The Pet Companions Club will be holding a microchip scanning event for dogs at our monthly membership meeting on March 6 from 3 to 5 p.m.
Jim Ellison, President, Pet Companions Club
Most pets are microchipped these days, either by the breeder, the adoption shelter, or your vet. Proper microchipping will help to ensure that your pet is returned to you should they escape from your house, yard, or car. The microchip is the size of a grain of rice and is inserted between the shoulder blades. The pet owner then must complete the registration process.
Did You Know?
* Once the microchip is inserted you must register that microchip with your name, address, and phone number with the microchip company (Avid, 24Petwatch, etc.). If you don’t register the microchip to yourself as the pet owner, it can only be tracked back to the breeder, shelter, or veterinarian who inserted the microchip. Many shelters have such a high volume of pets passing through that they will purge their records periodically and be unable to trace that microchip to the owner if it wasn’t registered with the chip company.
* If you are a snowbird or if you have a second home, you can (and should) register both addresses to ensure the safety of all of our pets!
* If you move to a new address, or change your phone number, you need to contact the microchip company and update your information with them.
The Pet Companions Club of PebbleCreek has a universal scanner. This allows us to scan a microchip from any company and track that pet back to you, providing your information is current. This has helped us to return several pets to their owners.
If you are not sure what information is currently registered to your pet’s microchip, or even what microchip company to contact and how to contact them, The Pet Companions Club of PebbleCreek is here to help! We will be holding a microchip scanning event for dogs at our monthly membership meeting on March 6 from 3 to 5 p.m. in the courtyard of the Eagle’s Nest Activity Center. Bring your dogs for a free microchip scanning.
If you are a cat owner, we haven’t forgotten about you! Stay tuned and we will be providing information at a later date about how we will be accomplishing microchip scanning for your feline friend.
Let’s work together to ensure the safety of all of our pets!