Who is the owner of the dog?

[Chickerdoodle13]

I volunteered at a rescue and I am a big promoter of microchips. I did it on many dogs and cats. ALL of our shelter animals were microchipped before going to the new owner, and the animal was registered in their name. Also, the rescue offered microchipping services to the public for $15. It is such an easy procedure. It was actually the first "procedure" I did as a vet tech. There are very rarely any side effects. occasionally there is a bit of bleeding, but that's about it. The chip itself is about the size of a grain of rice and the needle looks a little big and scary, but it was so quick that the animals wouldn't know what hit them!

I've never heard of any chips with GPS features on them. They mostly just contain a code that is picked up by a scanner when it is run over the neck of the dog. Then that code is entered into the computer and the owner's info can be pulled up. We scanned every cat and dog that came into the shelter. Unfortunately, few people microchipped and so we rarely found any in the animals. Also, the $15 was a one time fee. Vets usually charge a bit more, but I think even for $40 or $60 it is worth it.

Microchips in animals and microchips in humans are two extremely different things. You are responsible for your animal's safety and a microchip is extremely useful in this. It wouldn't be infringing on any animal right that I am aware of. As long as you keep the info current, I can't think of any negatives in having a chip.

 

[Chickerdoodle13]

Just wanted to add, if you can buy them online and do the chipping yourself, it is extremely easy. I'm sure there are youtube videos showing how to do it, but you basically just pull up the skin on the neck and insert the needle into the base of the "tent" of skin you pull up. You don't go into the muscle at all. The chip just sits right under that loose skin in the neck. The only animals that were a pain to chip were tiny kittens and puppies, or obese animals with really tight neck skin.

 

[cupman]

Quote:
http://www.katu.com/news/local/Woman-charged-with-theft-in-custody-battle-over-dog-163267536.html

Now he's under investigation for animal abuse. Makes you wonder how legitimate the accusations are.

 

[redhen]

Oh give me a break..she must have said some bull story about the condition of the dog when she found him..
Shes sickening..

 

[redhen]

Keep us updated with this story please.. I'm interested to see how this ends up..

 

[jak2002003]

There are many ways. He could detect the minor body changes that go along with her asthma to let her know that an attack is coming. He can be trained to bring her an inhaler when an attack starts. If she has very severe attacks, he could know how to summon 911. The list goes on and on.

Of course, to legally claim the right to a service dog, you have to be LEGALLY disabled under the law. If her asthma is controlled enough that she is taking hiking trips, that's pretty unlikely.

Yes. It would go like this:

1. Girl pets dog
2. Girl starts to get an asthma attack from petting the dog
3. Dog detects the body changes and gets girls inhaler from her handbag.
4. Dog gives inhaler to the girl
5. Girl uses it and feels better
6. Girl pets dog and kisses him 'thank you'
7. Girl gets second asthma attack from petting the dog

Then go back to step 3............

After several times the dog gets bored and calls 911 on his mobile and asks the hospital to take the girl away as he is tired out.

 

[jak2002003]

For religious reasons, no way I am sticking a chip in my dogs when I think its wrong to do it to my self.

What religious reasons would stop someone putting a chip in their pet dog?!

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Quote: I would not put that chip in me for a religious reasons. I don't do things to my dogs that I would not do to my self cause of personal opinion.

 

[cupman]

Turns out he has drug charges from when he was a teenager. Also, and I don't know how accurate this is, supposedly the abuse was swatting with a rolled-up newspaper and a bite on the dog that supposedly was to mimic what a mother dog does to train a young dog. Seems weird, if it's even true. But I've heard of people doing that to children.. some people are just a little weird.

In any case it really seems like a smear campaign. Bringing up 12 year old drug charges from his teenage years. He's lived crime-free for over a decade. Just lawyers grasping at straws.

 

[redhen]

Yes. It would go like this:

1.  Girl pets dog 
2.  Girl starts to get an asthma attack from petting the dog
3.  Dog detects the body changes and gets girls inhaler from her handbag.
4.  Dog gives inhaler to the girl
5.  Girl uses it and feels better
6.  Girl pets dog and kisses him 'thank you'
7.  Girl gets second asthma attack from petting the dog

Then go back to step 3............

After several times the dog gets bored and calls 911 on his mobile and asks the hospital to take the girl away as he is tired out.