Tattoo Cont. AND Microchip - Page 1

Thanks for all the info on Tattooing. I think the general concesus was 7 wks. My problem is who to do it. Any suggestions in SC? I would be happy to provide my vet with a machine, but am not sure how experience effects the outcome... Also, what are your thoughts on microchipping? Do you think there will ever be a move by the SV to accept this as permanent identification? It is much simpler and less traumatic. I do appreciate the education guys...

What part of SC? That would help narrow it down.....

http://germanshepherddog.com/clubs/south_eastern.htm Hope this helps!

I thought I had read an article online that Germany would be requiring microchips on puppies born after a certain date in the future, but I can not seem to find it and verify that date. Stephen

Blitztrahl, you can purchase a good tattoo plier, numeral, character, and antibiotic green ink set from Leerburg.com. If you purchase the kit, it should still come with a free video of how to use it. If is is done by the veterinarian, he will no doubt want to slightly sedate the puppy. The position in the RIGHT ear is critical-don't punch through the "veins" of the RIGHT ear and the tattoo must be readable if you are standing on the dog's RIGHT side facing him. The video covers how to apply the ink, check the numeral set, position the plier, and rub the ink into the fresh wounds left by the needles. Ski has provided you with a link to some South Carolina clubs. Certainly someone in those groups knows how to do this. As far as the microchips are concerned, there are many different chips available on the market that passily transmit a signal of different frequency and require a specific chip reader for that brand of chip. In essence, there are too many different types of out there, and practically no one but perhaps a large dog shelter has every type of chip reader. I belive the chips are being standardized. Why the tattoo over the chip? A chip can be removed from a dog with minor surgery. A tattoo cannot be removed. If a puppy is brought back to a breeder then the tattoo will quickly tell who really is that puppy. Past that, it is just S.V. customary practice to tattoo the puppies and it has been done for decades. My advice? Do the tattoo and the chip, but use a popular chip such as the "Home Again" chip offered through the A.K.C.. Bob-O

All of ours have both tattoo and microchip. We went with the Avid system. Cheap insurance when you're talking about good dogs who are also family members.

Most USA clubs have a breed warden and a tattooer, sometimes it's the same person. Check the listing in the USA directory. We do our pups at 7 weeks.. it's loud and messy, but not a huge deal and the pups recover fine. Most of them scream like crazy though, it's like piercing your ears only many times, at once....

We tattoo here in Oz between 7-8weeks - my Sulfur Crested Cockatoo can imitate the sound of the puppies howling during tatooing to the max. He is so good that when the tattoo officer comes into the back garden he will give us a puppy howling redition almost immediately. He will shout out "Pino,Cherry get in" and calls the puppies who look quite bemused at this white thing talking to them.

Hi Carebear, just picking up on your Cockatoo - we have the same type 3 years old. Dont know what part of the world you live, but does yours free fly? Mines not such a good talker yet, but regularly visits the trees around our village when it gets the chance and returns three days later, just as I am tearing my hair out looking and calling, she comes swooping back down to me. Gues I should think myself lucky she comes back, as its very rare in the UK. Every time we say we must be more careful, but this is the 3rd time she has beat us on brains and cunning. Mo Lakin - Mascani

Hi Mo We live in Perth Western Australia Sulfurs are not native to this side of Oz and there are very strict rules for keeping birds more so than dogs LOL We have a very large flight(avairy) which we have several species of parrot living together but Sam is the best talker ever - he just loves the puppies. It is handy though as many people have birds here and not like dogs the value of the bird increases if it is a split or different colour and having puppies and dogs used to the parrots is a boon to some-one who wants to buy a puppy/dog that the animal does not jump at the birds and frighten them. EG a normal rainbow lorikeet may sell for $200aud but a jade split lori will be in the thousands however the saying "Just dropped off the perch" is so very true.