If it wasn’t for the chip, they likely would have never seen him again.
FOX10 News introduced viewers to the Elleard’s family dog ‘Leroy,’ who is now the poster child for microchips. If it wasn’t for that, they likely would have never seen him again.“Had Leroy not had the microchip, he would have been brought to the shelter,” said Jessie Payne, the Daphne animal control officer who found Leroy and scanned him for a chip. “We hold them for seven days to give the owner and opportunity to come forward to claim their dog.
Dr. Megan Goldman at Wesson Animal Clinic in Mobile showed the process of adding a microchip. First, filling out a form including name, address, and phone number. That information is logged online through the microchip’s website, then the chip is implanted under the pet’s skin and stays forever.“Microchips are currently not a GPS tracker like many people kind of think, so they do have to be physically taken to a location and scanned,” said Dr. Goldman.
But, there’s a kicker. Sometimes, it’s up to the owner to register the microchip if their vet or shelter doesn’t do it.“A lot of times, we do see where they get these microchips, but the owner never registers it, and that’s a huge thing,” she said. “Make sure you are keeping it up to date, so if you change your phone number or your address, you want to make sure that is up to date as well.
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