Dog License

[DogLicense]

Many Veterinarians, pet shops and grooming facilities Nationwide are getting involved in the “Dog License Awareness” program.

Thousands of pets find their way into shelters each year without any form of identification. Unfortunately, without identification they are unable to be reunited with their families. Purchasing a pet license will ensure that your special companion can be returned home quickly and safely.

No matter where you live we can get pets registered, all New Pet Registrations are filed with each pet owners county.

We have all the forms necessary for you to fill it out.

As you may or may not be aware all dogs that are over the age of four months must be vaccinated against rabies and be licensed.

If interested, please let us know and we can e-mail you the forms to print out. Please feel free to e-mail us if you have any questions.

Thank you in advance for your help.

[dedwards]

This is all well and good, but animals that run away, or are stolen, have a tendancy to loose things, ie collars, tags. What good is a tag, if it gets lost.
If some one steals, a dog with ID on they will just remove the collar.
So what good would that do..
Yes you could register it.. But there are better ways to go about this granted not allways affective, but there is Tatooing, and Microchipping.
Now Microchipping is great, but what if the facility doesnt have a scanner?
Also most vets out here wont even scan for a chip if the people bring the animal in doesnt say that they found the animal.. So what good is a Microchip. But Tatooing is good. Cause yes you can remove it. But it is costly to do so. Unless you know someone that will do it for cheap.
Anyway why add another tag to a collar that most animals loose anyway???

[Macawpower58]

I agree in some situations collars and tags are not the best solution. My young dog has chewed off every collar I've put on my 2 older. Loosing my tags at the same time. Chain collars are too dangerous to leave on in my opinon, especially when at play with other dogs.

Mine are all tatooed. Problem is, if you don't register your tatoo with your animal control/vet, it is very hard, and at times impossible to trace.

Chips would probably be the most likely to bring a lost pet home, (if found by animal control). Though, there are 3 (i think) kinds, and you need a scanner for each kind. Dogs chipped overseas can also have chips that our scanners can't read.

Having both tatoos and chips seems the best solution.

[dedwards]

I agree with you.
But there is a Universal Scanner that scans all chip out there..
I should know I own one..
I need it with my business.

[tiffers]

We have, I think four different scanners. Two are universal, and we scan every single stray animal that walks in the door.

My dog and cat are both microchipped and tattooed (not with numbers or letters, so I don't think it counts for this thread), but there will always be "what if's". But, I'd rather do it to be safe than sorry.

[dedwards]

Tiffers, hi.
Do you know if your scanner picks up the NEW CHIP
call TRITON?
Its such a new chip, that not many have heard of it yet.
Not should where its from.
No its not from Canada, or the USA.
But it out there, had a friend who's a Vet in another state, find one on a stray that was brought into there office yesterday..
the big:confused: where is TRITON from???????
All it said when the dog was scanned was TRITON CHIP???

[tiffers]

...never heard of Triton, either. ...maybe Europe or something?