"Please help me--I've lost my dog"You've lost your dog--has he got a dog ID tag?" Often, this is the 1st question an animal shelter worker asks when answering a call from a distraught dog owner.Every year around 10 million dogs pass through the doors of U.S. shelters. This is from a total U.S. dog population of approximately 60 million dogs. Sadly, only 17 out of every 100 of these dogs will ever be returned to their owners.
Droopy, a beagle, was reunited with her family almost five years after she vanished from the garden of her home in Birmingham U.K. Thanks to a microchip inserted in Droopy as a puppy by her owner, Stuart Stanford. Found wandering the streets she was taken to the RSPCA shelter in Birmingham. A very surprised Stuart said "When we got the phone call telling us she had been found it was such a shock. I don't know where she was for the past five years. I wish she could talk and tell us." Suzanne Murphy, a veterinary nurse, said "we often have reunions, but never after such a long time. I didn't think she would recognise her old owners, but she definitely did. " Suzanne added. "The reunion showed how important it was for owners to get a microchip inserted into pets." Microchipping and Lost DogsMicrochipping simply involves inserting a glass tube, about the size of a grain of rice, with a microchip and antennae inside, under the loose skin between the shoulder blades, just like a vaccination.Once scanned by a handheld device, a unique identification number is checked against a database, and the pet owner is quickly contacted. Tattooing is another option. Permanent--usually on the inside of the leg, or the inside of the outer ear. As with microchipping use a specialist. Your veterinarian will be able to guide you on either of these programs. So if a dog ID tag is your 1st line of defence---microchipping or tattooing is definetly the 2nd. A collar and ID tag is the simplest way to increase the likelihood of recovering a lost pet. Simply because it is visible, and known to everyone.
Pet ID tags are an efficient means of quickly helping to find a lost dog. A wide range exists. They are as cheap, or as expensive as you want them to be. Why not do your dog and yourself a big favour---And get one?
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