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by Bob McKown on 20 May 2011 - 10:05
With the availability of todays electronics what are your thoughts on the sunject. Just for ease of information access is the chip more prevelant then Tatooing.
There both allowable for Sch ?.
by judron55 on 20 May 2011 - 11:05
My male has both...females are chipped! I personally like both!
by Sheesh on 20 May 2011 - 11:05
I don't feel comfortable relying on the chip, they can migrate. I have both.
Theresa
by VKGSDs on 20 May 2011 - 11:05
If you have access to both, why not? I always get both.
by Keith Grossman on 20 May 2011 - 12:05
I used to do both but now rely solely on microchips. Simply put, a tattoo is fine for identification purposes but does not provide a clear and obvious path back to the owner should something unforeseen occur.
by dogpile on 20 May 2011 - 13:05
The future is definitely leading towards chips…in fact I think the SV requires (or is going to require) chips now over tattoos for registrations. The only problem with a chip is that you need the reader. Clubs aren’t required (yet) to have a reader and it’s the owner’s responsibility to provide a reader that can read his dog’s chip. The other problem is that there isn’t a standard for chips so one brand of chip may not be readable by all readers. Best to get a universal reader and they can run between $300-$400.
by RamhausK9 on 20 May 2011 - 15:05
Both
by steve1 on 20 May 2011 - 15:05
As far as i know all dogs now in Germany are Chipped, Belgium uses Tattoo and Chip
I prefer the Chip
Steve1
I prefer the Chip
Steve1
by ggturner on 20 May 2011 - 16:05
All of mine have chips.
by hexe on 21 May 2011 - 05:05
Both.
Not only can the chips migrate, they can also just plain ol' fail--trust, I deal with electronic IDs in livestock on a daily basis, and there's no end to the number of RFID tags that suddenly stop responding to a reader query, or that send back a corrupted number. The microchip implants are equally susceptible to these issues.
And be sure to have the tattoo registered with as many databases as possible. In the past two months, there have been two inquiries on this board trying to identify tattooed dogs in rescue/shelter channels--and so far the tattoos don't appear to have been recorded with any of the usual registries or organizations.
Not only can the chips migrate, they can also just plain ol' fail--trust, I deal with electronic IDs in livestock on a daily basis, and there's no end to the number of RFID tags that suddenly stop responding to a reader query, or that send back a corrupted number. The microchip implants are equally susceptible to these issues.
And be sure to have the tattoo registered with as many databases as possible. In the past two months, there have been two inquiries on this board trying to identify tattooed dogs in rescue/shelter channels--and so far the tattoos don't appear to have been recorded with any of the usual registries or organizations.
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