i would definitely do alot more research into this to see exactly how safe it is for my dog, and if i find that is not painful/harmful to her, then yes i would be for this..but eh for now the dog i have is trained and will not run away, even in an unfenced yard =]

It's not harmful. It's just a subcutaneous injection, basically. The chip will generally get surrounded by a capsule of tissue and BAM, easy ID.

What kind of dog? Presa canario?

I dunno if we have that here in our country, but if there is, I wouldn't mind having my dog chipped. :)

yeah, i was watching cats 101 yesterday and i think they said it was even like $20-30, guessing it would be the same for a dog
and doesn't it go near the back of their necks where they have all that extra skin anyways? doubt it hurts them very little if at all

This post was edited by ghc on Sep 20 2011 09:27am

Chips are inserted under the skin of their "scruff". It does hurt, because the needle is actually quite large (for a needle), but it fades very quickly when your awesome dog or cat gets pets and treats for behaving for it. Most pets wont react, but you'll get a screechy small breed dog every now and then.

my dog is microchipped'd do it again is simply safer

it dosent hurt them at all, and it only cost $20 where i live
and its only the size of a piece of rice

This post was edited by MiniMe99 on Sep 20 2011 06:10pm

nothing. LOL

would be a good idea for outside dogs who like to roam, they also have a pet tattoo kinda like a bar code