[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: about those microchips...
- From: Vontan@xxxxxxx
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:21:36 EDT
In a message dated 10/11/2006 8:46:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
pmick12@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
<< I am not a fan of microchips...and I happen to know that our local
shelter (at least) doesn't check dogs for them, even if the dogs appear
to be purebred...they have no scanner and no plans to get one. I
suppose that there are dogs who have been returned to their owners
because someone found a chip..but here's a story for you...from our >>
You know for every microchip failure story there are tons of successes. Let
me tell you a story of a personal experience I had about one year ago. Out
of the blue I received a call from the animal control in a town about 40
miles away. It seemed they had one of my dogs. After checking who it belonged
to, and doing a little checking I found the previous owner had moved away
because of health problems and placed the dog elsewhere (in spite of the fact
he
had a contract to contact me, should he no longer be able to keep the
dog...lived maybe a mile away and also went to my vet, he didn't contact me).
I drove
down, paid the fees and picked Maggie up. What a mess she was, skin and
bones and so flea ridden it took a couple of baths, through some very RED
water... and Capstar to rid her of them. I still remember sitting at my desk
after
giving her a bath feeling very crawly and finding fleas in my hair LOL. And
to top it off she was heartworm positive. After months of care I found her a
super home. Without a microchip....registered to me...( I buy all from Avid
so they are automatically registered to the purchaser) I would never have
had the opportunity to rescue this sweetheart of a dog!! Obviously I am a big
fan of microchips and no dog whether its a puppy I bred or a dog I rescue
leaves here without one. In this day and age I find it inexcusable for any
animal control or the like to not scan any animals they find.
Yvonne
creekvue.com
.
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