Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

TootsNYC t1_iwl4thk wrote

Reply to comment by bellYllub in Lost dog hands itself in at Loughborough Police Station by Ovvenchips

Chips are great, but they need to be scanned with equipment. Whereas if your phone number is on the collar, someone can call you sooner.

4

bellYllub t1_iwntnqo wrote

I agree! Both my dogs have a tag on their collar that has their name, my name, my address and my phone number. When we moved house one of the first things I did was order new tags for them with the new address!

In the event that they get lost, whoever finds them would have all the info needed to contact me.

My dogs are still chipped though and have been since we got them, even before it was a legal requirement to chip them! It was one of the first things we had our vet do when we took them to get their annual vaccinations!

A tag can get lost, a microchip is forever!

2

janet45011 t1_iwomkde wrote

It would be so much easier if you could take a lost dog into a supermarket and scan him at the check out!

2

bellYllub t1_iwwcz4m wrote

That’s actually a bloody good idea!!!

If each village/town and all the big supermarkets in cities had a designated place that held a microchip scanner, it would be so much quicker and easier to check lost pets for microchips!

No wasting police time calling about lost pets or calling the RSPCA (or your local animal rescue) to collect them. Just take them to the designated spot and get them scanned so you can call the owner and say “Found your pet!”

1