that number above.

Yorkiemom1 11-11-2012 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by chinalee61 (Post 4053454)
Have two fur babies, new pup registered with home again found her number registered. My five year old is registered to avid, so I thought. Just called them, and they told me he's not registered. That I have to fill out paper work form and pay to get him registered. These past five years I thought he was registered by vet. What do I do now? I thought it was all done and paid for from vets office.
CALL THIS AVID NUMBER AND CHECK, IF THAT IS NOT THE NUMBER YOU ALREADY CALLED!(1-800-336-2843) If that is the number, and Avid tells you the pup is not registered, get what information they do have on the pup, if any, and then call your vet!! Find out why Avid says what they say, and ask about why the vet did not register the pup and pay the registration fee. From what I THINK I understood from the Avid man was that you have to call Avid to check on your information, that unless you also registered with another on line service, your Avid chip is registered to Avid and that is who you call. Currently they have no on line check on registration....I think I understood this correctly....

marlenemaria 11-11-2012 12:21 PM
Ok, is there a thread about micro chipping?

Frankly, my lils never ever leave the house unless they are in my purse or arms or now the stroller I got... I felt safe with them not being chipped.

I have now decided to have them chipped but am totally clueless about it.. please where can i read up on what to do?

Yorkiemom1 11-11-2012 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by gracielove (Post 4053403)
I have never had a problem with PetLink. When Gracie has a checkup visit I have them scan her to make sure the chip is working. My question is: Do the places that chip pets have a particular site that they place the chip? It seems there should be one area of the body, like left front or right front, to place the chip so that a whole body search does not have to be done to find the thing.
I place my chips between the shoulder blades and then go up just a little higher on the neck.. Be advised, I was told long ago, that chips can migrate around, usually going from high between the shoulder blades to down the side of the neck, even around to low on the front of the neck. I use Avid chips, and I have an Avid scanner. I can get within a foot of that dog and regardless of the area the chip MAY have migrated to, this scanner will register the chip....not like I have to cover every square inch of the dogs body, searching for the chip. I do not know if other chips or scanners are capable of doing this but Avid is.

yorkietalkjilly 11-11-2012 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by marlenemaria (Post 4053495)
Ok, is there a thread about micro chipping?

Frankly, my lils never ever leave the house unless they are in my purse or arms or now the stroller I got... I felt safe with them not being chipped.

I have now decided to have them chipped but am totally clueless about it.. please where can i read up on what to do?
I would Google microchipping and go to the various sites and read their FAQS section, Home page plus do a microchip search on this site and read. It is far from perfect but the chip gives one an extra chance of getting their lost baby back or in areas of dispute of ownership, such as you pick up your pup at the vet/groomer/pet hotel/airline after a flight and it's another Yorkie or something. I don't know of that latter actually happening but worry a bit about it.

Yorkiemom1 11-11-2012 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by marlenemaria (Post 4053495)
Ok, is there a thread about micro chipping?

Frankly, my lils never ever leave the house unless they are in my purse or arms or now the stroller I got... I felt safe with them not being chipped.

I have now decided to have them chipped but am totally clueless about it.. please where can i read up on what to do?
My babies NEVER leave my property, and I have soooooooo many obsticles for them to gain access to gates or doors where they could excape, but they are all chipped!!! I think all vets microchip pets now. Just BE sure you ask to make sure they send the paperwork in WITH THE APPROPRIATE REGISTRATION FEE. Find out what company they use, and THAT is the company you will be registered with and that is the company you go on line to check your information, etc. You may NEVER need to have that chip checked....hopefull, you wont....but if your baby EVER gets lost, for what ever silly, insignificant, "once in a lifetime", "we never do that", reason, you will be able to immediately identify your baby if its picture shows up on a rescue site, or if your baby is listed in the lost and found in the newspaper. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better to have it and never need it, than to desperately need it and...........

Nancy1999 11-11-2012 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by marlenemaria (Post 4053495)
Ok, is there a thread about micro chipping?

Frankly, my lils never ever leave the house unless they are in my purse or arms or now the stroller I got... I felt safe with them not being chipped.

I have now decided to have them chipped but am totally clueless about it.. please where can i read up on what to do?
Your vet can do it for you, it's really inexpensive, there's no need to get the yearly plan, the lifetime subscription is the best value.

ladyjane 11-11-2012 01:16 PM
They are all lifetime. They offer a yearly thing, but that is for extra services. Once a microchip is placed, it is in the system forever....one price...there is no designation for lifetime.

