Have You Microchipped Your Dog ?

Hi,

Both Jack and Ruby have been microchipped; Ruby since young and Jack recently only.

You should microchip your dog as soon as possible and you will not regret it.

Why?

Here is a good reason for doing it........ read the news below .


*Dog's chip reunites toddler with mom*

PORT ST. LUCIE, FL --- A special microchip in a family dog helped
officials reunite a wandering two-year-old girl with her family after
girl and dog were spotted wandering along Southwest Tulip Boulevard
Tuesday.

According to a police report released Tuesday, two neighbors spotted
Annabelle Fabrizio walking along the street in just her diaper behind
the family dog at about 7:45 a.m. on Saturday. The two Good
Samaritans then stopped Annabelle and moved her and the dog out of the
road.

An animal control official scanned Willy, a Shar Pei mix, for an
identification chip and turned up a woman's phone number. That person
said she gave the dog to a friend, Melissa Fabrizio, 28, of the 300
block of Southwest Tulip Boulevard, the girl's mother.

At that home, investigators found a 16-year-old boy, who said he was
babysitting Fabrizio's children, Annabelle and an eight-year-old boy.
The babysitter said Annabelle was sleeping, but when he checked her
room she wasn't there.

"I was out with the girlfriends Friday night and it got really late so
I called the babysitter, said I was going to crash for the night, and
I'd be home in the morning," Fabrizio explained Tuesday. "Then I got a
call from the police department in the morning."

Fabrizio said the 16-year-old boy is a friend's son.

She figured Annabelle, a bright-eyed girl with no shortage of energy,
rose before the sitter and opened the back door.

She let the dog out and followed him, Fabrizio said.

The officer said the dog never left her side.

Asked what would've happened had Willy not had a chip, Fabrizio said
she would have been going nuts.

"She's my baby girl," Fabrizio said. "I take every precaution with her."

Police did not charge the mother or the boy.

The chips are about the size of a grain of rice and typically are
injected by veterinarians with a syringe on the scruff of a dog or
cat's neck, said Todd Wallace, animal control crew leader.

Although there are several manufacturers, the chips generally work the
same way. When they're scanned by a special reader, a number comes up.
Animal control officials call the chip manufacturer and supply the
manufacturer the number. The manufacturer then provides the owner's
contact information. The chips cost about $25.