06/28/2025
📣 Heads up!
We scanned microchips on a handful of dogs yesterday, and not a single one had accurate or up-to-date information listed. 🙃 Not. A. Single. One. Multiple chips still had old cities from hours away as the owner’s location. Others listed only shelters or rescues as the contact—meaning if your dog got lost, they'd be routed straight back to those facilities instead of home. 👎
This is a major issue that needs addressed. Microchips are only useful if they’re registered and kept current. And while owners are responsible for their pets, shelters and rescues also play a critical role in making sure that responsibility is passed on correctly. ☝️
It’s frustrating to see that most of the outdated chips belonged to dogs adopted from shelters or rescues that never transferred the chip information to the new owner—or failed to verify the owner did it themselves. 🫣
In a time where so many dogs are being dumped, abandoned, or lost, being able to properly identify a dog should be non-negotiable, especially if they’re freshly adopted out.You'd think keeping them updated would be a priority 🤷♀️🤷♂️
🔁 Food for thought:
We can’t call ourselves rescuers and then send dogs out the same way they came in—unidentifiable from no owner information.
We can’t preach about saving lives and then fail to follow up on the very dogs we rehomed.
That’s not helping the problem—it’s adding to it. 🫠
We encourage you to check your dogs chip on https://www.aaha.org/for-veterinary-professionals/microchip-search/
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After scanning lost pet, enter the number into the microchip registry tool to search for the manufacturer of the chip.
