[PyrNet-L] Fw: CHIPS, TATTOOS & TAGS

["Barb Bowes" <bamb@monmouth.com>]

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From: "Pyrstar" <pyrstar@pathway.net>
To: "Barbara Bowes" <bamb@monmouth.com>
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 9:21 PM
Subject: CHIPS, TATTOOS & TAGS
>
> Hi All,
> It was my understanding that one of the advantages of chipping
and
> tattooing was that the dreaded research labs were not allowed
to accept
> tattooed or microchiped animals.   They are heavily fined when
caught and
> don't want to take any chances on being fined.    The problem
with the
> tattoo is that most people don't want to check a big dog to see
if there's
> a tattoo on its inner thigh.    And, that's also a problem with
shelters &
> vets.    It's easier to scan for a chip.    *Supposedly* the
research lab
> people scan for chips before accepting and paying for the
animals.    Also
> supposedly, the animals are checked at the airports before
shipping by
> whoever's in charge of stuff like that and if a chipped animal
is found,
> then the research lab is fined and I think I remember someone
saying the
> other animals can be confiscated.   Although, I've been told
that
> checkpoints at the airports are sporadic due to manpower/money.
Those are
> the reasons I quickly embraced tattooing and microchipping.
Obviously
> there are other benefits to chipping & tattooing but foiling a
research lab
> made me quickly chip all my Pyrs.    My Pyrs also wear regular
collars with
> ID tags on them.    My favorite is the rolled leather collars
but I also
> use nylon buckle ones and the adjustable nylon snap collar.
But, the
> collars are worn like a loose necklace around their necks.
This is so
> that if one of my Pyrs get *lost* running through the woods,
should the Pyr
> become caught or entangles by the collar, the collar is loose
enough for
> them to pull their head out and become free.    Of course, this
now means
> I've got a naked Pyr running through the woods.  :-(   And,
should
> something bizzaar happen in the kennel and the Pyr's collar
gets caught on
> something, again, they should be able to pull their head out of
the collar.
>   But, I use all three ways of ID my Pyrs rather than one or
two over the
> other.    Oh, the reason my Pyrs are able to wear their collars
loose is
> because whenever I go anywhere with a Pyr, I put a metal/chain
training
> collar on them and attach the leash to the training collar.
I have
> complete control of my Pyrs that way.    My first Pyr took me
on too many
> unplanned trips when the leash was attached to his regular
buckle collar.
>  The last place was a pickup truck I crashed into so he could
lift his leg
> on its tire!    After that incident (and my nose healed) I
never attached a
> leash to a regular collar again--always to a chain training
collar.
> Jean F-V
> W.PA.
>
>