My little dogs don't wear collars. Pippin nearly choked to death when his got caught on the puppy pen. I was not home and my daughter could not get the collar free. It finally came undone. I got several of the dogs micro chipped but not Peaches as she is so small. Then I have been hearing so much about pets getting cancer because of the micro chips that I decided not to have Pepsi chipped either. We have a fenced in yard and only let the dogs out off leash if their in the fence. Betty
On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 3:31 AM, Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am curious, (as usual, Lol!) > > How many of you keep a collar on your dogs with an ID tag at *all* times? > > How many of you have *all *your dogs Micro chipped, regardless how small > they are? > > Putting an ID on Gigi was done the same day that I got her. Good thing too, > because she constantly tries to squeeze out the door after me. For a while, > with training, she stopped that and would listen, but every once in a while > she tries again. She is so fast at it too, no matter how careful I am. I am > always worried that one of these days she is going to get her head slammed > in the door. She has cost me to drop groceries and the garbage all over the > place a couple of times. She's like lightening to get at the door and follow > me! > > For Princess I had to do it right away too, because if I open the door and > she sees a squirrel, she's gone. But now she listens well and stays in the > chair by the window when I go out. > > Both of them got micro chipped right away too. I am a firm believer in > both. > > Deanna's- Madison is a perfect example as to how many dogs never find their > way back home. She's lucky, many are not. > > I remember last year when CA had those fires for so long....the SPCA said > the main reason why so many dogs were never put back with their owners is > because they were not microchipped and didn't have ID's on them. So their > was no way to trace the displaced owners to their pets. You never know when > an emergency is going to happen and your dog should be protected at all > times, especially during the night, since that is when most emergencies do > happen. > > The other reason why dogs are not reunited with their owners, even when > they are micro-chipped is because the owners don't get on their computers > and update the chip with new addressess and phone numbers. Also, it is very > important to make sure that the chip is registered with the two UNIVERSAL > SITES, and not just with the company that manufactures the chip. > > Here are the links for that, just in case some of you are not aware of > that. > > http://www.petmicrochiplookup.org/Default.aspx > > http://www.checkthechip.com/HelpPage.aspx > > I just had two more ID's made at Petsmart. I love their machine! They can > put 4 lines of info on *each* side of their ID's including the tiny ones > for our little chi's! And they are only $7.50 each. Best deal that I found > around! > > Now I have an ID on all of their collars, and don't have to go crazy, > putting the ID's on and off every time I want to change their collars. > > When I walk the girls, I use a harness, but those collars with their ID > will stay on them 24/7! > > > > ♥ Peggy & The Girls ♥ > >
