Category: Pet Microchipping

When she opened the door, I could sense something was wrong.  She spoke softly to me as she put a leash around my neck but she wouldn’t look at me.  Maybe she was having a bad day.  I wagged my tail and nuzzled her hand.  I had been having a lot of bad days, but no more!  I was off to see my family!  I’ve missed them so much.
She led me out of the cage and down the hallway.  I was so happy I could have jumped the whole way!
Wait.  Where are we going?  This isn’t the way. …

Think you’re a pet microchip expert? Test your “ID IQ” with our microchip pop quiz, and prove you have what it takes to get lost pets home! This is an open-book quiz, so feel free to read our past Microchip Monday blogs if you get stuck. For a real challenge, see if you can guess all ten without using the hints. Ready? Grab your #2 pencils…

1. What do pet microchips do?
A – Contact pet owners when their pet escapes
B – Store pet owner contact information
C – Identify pets with a unique number
D – Alert shelters…

When I was fourteen, my outdoor cat Meowzer disappeared without a trace. Two years went by without any sight of her. I was sure the worst had happened, but lo and behold, at sixteen I boarded a plane to travel abroad… and as soon as I was out of the country, she mysteriously reappeared. That’s cats for you, huh?

Today’s animal behaviorists and armchair pet-scientists are finding more and more that our pets lead secret double-lives.  Left to their own devices, free-roaming pets explore the neighborhood, meet up with furry friends – and frenemies – and even moonlight with other…

Ever wonder how you can help your local animal shelter (or, perhaps your own facility) raise some extra money? We know that saving pets is not always cheap. Shelters require food and bedding, cleaning solution, medical supplies… not to mention scanner technology. One universal microchip scanner can cost anywhere from $300 to $800 (much cheaper than that and the scanner is likely non-universal). It’s a good chunk of change, but when animals’ lives hang in the balance, shelters can’t afford to skimp on crucial resources like pet ID. Whether you’re an animal lover who adopted your pet from a shelter,…

Across the pond in England and Wales, the government  has recently announced a package of measures to help promote responsible dog ownership, including mandatory microchipping. The goal of “Compulsory Microchipping” is to help reunite lost dogs with their owners and to reduce the cost of kenneling found dogs until their owners can be located.

About 60% of owned dogs in the U.K. are already microchipped. By April 6th, 2016, every dog owner in the U.K. must:

• Have their dog microchipped and registered in an authorized database, or as we say, a registry.
• Register the details of any new owner before

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