What is a microchip and how does it work?
Microchips are a safe, permanent way to identify your companion animal. Having your pet injected with a microchip greatly increases the chances of it being returned to you when lost. Microchips are the best back up for a collar and visible identification tag. All pets should wear an ID tag with a contact number on it, preferably your cell number. To detect a microchip, which is a small computer chip (about the size of a rice grain) injected between the animal’s shoulder blades, the animal must be scanned and the unique identification number will be read. This number is entered into a database and the owner can easily be contacted. All shelters and veterinarians have a scanner.
A microchip is a small electronic device (about the size of a large grain of rice) that contains a nine digit number. It is inserted under the skin between the shoulder blades of the dog. A microchip reader is used to identify the number on the chip. If you choose to have your puppy microchipped you must get the chip number registered. You can do this through the UABR registration paper. The number will be placed on the back of the paper in the top right hand corner. There is a cost involved in registering the chip number.
