Identifying your Dogs in case they get lost or stolen Does it Protect Or Hurt Th

One of my dogs has been microchipped. Our local humane society chips them before they get adopted out. Our other two dogs aren't chipped, though. On our local Air Force base, pets are required to be chipped. You have to show proof of it when you go to register them on base. That's a fairly new law, though. We lived there until last summer, and it wasn't the law yet when we left, or our oldest dog would be chipped as well, since we had her before we moved off base.

naw we get tags for the dogs here if they get lost they would bring them back or call us but never a chip never liked that idea in the first place

I have animals and I worry about them getting lost or stolen they aren't expensive breeds or anyhting but lovable and cuddling and kid friendly. I had thought about doing the chip thing till I found out the cost which is steep but know if it casues cancer I am glad I never had the money to have one inserted into my dog. I guess a plain old dog coller with our names,phone and address will have to be good enough although not much help if stolen and the collar took off. Maybe they will come up with something just as good as the chip but not so unhealthy. We love our pets, but to knowingly get a chip knowing it could make them have a short if not painful life is cruel. It is a wonder they haven't tried Chipping on people yet. It would be so easy for the justice system to find criminals or kidnapped kid/people or even murdered victims.

I couldn't afford the microchips, plus our beagle (Ladybug)never goes to far from home. With Shiloh, I'm never to far from her, if she ever gets off her leash and takes off. I might be a funny sight chasing her, but I'm not to far from her. Now with these microchips causing cancer, I wouldn't have been surprised. I mean your putting a metal under a animals skin. Something was bound to go wrong with this. Sad part of this, is that I have heard stories of these chips helping families being reunited with their lost pets.

Well, i didn't know about them causing cancer, but i had already decided it wouldn't be worth it to pay the money to have it done. my friend works at a vets office. she said there are so many different chips that can be inserted and different scanners that unless your local humane society had every scanner possible, they might not even know your dog had the chip. plus someone might find your dog that doesn't know about the chips and if it didn't have a colar on they might just keep it. i think that in the long run it probably wouldn't be worth the money, and now knowing that it also causes cancer, i wouldn't do it.

well i really dont think its a very good idea.i mean its kind of strange and i m sure they feel the same after getting an implant .i mean how would u feel putting a tracker chip in ur kids body so that in case ur kid ever get lost u can just track him/her using that chip.ofcourse its a gr8 thing but i dont like it and i m never gonna use it.i would rather put posters around the usual way of finding lost pets. or ppl.

I can't afford that technology, and I know several animals have been reunited with their owners that way, but I wouldn't want to take that chance with my dog. Sherlock has a tag with two different phone numbers on it and also a tag that would notify someone of what vet he goes to. I would hope that would be enough to get him home to me if he were ever to become lost.

I thought about doing this for my dogs when they were puppies, but for some reason or another never did it. As much as I love the fact that a missing pet has a better chance at being reunited with their owner with the microchip, it doesn't sound worth it to me if it is known to cause cancer.

I have also heard that these are causing problems. I have not and will not have this done. What is scary is that I have also heard of this procedure being used in humans with Alzheimer disease. It is sad that something people thought might do some good can cause such a terrible disease.

I don't have a dog any more either. but never did go through the chip bit. I would not do that to any dog as why take the chance of it causing a cancer. just go 'along with an identify tag on his collar as that is much safer.

in nz everyone has to micro chip there dog except for farmers,so we dont get a choice, it doesnt cost a cent to get them done

i do have a dog but i wouldn't do that to her. some of this new technology is for the birds, not literally.i don't care what's on mars or the moon. i do well to handle what is right here in the good ol' usa.

I personally will never ever do this to any of my dogs. I do not allow my pets out in the first place. I run no risk of my dog disappearing on me. When I do have her outside of a fenced in yard she stands right next to me or my boyfriend and walks when we walk, sits when we stop walking. When we take her to a field she looks at us and until we give her the ok signal she is right by my side. I do have a collar on her at all times, with an ID tag, but even this I don't feel like I need.

I am seriously thinking about having this done to our puppy as well. We want to travel with her and she is a hyper butt!!! LOL Right now they are not sure that it does cause cancer. And i think that as long as you have your dog checked regularly it is worth the risk.