Originally Posted by SolnzeUSB

What chip did you get? And do you know if Crystal Tag is read in Europe? My vet could not read that chip because this company blocks all readers that do not come from them. Since I am going to be coming to Europe myself I am thinking of rechipping mine.

Originally Posted by hunniebunnie

i'm cutting a pasting something i've previiously posted:

i just got bunjee microchipped today! the local animal control had a free microchip clinic. i gave them the recommended $10 donation for local residents. it'll cost me another $9 to submit and register the information for the national registry. that's 50% off the normal national registry price of $18 since i got the chip at a shelter.

i also had the option of bringing bunjee to another vaccination/microchip clinic held at a pet store and not sponsored by the local shelter. the price for the microchip is $39 plus the national registration of $18.

if you question whether or not the chip works, take your yorkie to a shelter or a vet and have them scanned to confirm that the chip works. shelters will automatically scan animals brought in to find the owner. but i really wish vets and vaccination clinics automatically scan pets brought to them as well. it would give me more peace of mind.

one thing i have to complain about the microchipping tho is that the needle and chip used for a 50 lb lab is the same as on a 5 lb yorkie. which means, the needle is HUGE for my poor bunjee. he yelped really loudly when he was injected and then turn to hide in my arms and just whimpered. i felt so bad. but it's for his own good and safety. luckily, 30 minutes later, he play with his playgroup as nothing happened.

Originally Posted by LDteddys

We took Baylee to have her teeth cleaned today and 3yr check up (a few weeks early). They put her to sleep to clean her teeth and we picked her up this afternoon. I was asking about microchips and she said she did all her yorkies but gave them gas to knock them out because the needle is a 12 gauge (BIG). She said that if someone didn't want the gas another Vet in the practice would do it for us..We told her we would have it done in a couple of weeks with gas..
They also use home again...........
:aimeeyork

Lisa & Baylee

Originally Posted by LDteddys

Baylee did great with her teeth and if we had talked to the vet before the appt. for the teeth they would have done both at the sametime.
Because Baylee can't have chew treats her tarter was really bad. they put her on an antibotic.

Lisa & Baylee :D

Originally Posted by skynard302

Also when you microchip don't forget to register the number or if you move to notify the registry. I called our local animal shelter yesterday to ask why so many dogs in our Found section of the paper had microchips at the shelter and the owners were not found and this is what she told me.