microchipping
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Dance is chipped but I can't remember through whom... Avid, I think. Would have to look at her form again. She was chipped when she was spayed. Journey is chipped through 24PetWatch and was done while awake I think while still with her breeder. The Dobermans are not chipped but I wish they were. Might still do it. They have tattoos instead.
None of mine are chipped. Everywhere we go it seems the places all use different scanners so I never bothered. They all have several tags, and leashes never ever ever get attached to collars in our house collars are for tags only, except Gage's martingales, but the. He wears two collars, and the martingales have their own set if tags as well. All three have decent recalls as well.
:rofl1: I check her info and upload a current pic every so often. 
Happy is the only one that is chipped, presumably when she came into the rescue, and awake. Hers is Avid.
None of the other pets are. I'm not worried about it. In the future I'll probably have it done during speuters, Juno was supposed to be done at her spay but I forgot to mention it. Despite the fact that I've chipped plenty of awake animals and they usually don't care, I hate the needle lol and would rather have mine be asleep.
None of the other pets are. I'm not worried about it. In the future I'll probably have it done during speuters, Juno was supposed to be done at her spay but I forgot to mention it. Despite the fact that I've chipped plenty of awake animals and they usually don't care, I hate the needle lol and would rather have mine be asleep.
I spoke to my vet about this and as it turns out, scanners can work for different chips.
Here is a field study on the exact issue http://indoorpet.osu.edu/veterinarians/microchip/index.cfm
It seems to be the general consensus that scanners aren't wired to only get info from a certain kind of chip, they pick up any pet identification chip at that frequency (which is most of them) and most of the time, (if the info on the chip is up to date), the right info gets tracked down.
The issue sometimes happens because while the chip is usually always found, different microchips are sometimes encrypted or you have to go through the kind of chip (/call the chip people) instead of it just popping up on the screen..
So while a homeagain scanner will read "Mary Smith 874-358-3582" for a home again chip, it might read "Petshome24 393258292502" on a pet with a petshome24 chip, and you have to CALL pets home and give them the number to GET the owner info.
Most pet chip companies operate 24/7 for this reason.
From what I understood.
Here is a field study on the exact issue http://indoorpet.osu.edu/veterinarians/microchip/index.cfm
It seems to be the general consensus that scanners aren't wired to only get info from a certain kind of chip, they pick up any pet identification chip at that frequency (which is most of them) and most of the time, (if the info on the chip is up to date), the right info gets tracked down.
The issue sometimes happens because while the chip is usually always found, different microchips are sometimes encrypted or you have to go through the kind of chip (/call the chip people) instead of it just popping up on the screen..
So while a homeagain scanner will read "Mary Smith 874-358-3582" for a home again chip, it might read "Petshome24 393258292502" on a pet with a petshome24 chip, and you have to CALL pets home and give them the number to GET the owner info.
Most pet chip companies operate 24/7 for this reason.
From what I understood.
Both dogs and the cat are microchipped. Missy has AVID, Jack has HomeAgain, and Sassy has PetLink. Missy was chipped by the rescue, Jack was chipped by his previous owner, and Sassy was chipped by my previous vet - I had no choice in the manufacturer of the chips.
I have no idea about Jack, but both Missy and Sassy were microchipped awake, and they did just fine. Their microchips are both snugly between their shoulder blades. Jack's is migratory and at last check, was near his front leg.
I haven't had any issues with any of the three companies, besides the initial pain it was to change Jack's microchip over to me when I got him.
I have no idea about Jack, but both Missy and Sassy were microchipped awake, and they did just fine. Their microchips are both snugly between their shoulder blades. Jack's is migratory and at last check, was near his front leg.
I haven't had any issues with any of the three companies, besides the initial pain it was to change Jack's microchip over to me when I got him.
All mine have been chipped. All were awake. None cared, not even my old guy, Elmo, who was a drama queen. Dogs don't have a lot of nerves in their scruff. Well, technically I don't know if Pirate and Eva (I had them both chipped before I placed Eva. As a breeder, I wouldn't place an unchipped dog.) fussed about their chips, they were done at a health clinic, and were taken in back for their chips. I don't imagine they cared, though.
Harlow was done less than a year ago... Before that, she had a BlanketID. She was awake... didn't seem to care. She is under AKC CAR.
Rider is not done. Apparently the vet that he had in Montana as a foster did not have them... I just haven't done it yet.
Foster Lucy has one. I don't know if she was awake/which company it is through.
Future ACD will get it done.. though I don't know when. Probably at one of our first visits to the vet for our wellness checkup.
Rider is not done. Apparently the vet that he had in Montana as a foster did not have them... I just haven't done it yet.
Foster Lucy has one. I don't know if she was awake/which company it is through.
Future ACD will get it done.. though I don't know when. Probably at one of our first visits to the vet for our wellness checkup.