Don't Lose your Dog or Cat
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Oaklevel wrote:Dog Folks wrote:
Tags are good; you can never have enough contact information.
In my days of being an animal cop, I have to tell you that 90% of the loose dogs found DID NOT have a collar although the owners said they had one on when they got loose.
Microchips don't get lost. Only the earlier chips had a tendency to move, and we were trained to scan the entire animal, not just the shoulder area.
Not trying to start an argument but our vet told me he has seen many of the new chips move.... he checked ours & it has not moved but he said it still could.......Ours were put in 1 & 2 years ago both dogs are bigger dogs. He just wanted us to be aware.
Better Safe than Sorry. It is good information to pass on in case the person scanning has not been trained to check the whole animal.
