Benefits of Microchipping Pets

• Microchips help identify your pet.  All shelters and veterinary clinics will scan a found pet and can call you by accessing your contact information instantly.

• It is a permanent method of identification. The microchip will stay with your pet for life.

• Identification information can be easily updated. As the information is kept on a database, and it is a simple matter to update your details whenever you move or your number changes.

• If you travel with your pet, there is a chance your pet could get away and become lost in unfamiliar surroundings. A microchip will reunite you.

• It is fairly painless for your pet. The microchip is very small and is injected with a needle. It feels about the same as a vaccination.

• It cannot be removed. Collars and ID tags can be removed, and even tattoos can become illegible over time.

• Pet microchips are relatively inexpensive.  When you consider that this microchip stays with your dog for life, it is a very inexpensive method of identification.

• It saves time. If your pet runs away, you will not need to spend as much time looking for them, posting up advertisements and visiting animal shelters.

• It may save your pet’s life. If a pet ends up at an animal shelter, it will stay there for a certain period of time before it may be put down. However, if your pet has a microchip, then the contact details will be retrieved and you will be reunited.

• There is a decreased chance that someone will steal your pet. A microchip reduces the chances of someone being able to get away with the theft, because when the pet is seen by a vet it will be scanned and the rightful owner will be contacted.

• There is a greater probability your pet will be returned to you if lost.