I got up one morning recently to find a load of new kittens outside the back door. I was going to chip them but the company couldn’t guarantee that they the chips were waterproof

*edit: last year, not this year

There are no details on chips only a number to enable tracing through a databank.I very much agree with mandatory chipping

When you get your pet micro chipped you have to register the details yourself our vet used to do this and then stopped as a result our cat was chipped but not registered for maybe 3 years before we realised!

Do you register the new owner or leave it up to them.

A lot of the dogs who end up in rescue with microchips are still registered to the breeder, very few of them keep records of who bought the pup from them.

I chip but new owner must change details to their address I have also visited all of puppies new homes before they even leave my home its very important to me they go to forever homes! Im not breeding dogs long but their welfare comes first in my book! Anyone that wont let me visit wont get a dog its that simple also if peoples circumstances change and they cant keep the dog i offer to take it back. Would kill me to think of one of my dogs in a pound or shelter.

Compulsory or not, as a dog owner I’m surprised at how many people wouldn’t take this cheap precaution that might just help them find their dog one day.

But what’s really needed here is better regulation on breeding and selling dogs. The North don’t just have compulsory chipping, they have much better regulations around the breeding and handling of dogs all round. Make breeders chip dogs and send away a registration form when someone buys one.

This is true. I’m currently looking to get a dog/puppy. I’ve found that it’s hard to search for a reputable breeder online. The kennel club weren’t even that helpful. Even if the breeder is IKC approved or registered, it means nothing as they’re not closely monitored. I think stricter regulations regarding chipping, vet/health checks on the parent dogs, worming & vaccinations should be compulsory for all breeders with papers to prove all this. The amount of abandoned dogs (especially at this time of year) is disgusting. (Am considering adopting a dog also)

Sarah, dogs trust have loads of dogs and puppies at the moment and are crying out for people to adopt them.

Yep- I’m considering all options but wouldn’t be getting one until March due to travel commitments. So I’d have a look at shelters then.

@ Sarah,

Forget about the dog get yourself a boyfriend. By and large they don’t need house training, eat a little more , smell about the same and lie on the couch all day doing nothing if you’re not around and most of the time you don’t need to kennel them when you’re away. Like a dog you do have to clean up after them though

And make people keep the details up to date if the dog is rehomed !

If you would rehome
Have a look here
Some dogs looking for a forever home

https://m.facebook.com/adogslife.ie?id=270131087473&_rdr

https://m.facebook.com/adogslife.ie?id=270131087473&_rdr

Bet this post appears more than once !
Sorry in advance if it does

@ Josh

Is that what your boyfriend is like?

@ mark ,

No mine’s a bit ruff !

I agree, they want to be able to get rid of the dog easily. Another reason is that they don’t want the dog traced back to them if it’s involved in an accident or killing sheep.

Hi Jonny, god, aren’t you brilliant for all your hard work, and on xmas day..well done :) We have three dogs, one cat. When I got the cat chipped, 8 years ago, it was up to the owner to submit their details. Got our first dog done 4 years ago, and at that stage it was compulsory to supply your information to the vets. Got the second dog done, and we weren’t even left out of the clinic until I filled up the info, and put it into an envelope the secretary closed in front of me, and put a stamp on it.

squirrel !!!!

Just goes to show how accurate green thumbs are on this site. Ninety percent of green thumbs agree with you for saying “yes”, but the poll shows the majority of people voted NO. You should get rid of the thumbs system as it only attracts trolls.

Why?

Yes it would help track people dumping dogs we also need strict breading laws and heavy fines for cruelty to animals

And cats

Totally agree. Maybe there should be a changed my mind thumb.

So you think the poll is accurate.. ?? I think it just goes to show the polls and surveys are about as good as the virtual paper they are written on.

You’re contradicting yourself. Not everyone who voted no red thumbed that comment. They’re not just red thumbing for the sake of it

That’s only when the pounds bother to check if dogs are chipped, and not leave that up to the rescues.

licence all pets or animals, in the case of cats and dogs if the owner doesnt want them neutered leave them pay a huge fee for the licence.

