PETS AND HURTICAINE

Shanus · ‎05-17-2010

Please be sure your pets are wearing their collars w/ tags with identification and info so they can be returned to you if they need to be housed during the storms. Molly also had a chip put in as a puppy, but tags are faster, easier to read.

God bless our fur babies and keep them safe.

Shanus

cowboy sam · ‎06-15-2015

@Shanus

I'm not in hurticane areas.......but i had my dog chipped when he was a puppy for safety reasons.

At the time our local dog shelter sponsered it at a discount price 12 years ago.

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candys mine · ‎08-20-2012

MICROCHIP! Found pets are scanned as a matter of course at shelters these days. Keep the MC number and the company number with your important papers in your get away bag just in case you loose the phone they have as a contact number. You can Call THEM. If in a disaster area Collars can be snagged on debris. Please consider break away collars. Hope your furfriends neve need the percautions you take for their safety.

CrazyDaisy · ‎03-20-2010

@candys mine wrote:
MICROCHIP! Found pets are scanned as a matter of course at shelters these days. Keep the MC number and the company number with your important papers in your get away bag just in case you loose the phone they have as a contact number. You can Call THEM. If in a disaster area Collars can be snagged on debris. Please consider break away collars. Hope your furfriends neve need the percautions you take for their safety.

Exactly, collars can get snagged and prevent your pet from finding their way out of horrible situations.

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Josmad · ‎12-10-2018

I have also seen a recommendation to write the dog's name and your phone number on their stomach with a permanant marker. Collars can come off and the internet is required to get the contact information for the microchip.

NickNack · ‎03-10-2010

@Josmad wrote:
I have also seen a recommendation to write the dog's name and your phone number on their stomach with a permanant marker. Collars can come off and the internet is required to get the contact information for the microchip.

@Josmad What do you mean by the internet is required to get the contact information for the microchip? A shelter or vet clinic will scan the pet and get the contact information. It doesn't have to be written on the pet or on a tag, too. The microchip is all you need.

I do understand about writing their name on their stomach in case of a disaster, but it's not necessary for the microchip. I'm probably not understanding what you're saying.

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candys mine · ‎08-20-2012

@ShanusUnless something new has come along the Microchip is only a number. Once the chip is implanted the next step is for the owner to contact the company and register that number with that pets information. Once the number is registered then it is in the companies Database. When someone scans a MC the number pops up. Then they contact the company by internet or phone enter that number and retrieve that animals information. The chip itself does not contain alll the information.

skatting44 · ‎07-26-2019

Also, even if your pet is found and someone takes initiative to take your lost pet to a Vet's office to be scanned for a chip the info the company that is on file with the company you registered your pet with is only as good as you have keep the info up to date. Say , you move after having your pet from a pup or kitten mircochipped and say you did not register on line to update the info .

Years ago in the 1970's , I had my dog wander off as he was a hunting dog and he did not return . Months and months went by , then close to a year latter my dog came back with a rope tied to his neck. Apparently, someone must have kept him . Boy was I glade to see that sweet dog.

Shanus · ‎05-17-2010

@skatting44 wrote:
Also, even if your pet is found and someone takes initiative to take your lost pet to a Vet's office to be scanned for a chip the info the company that is on file with the company you registered your pet with is only as good as you have keep the info up to date. Say , you move after having your pet from a pup or kitten mircochipped and say you did not register on line to update the info .

Years ago in the 1970's , I had my dog wander off as he was a hunting dog and he did not return . Months and months went by , then close to a year latter my dog came back with a rope tied to his neck. Apparently, someone must have kept him . Boy was I glade to see that sweet dog.

@skatting44 Whether or not the dog has a chip, it can still be stolen and not returned. Only good samaritans would check to see if there’s a chip/info available.

skatting44 · ‎07-26-2019

Correct. My most recent pets both have chips and I have an electric fence . I never let either of them take off to hunt on their own . It would break my heart to have either of them be missing .