My dogs are all chipped with HomeAgain and I have received no notice of any change or statements that I must pay each year to keep the chip active. Could this be a rumor? Has anyone actually spoke to CAR? Anne, TN On Apr 4, 2007, at 12:19 PM, Peggy wrote: > Is there anyone on this list who really knows what the hell is going on > with the CAR program and the change from Home Again to Avid chips? > A friend of mine who has chipped all her dogs with Home Again chips > has just learned that the chip will not remain in the Home Again > registry unless she pays an annual fee...this in spite of the original > premise that registration at the time of chipping was supposed to be a > guarantee of sorts that your dog would be permanently identifiable > forever more...............from that one time payment. > This is apparently not the case any longer. CAR, as people tell > me, has changed to Avid chips. So what do people do who were concerned > enough to chip their dogs with Home Again chips? Pay and pay and pay? > > Seems that once again, somebody's making money here...and it > seems also that the "caring about your dogs" was a cry that meant > nothing...........! Will she have to chip her dogs again, this time > with Avid chips? > She basically only chipped the dogs for OFA purposes...and I guess > that will still work...but according to what she was told (and what is > supposed to be on the Home Again website, altho I didn't look for > myself), if your dog gets lost or stolen with a Home Again chip in him, > that chip won't help you get your dog back... because Home Again isn't > going to keep records if you don't keep paying............... > Peggy > ======================================================================= > ===== > POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org > ======================================================================= > ===== > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================