How To Update A Dogs Chip

Microchipping and dog ID

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Losing your domestic dog is 1 of the most upsetting and stressful experiences for whatsoever canis familiaris owner.

Every domestic dog has the potential to stray or exist stolen. We believe that there are three easy steps to remember to give yourself the best chance of being reunited with your pooch should the worse happen:

In 1992 it was fabricated a legal requirement that any dog in a public place must clothing a neckband with the name and address (including postcode) of the owner engraved or written on information technology, or engraved on a tag. And although in that location is no legal requirement for a dog to have a collar and tag on private holding, over the by three years approximately 2,800 dogs take gone missing from homes and gardens.

Having upwards to date contact details on your canis familiaris'south tag is often the quickest way for you to exist reunited with your best friend. The contact details on your domestic dog's tag enable whatsoever member of the public to assistance return your canis familiaris to you should it go missing. If a canis familiaris warden is chosen and your domestic dog is wearing a tag, they volition attempt to return the dog to y'all straight away without having to have your dog to the pound.

You can go your own personalised engraved tag, whilst at the same time raising money for the dogs in our care.

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In April 2016, it became compulsory for every dog to have an up-to-date microchip.

A microchip is a small electronic chip, around the size of a grain of rice, which is implanted under the dog's skin and contains a unique number that tin can be read by a scanner. The domestic dog possessor'due south contact details relating to each number are logged on a cardinal database, so should the canis familiaris ever go missing or be stolen it tin be scanned by the regime and returned to his possessor swiftly and safely.

Contact your local vet for more information.

To find out more, visit our Microchipping FAQ page.

Every year, thousands of devious dogs are unable to exist reunited with their owners because their tag and chip details are not upward to appointment. So, if you movement to a new house or change your phone number, make updating the details on your dog's tag and chip a number ane priority. Information technology is likewise a legal requirement to proceed these details up to date. If your details are not right y'all could face a fine.

It'due south uncomplicated to update the details for your domestic dog's microchip: you can do information technology online, by telephone or by post, depending on which database your chip is registered to. Charges for updating your chip details vary across the microchip databases. If you aren't sure who your flake details are registered with, you can call any of the companies listed on our below and they volition be able to tell you which company yous demand to contact: