Article from my city newspaper, a puppy was stolen from a mall pet store

[krunchykrome]

Read the sentence before the last paragraph. I didn't know pet stores did this.

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[Ika]

The microchip? Is that unusual? It's a $1600 puppy...

 

[Glavinsolo]

Microchips are very common

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: Aflac
The microchip? Is that unusual? It's a $1600 puppy...

Yea, $1600, big deal... I thought all puppies form pet stores are priced in that range. A microchip implanted in the dog though?

 

[torpid]

They are common even in $50 mutts. Almost every humane society on the planet and most pet stores have microchip scanners. There's a whole industry of microchips and competition among formats and everything. It costs < $100 to get one and is painless.

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: torpid
They are common even in $50 mutts. Almost every humane society on the planet and most pet stores have microchip scanners. There's a whole industry of microchips and competition among formats and everything. It costs < $100 to get one and is painless.

What happens once the dog is purchased? They take it out right there in the store?

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: Aflac
The microchip? Is that unusual? It's a $1600 puppy...

Yea, $1600, big deal... I thought all puppies form pet stores are priced in that range. A microchip implanted in the dog though?

Both of our cats from the local humane society are chipped. It's standard procedure for all pets adopted there.

 

[waggy]

heck chicago was trying to make it mandatory to have the dogs/cats chiped.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: torpid
They are common even in $50 mutts. Almost every humane society on the planet and most pet stores have microchip scanners. There's a whole industry of microchips and competition among formats and everything. It costs < $100 to get one and is painless.

What happens once the dog is purchased? They take it out right there in the store?

They give the ID of the chip to the new owner, so in case anyone ever finds the dog (it gets lost or something) they can scan the chip and find out who the owner is.

It's basically a small, electronic license plate.

 

[BobDaMenkey]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: torpid
They are common even in $50 mutts. Almost every humane society on the planet and most pet stores have microchip scanners. There's a whole industry of microchips and competition among formats and everything. It costs < $100 to get one and is painless.

What happens once the dog is purchased? They take it out right there in the store?

No, they leave it in, but change info, like your address ect so they can find you if they find the dog.

edit: I dun been beat

 

[jimmyjam]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: torpid
They are common even in $50 mutts. Almost every humane society on the planet and most pet stores have microchip scanners. There's a whole industry of microchips and competition among formats and everything. It costs < $100 to get one and is painless.

What happens once the dog is purchased? They take it out right there in the store?

They don't take the chip out, they just update the info that's stored on it to reflect the new owner. That way if the dog runs off any place can scan the chip and they can call the owner to let them know they found their dog.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: torpid
They are common even in $50 mutts. Almost every humane society on the planet and most pet stores have microchip scanners. There's a whole industry of microchips and competition among formats and everything. It costs < $100 to get one and is painless.

What happens once the dog is purchased? They take it out right there in the store?

No, they leave it in so a shelter can identify the dog if it's ever picked up by animal control.

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: torpid
They are common even in $50 mutts. Almost every humane society on the planet and most pet stores have microchip scanners. There's a whole industry of microchips and competition among formats and everything. It costs < $100 to get one and is painless.

What happens once the dog is purchased? They take it out right there in the store?

They give the ID of the chip to the new owner, so in case anyone ever finds the dog (it gets lost or something) they can scan the chip and find out who the owner is.

It's basically a small, electronic license plate.

Does the new owner have the option to have this chip in his/her dog?

 

[sourceninja]

All my cats have them. The sad part is I dont know if any animal shelters will check for it or if they do if they will find it before they decide its a stray and put it down.

 

[lokiju]

Pretty common, most vets offer it, I got my two kitties from the pound and they were tattooed though.

 

[trmiv]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: torpid
They are common even in $50 mutts. Almost every humane society on the planet and most pet stores have microchip scanners. There's a whole industry of microchips and competition among formats and everything. It costs < $100 to get one and is painless.

What happens once the dog is purchased? They take it out right there in the store?

They give the ID of the chip to the new owner, so in case anyone ever finds the dog (it gets lost or something) they can scan the chip and find out who the owner is.

It's basically a small, electronic license plate.

Does the new owner have the option to have this chip in his/her dog?

It's not like they are going to take it out for you. But why wouldn't you want it? It's a good thing, it can help get your pooch back if they get lost. Our cat had one put in by the rescue place we got him from, then I had to go to a website to register my name, address and phone# with the ID tag. He wears a tag on his color that says he has a chip.