Buster Brown 11-11-2012 01:39 PM
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Originally Posted by capt_noonie (Post 4052920)
http://http://www.petmicrochiplookup.org/

Uni is signed up w Avid. We faxed in the form almost one year ago. I looked up her number on this site, and nothing comes up. How about you guys?
Thanks for the link. I looked up Buster who is with Avid and it came up as a possible AVID chip and AVID's phone number. I called and they verified my contact information. They said they do not publish personal client info on other sites and the people have to contact AVID to find the owner.

Nancy1999 11-11-2012 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by ladyjane (Post 4053542)
They are all lifetime. They offer a yearly thing, but that is for extra services. Once a microchip is placed, it is in the system forever....one price...there is no designation for lifetime.
This is true, but some people don't realize they have the option.

ladyjane 11-11-2012 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Nancy1999 (Post 4053547)
This is true, but some people don't realize they have the option.
That is exactly why I said what I did.....they will get hammered with emails from those companies telling them the subscription is over. There is no designation for lifetime....that is confusing imho.
Best to say it is lifetime...and that IF you want, you can purchase their yearly plan of extra services.
In other words: IGNORE their emails telling you that it is ending. It's a shame they do that...it's all about making money and I get that, but they mislead people.

capt_noonie 11-11-2012 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1 (Post 4053492)
I just called Avid. ALL MY BABIES have been registered with Avid. The information is entered and complete and current. His explanation in the case I was presented was she was checking with an on line registration site and to get the correct information about her Avid chip/dog being registered, she needs to call AVID @ 1-800-336-2843. He told me they are making upodates to the Avid site and you WILL in the future be able to check your regisatration on line, but for now, call them at that number above.
Ok this makes sense! The site I (actually Nancy) linked is in fact a "third party" site, so I guess they don't have Avid's numbers updated. Now that I think of it, when I sent in Uni's info earlier this year I did get a confirmation letter sent to my house. There were a few typos as far as the vet's name, but nothing significant. Addresses and phones were correct.

I really hope Avid does update their site soon. I really don't like how you can't do anything online, and if you want to change certain things you have to pay a fee again. I think if you change phone numbers it's free of charge.

capt_noonie 11-11-2012 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Buster Brown (Post 4053546)
Thanks for the link. I looked up Buster who is with Avid and it came up as a possible AVID chip and AVID's phone number. I called and they verified my contact information. They said they do not publish personal client info on other sites and the people have to contact AVID to find the owner.
Good to know. I hope that is the truth and not that they are just sitting on their butts not doing anything and just taking our money.

ladyjane 11-11-2012 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by capt_noonie (Post 4053571)
Ok this makes sense! The site I (actually Nancy) linked is in fact a "third party" site, so I guess they don't have Avid's numbers updated. Now that I think of it, when I sent in Uni's info earlier this year I did get a confirmation letter sent to my house. There were a few typos as far as the vet's name, but nothing significant. Addresses and phones were correct.

I really hope Avid does update their site soon. I really don't like how you can't do anything online, and if you want to change certain things you have to pay a fee again. I think if you change phone numbers it's free of charge.
I am sure you can call them to change things...they may have you fax it so that they know it is you.; but I cannot imagine that the only way to change is on a website.
Have you called and asked them?

capt_noonie 11-11-2012 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by ladyjane (Post 4053577)
I am sure you can call them to change things...they may have you fax it so that they know it is you.; but I cannot imagine that the only way to change is on a website.
Have you called and asked them?
No what I'm saying is you can't change anything on their website, unlike Home Again where you can. It's just nice to have the option. I don't like being on the phone period. I hate talking to strangers, it kind of gives me anxiety. I am just weird like that.

