Dog & Cat Microchipping

According to the American Humane Association, only about seventeen percent of lost dogs and two percent of cats ever find their way back from shelters to their original owners. Almost 9.6 million pets are euthanized every year because their owners can’t be found. There are ways to beat these odds though, and they involve using nametags, collars, and microchips.

Out of these three forms of identification, only microchipping is permanent. Tags and collars can become loose and fall off, but a mircochip will stay in place for the lifetime of your pet!

A microchip is a tiny computer chip, about the size of a grain of rice that is inserted under the pet’s skin between the shoulder blades.

At the Day and Evening Pet Clinic, we use 24 PetWatch mircochips. As soon as the chip is implanted in your pet, we register that number here at the clinic. That number goes in to their national database, where your information is linked to your pet.

Microchipping is an inexpensive form of identification that provides owners with peace of mind. Call us today to schedule an appointment!