Is your pet carrying proper ID? May is Chip Your Pet Month. At our house, we are all chipped, even cat bro Bert is chipped! The best thing about a chip is it is an implant, so no matter where your pet goes, the chip goes along.
At our house, we believe a lot of ID is a good thing, so we are chipped and wear ID tags on our collars. If we ever go missing, Mom wants to make extra sure we are found.
Not all dogs wear collars, they run around naked all the time. No collar, no ID tag, right? If you are not using a collar, the chip is even more important. We take our collars off at night when we go to bed. Back in December Nelson got out the door early in the morning and took off. He was not wearing his collar since he just got up. Mom panicked about him not having his tag but she also knew he had his chip in case he was found. Thankfully, Mom ran around the neighborhood looking for him and after about ten minutes they reunited.
All of us wear collars during the day. We have one tag with our chip number on it. If we are found, the finder can call the number on that tag, give the number, and find out where we belong. This is also a good time to remind you to keep your contact information current for your microchip. If the information is not valid, the chip is useless.
We all have an ID tag as well with our current information on it. Believe me, when I got out of the fence on a road trip in Michigan back in September 2021, Mom panicked. The only thing that helped her was knowing I had on my ID tag and I am chipped. Thankfully I was only on the run for a short time. Especially in a new and strange place, pets need ID to get them back home if they ever get lost.
Make sure your pet has proper ID. Have your vet check the chip at every visit to make sure it is still working properly. Think about an ID tag if your pup wears a collar. Of course the best thing is to never let your dog run away, but sometimes things happen, and one needs to be as prepared as possible.
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Thank goodness for happy ending stories! I am chipped and I always wear my tags.
Good for you! We only have our tags off at night because we sleep “naked”, but otherwise they are always supposed to be on if we go outside.
we are with you… and it is law here to have your pets chipped… it helps to find the way back home…
It does and it is so important because we can disappear in an instant even though we don’t mean to get lost.
Oh yes indeedy such a simple quick procedure that is worth a million bucks
Hugs Cecilia
It’s so important as we have learned, a dog can take off at anytime unexpectedly and we really don’t want to run away from home. We want to be found.
We are all chipped, even the cat Clarence, and are really thankful that this technology exists! We really wish everyone would get chipped and that their people make sure that the chip information is current.
We think a lot of chipped pets have out of date information which is sad.
Clover is chipped and wears three ID tags. So important.
It sure is. Clover is covered and will be found 🙂
We also are chipped and have our contact deets on our collars(which, like you, we wear until bedtime)
xoxo,
Rosy and Sunny
It feels so much better to sleep naked and if something were to happen we still have our chips, right?
Both Z Kids are chipped and wear their ID tags. Not taking any unnecessary chances!
That is great to hear!
Microchips are a wonderful thing and it is terrific seeing the homecomings that happen because of them. Thanks for joining our Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
They do save a lot of pets and get them back home.
Amen and amen! All the cats adopted through our shelter leave with a chip, and even if the adopters don’t keep up their info, it reverts back to the shelter info and we get called. Then we can check our records for the adopter and try to get them back home.
Chips are most important, and i don’t mean the potato kind!
That is a great idea having the chip with permanent shelter info! People are not the best at keeping info updated in general, but it is really important.