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If you are looking into investing in a dog microchip scanner, this article will provide some of the best ones available on the market as well as giving some important information about microchipping.
Microchipping is one of the most important ways to ensure the safety of your dog in the dreaded event that they are lost or stolen. Thousands of pets go missing every year and there are many who are never returned to their owners due to their lack of microchip.
In the UK however, it is a legal requirement for your dog to be microchipped. Let’s take a look at the benefits of this:
What are microchips?
Microchips are small devices that are implanted into your dog’s skin, usually at the scruff of their neck , by your vet. It is a very easy and simple procedure that works very much like a vaccination, with the device being inserted into the back of the dog’s neck without any anaesthetic as it causes little to no discomfort.
The microchip holds all of your information so that in the dreaded event that your dog does go missing or gets stolen, it can be traced.
To read a microchip you will need a handheld device that can scan them and display the owner’s information. Most vets and animal shelters etc. Will have a scanning device at hand so that they can find out the origins of…