I’m a beautiful King Charles too. Good choice of doggy :)

Debi. I’ve a horse outside ;-)

You do? Why is it outside and not in a warm stable? ;-)

A horse inside’s no good for riding.

I detect a note of sarcasm, but I fear people will agree with the apparent suggestion.

Be careful what u wish for, already being done in schools in Texas, too Orwellian for me.

Well yes and no …

A friend of a friend had concerns with her dog. He was worrying sheep. The farmer came round and made threats, “lock it up or it’ll get shot” sorts of threats. So they locked it up, and it still got out and the farmer still came round. So with a heavy heart the family took the hard choice and had the dog put down. Once a dog starts doing that it’s hard behaviour to break and better the dog be put down by a vet than by a man with a shot gun.

A week later the farmer was back … “Your dog’s been worrying my sheep again.”

A tracker in the dog would have been worth it. Don’t you think?

Yeap, too Orwellian, but it would be kind of funny laying in your couch with your iPad and controlling every little movement of your little bastards… :-p

“controlling every little movement”

Tracking, not remote control. Somewhat different technology.

Yes, tracking, sorry… :-)

@Damocles “Yes, children too, with GPS tracker chips.” one word “smartphone” kids they all have em these days.
If Apple can track your kids all day long 24/7 why shouldn’t you!!!!

Simon, why are Apple tracking kids 24/7?

Simon, if your kid was snatched the first thing they’d do is toss the phone. They probably wouldn’t think to check the kid’s clothes and shoes for a small tracking device.

@Damocles that is really really sad. :(

@ Pierce2020 , there not tracking just kids they are tracking all iphones . Just that kids like to to have the latest technology, so if apple can do it why not you as a parent. And its not just apple that track the phones. Facebook tracks where you log in or check in as they call it these days. There are plenty of apps that run in the background that are constantly checking where you are and selling your data to someone who wants it.

And yes probably the phone would be the first thing to go if your kid got snatched but as Damocles stated what are they doing they want hidden. At lest you would know they are or if they did get snatched where there last know location was, might make for a good starting point in a search eh??

Simon

If they have a tracker that the snatcher is unlikely to readily find then you have a slightly better starting point for a search.

Damocles. your original point being that kids should have GPS trackers. my point being is they probably already do. In anyways in order to activate the GPS tracker your talking about would require a battery source that would need charging, and the range on the GPS tracker your talking about would not be good enough to locate someone unless you were standing by them

Actually, No. You can get devices that use kinetic energy to power and are only active when pinged from an external source.

Well you can’t get them. They’re still military grade afaik but that just means they’re a hop skip and a jump from civilian availability.

@Simon – Actually the GPS technology to track someone in the fashion Damocles is talking about has been around for quite a while. I went on a trip to Norway about 5 years ago and I went along on elk hunt, and the hunters had 4 huge Elkhounds and all of them had GPS tracking collars in case they got lost. If the batteries went dead, it was powered by kinetic energy of the dogs movement. It even had a second failsafe, of a very low power radio transmitter.

The tracking unit was only about the size of a matchbox, so I suppose five years on an even smaller one probably is available.

Really?

Sweet.

I have seen carnage in the fields around me this year and sometimes this happens with just two or three dogs and the owners are completely unaware of what their little doggy is up to. It’s not surprising that owners vote against microchip ping. They don’t want the cost and they don’t want the responsibility.

I wonder would the non chipped dog owners have issue with a farmer blowing poochs head off with a shotgun?

^ ‘blowing pooches head off” I let of a little screech of laughter at that one!!

Its 25e?!

It’s only 25 bobs. Only double the cost of yearly dog licence, and a lot more useful!

It was free here when being set up… small costs are well worth the results

On the other hand … Well … Yes. If your dog gets lost and found by somebody else, they can bring it to the vet and have the chip read to trace the owner.