Mountainview Animal Hospital

Microchipping Pet Identification

Sadly, thousands of pets are lost or stolen every year and more than 70% of those never come home. 33% of pets will get lost at least once in their lifetime. A tiny microchip may be the difference between lost and found.

A microchip is a tiny computer chip with a programmed identification number. It is injected by a veterinarian into your pet, under the loose skin over shoulder blades. The procedure is simple and no more painful than a vaccination. The chip remains inert until a special scanner is passed over it to read the identification number. The chip identification numbers are filed with a national registry that is accessible 24 hours per day and 365 days a year. All humane societies, animal shelters and veterinary hospitals are equipped with scanners. Through this system lost pets can be quickly reunited with their families. Microchipping is the only way to provide a permanent, non-alterable or easily removable means of identification that cannot be lost or fade with time.

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FUNFACT:

Male dogs do not actually need to lift their leg to urinate. A male dog urinates with one leg up to better mark his territory. This scent can tell another dog many things, including the size of the dog that did the marking. The size is judged by the height of the mark, so dogs try to make themselves seem as big as possible by lifting their leg to make a higher mark.