Does anyone know the side-effects of a microchip in a dog?

[snugglepup]

Agree with silkiechick. The recent study which I read showed a correlation, which is a long way from saying that microchips are "proven" to cause cancer.

 

[silkiechicken]

Correlation vs causation. I like the analogy that always gets used up here.

All the students have wet feet and clothes. Almost all the students have wet umbrellas. Umbrellas must cause wet feet.

 

[snugglepup]

oooh... I like the one with house fires and firefighters.

Firefighters are frequently found at house fires, therefore firefighters must cause house fires.

 

[ozark hen]

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my dogs are chipped and are completely normal...well, normal as spoiled dogs can be.

 

[CovenantCreek]

Chance is on a degree of self-imposed crate rest. I think he figured out it was the best way to keep the 4 yr old out of his face, but even when she's not home he'd still rather be in his crate. That's really what keeps it in front of me, so to speak, he was such an active puppy that to not see him walking around the house with me tells me he's miserable.

I suppose I should just find the money for the CT scan and see what's going on. I'd rather do that than the myelogram just because it will provide greater detail of whatever there is to see, and his case is so unusual that the vet seems to think it merits getting as much information as possible.

 

[thornberryvillage]

Personally, I think that if God wanted chips or other foreign bodies in animals or humans He would have put them there Himself.

There have been cases of chips being associated with cancers in some animals...I believe primarily horses and sheep but I might be wrong.

Bob

 

[Buster]

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I don't know anything about sheep, but a seminar I attended on electronic identification for cattle said that you aren't allowed to chip animals destined for human consumption because they fear that the microchip may travel into the meat. They are worried about getting a microchip in your steak. Cattle are being identified electronically using a chip in an ear tag. We tried this but the ear buttons fall out just as easy as the number tags do from their ears, so we went back to the old fashioned numbered ear tags.

 

[FutureChickenMan]

We have two dogs.. One chipped by the prior owners and one non-chipped dog (they're both from shelters). There is no distinguisable problems with the chipped dog compared to the non-chipped dog.

i have mixed feellings on the chipping... first we chip our pets, then we give our kids GPS enabled phones... someday people will be chipped for their "safety". So I'm not to in to the chipping thing, but I have considered chipping our un-chipped dog because she does have a tenancy to run off. Luckily all of our neighbors know her and give us a call when she manages to escape the yard. Which has only happened once in the last 8 months or so. The underground fence appears to have met it's match with 2 1/2 feet of snow on top of it.