implantation of microchips - Page 3

onyx'girl · 01-04-2012, 09:30 PM

Considering the fact that tattoos are hard to trace,IMO they aren't the best for ID'ing in case of AC bringing a dog safely back to their owner. There should be a tattoo database.
Chips, as long as the info is kept up to date, is the best way to ID/locate owner.

Liesje · 01-04-2012, 10:17 PM

A tattoo is pretty worthless unless the person looking at it knows what they are looking at, but for me it's just another form of unique ID that I know about to prove my dogs are mine. I know the tats by heart and have pictures where they are clearly visible. The ears would have to be cut clean off to remove the tattoo and that alone is pretty obvious.

Magnolia · 01-04-2012, 10:47 PM

Grendel is microchipped. I'll have the vet check it at his annual appointments.

Konotashi · 01-04-2012, 11:39 PM

Ozzy is chipped.
I had him done at a dog event where Maricopa County Animal Care and Control came down and the chips (and they registered them for you) were $25. Ozzy was kind of excited. The guy told me to put him up on the table, and Ozzy thought he was going to get some attention. He told me to hold his head, so I hugged him, and he was NOT expecting that huge needle! He yelped then once I let him go, looked at me like, "What the h*ll was that for?"

01-04-2012, 09:30 PM	#21 (permalink)
onyx'girl Crowned Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: SW, MI Posts: 17,605	Considering the fact that tattoos are hard to trace,IMO they aren't the best for ID'ing in case of AC bringing a dog safely back to their owner. There should be a tattoo database. Chips, as long as the info is kept up to date, is the best way to ID/locate owner. __________________ Jane~ Kept by Onyx, Kacie and Gideon v Wildhaus aka Karlo

01-04-2012, 10:17 PM	#22 (permalink)
Liesje Crowned Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 12,962	A tattoo is pretty worthless unless the person looking at it knows what they are looking at, but for me it's just another form of unique ID that I know about to prove my dogs are mine. I know the tats by heart and have pictures where they are clearly visible. The ears would have to be cut clean off to remove the tattoo and that alone is pretty obvious. __________________ UCH Alta-Tollhaus-Krieger Lamb Chop FO OB1 CL1R CL1F RA TT HIT TDI CGC VPC's Coca-Cola HIT CGC SG UCH Alta-Tollhaus Bono SchH1 AD T1 FO PA CL1R UNJ UCA HIT TT CGC OFA SG Pantalaimon vom Geistwasser BH AD HIT CGC

01-04-2012, 11:39 PM	#24 (permalink)
Konotashi Knighted Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Arizona Posts: 3,380	Ozzy is chipped. I had him done at a dog event where Maricopa County Animal Care and Control came down and the chips (and they registered them for you) were $25. Ozzy was kind of excited. The guy told me to put him up on the table, and Ozzy thought he was going to get some attention. He told me to hold his head, so I hugged him, and he was NOT expecting that huge needle! He yelped then once I let him go, looked at me like, "What the hll was that for?" __________________ Ozzy - Chocolate Pom* "In a perfect world, every dog would have a home and every home would have a dog." My Photography

01-04-2012, 10:47 PM	#23 (permalink)
Magnolia Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Mississippi Posts: 159	Grendel is microchipped. I'll have the vet check it at his annual appointments.

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