But you can change stuff by calling or faxing the, but certain changes, they charge you a fee.

chinalee61 11-11-2012 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1 (Post 4053494)
CALL THIS AVID NUMBER AND CHECK, IF THAT IS NOT THE NUMBER YOU ALREADY CALLED!(1-800-336-2843) If that is the number, and Avid tells you the pup is not registered, get what information they do have on the pup, if any, and then call your vet!! Find out why Avid says what they say, and ask about why the vet did not register the pup and pay the registration fee. From what I THINK I understood from the Avid man was that you have to call Avid to check on your information, that unless you also registered with another on line service, your Avid chip is registered to Avid and that is who you call. Currently they have no on line check on registration....I think I understood this correctly....
I did call avid today, and they said my sonny of five years is not registered with them. I have his papers, number, tags and thought the vet took care of all this. Avid said pay $19.50 fill out registration form, then hell be in their database. Makes no sense to me to have to pay again. I didn't register with anyone because I thought vet did that.

capt_noonie 11-11-2012 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by chinalee61 (Post 4053676)
I did call avid today, and they said my sonny of five years is not registered with them. I have his papers, number, tags and thought the vet took care of all this. Avid said pay $19.50 fill out registration form, then hell be in their database. Makes no sense to me to have to pay again. I didn't register with anyone because I thought vet did that.
When we have our foster implanted with a chip at the vet, the vet's can implant a chip there that you buy, or in our case, the rescue sends me one already registered to give to the vet to implant. Perhaps in your case the vet just implanted it and gave you the paperwork, and you were supposed to send in the form and payment? I doubt that vets would pay the fee for you. You just buy the actual chip from them, about $25 but you don't pay for registration through the vet. Not that I know of at least.

chinalee61 11-11-2012 05:18 PM
I'll have to call the vet tomorrow then. They never told me anything about paying for registering him. I don't get it. Pisses me off to know for the past five years my dog was never registered, and thank god he never got lost!

capt_noonie 11-11-2012 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by chinalee61 (Post 4053683)
I'll have to call the vet tomorrow then. They never told me anything about paying for registering him. I don't get it. Pisses me off to know for the past five years my dog was never registered, and thank god he never got lost!
Oh I hear ya! I had Uni registered with the wrong company before for years! She's almost 6 and I just finally straightened it out this past January! What good is having a chip if there's no info attached to it? I think vets should be more clear and explain how these work. Clearly a lot of us don't know how it works.

yorkietalkjilly 11-11-2012 05:35 PM
After what happened with Tibbe's Home Again info in the online database and my getting a message the chip # didn't match their contact info - when it actually did and them not knowing why I got that message - and all but my contact info being wrong or missing and some of the problems you all are having, it is clear chips and chip websites, vets staffs doing their part and the whole process is far from working like clockwork in every case. It's good all these microchip-related problems are being aired and a lot of us getting things squared away. It's also a good a reminder we'll all need to check those sites and have the chips scanned from time to time just to be sure everything is as it should be.

_Chrissy_ 11-11-2012 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by ladyjane (Post 4053566)
That is exactly why I said what I did.....they will get hammered with emails from those companies telling them the subscription is over. There is no designation for lifetime....that is confusing imho.
Best to say it is lifetime...and that IF you want, you can purchase their yearly plan of extra services.
In other words: IGNORE their emails telling you that it is ending. It's a shame they do that...it's all about making money and I get that, but they mislead people.
I called them (Home Again) today because I got that message when I logged into my account! She said it is extra and that my dog is in their system in case he gets lost. She said we do not have to get the $17.99 extra package.
It is SO MISLEADING!!!!:mad: He was registered when paid for initial chipping but their site said I needed to renew our registration!

Mickey had Avid and they charged me $6 to update a phone number change. But I wanted all the info to be current. $6 for any info changes! Grrr

ladyjane 11-11-2012 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by _Chrissy_ (Post 4053730)
I called them (Home Again) today because I got that message when I logged into my account! She said it is extra and that my dog is in their system in case he gets lost. She said we do not have to get the $17.99 extra package.
It is SO MISLEADING!!!!:mad: He was registered when paid for initial chipping but their site said I needed to renew our registration!

Mickey had Avid and they charged me $6 to update a phone number change. But I wanted all the info to be current. $6 for any info changes! Grrr
That is terrible that Avid does that. I have called Home Again a few times to update and change things and they were very helpful.

_Chrissy_ 11-11-2012 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by chinalee61 (Post 4053683)
I'll have to call the vet tomorrow then. They never told me anything about paying for registering him. I don't get it. Pisses me off to know for the past five years my dog was never registered, and thank god he never got lost!
Our vets charged the set up registration fee when they did the chipping charge.
Mickey was w Avid and Max was Home Again. We had a new/different vet when we got Mickey.


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