In a message dated 2/3/09 1:39:40 PM Pacific Standard Time, cleary1414@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > The implants have > been widely reported to migrate within animals' bodies my Skater's chip did migrate - never caused any problems of which i was aware and he lived to be 12 1/2 years old. i've continued to chip my dogs as the safety factor outweighs the risk, (for me, anyway) but what i read in the post was frightening. i used to tattoo and was thrilled when chips were made more readily available. other than the one migration, i've had no problems or incidents with any chips and will continue to use them but the story of that poor chihuahua makes me think. cats were also cited - prehaps there's some correlation between these deaths and the size of the animals involved. don't know. diane Diane Silver-Strasser Silstra German Shepherds<BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>Great Deals on Dell Laptops. Starting at $499. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1217883258x1201191827/aol?redir=http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;211531132;33070124;e)</HTML> ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================