This morning I had an email from the Kennel Club containing their Breeders News (I'm sure others on here will have had it as well)

After reading the section on the new law coming in with microchipping in 2016 I just wanted to ask if I was reading this section right. It states that, as well as all puppies having to be chipped before 8 weeks and registered in the breeder's name, all Breeders must ensure that they can clearly identify that the microchipping paperwork matches the puppy being sold to the new owner

Does this mean we will have to have our own scanner to show that the paperwork matches the puppy when it is collected by it's new owner? What are your thoughts?

>Does this mean we will have to have our own scanner to show that the paperwork matches the puppy when it is collected by it's new owner? What are your thoughts?

I think it'd be an excellent idea! A good way to deter breeders using false paperwork and so forth.

Having had a stray brought in at work whose chip was in the name of someoone who bought her litter sister it would have been very sensible if the breeder could have made sure the right paperwork went with the right puppy!

Having your own scanner makes SO much sense for so many reasons, and you can get them for £50 or less these days.

I always scan each pup that is collected by its new owner and show them it matches the paperwork. Ditto with kittens.

The Microchip company will be laughing all the way to the bank, a fee for each puppy from the breeder and then a transfer fee to register the puppy with the new owners details.

I have always chipped the pups as they leave and recorded the new owners details as i do it.  I have asked pet log for clarification on this because the legislation as i read it doesn't make it clear that the pup has to be registered into the breeders name first.  If i have missed it please feel free to correct me as Pet log are taking a long time in replying to my request.

Change of keeper

8.  (1)  From 6 April 2016, where a dog is transferred to a new keeper, the new keeper must, unless the previous keeper has already done so, record their full name, address and contact telephone number (if any) and any change in the dog's name with the database on which the dog's details are recorded pursuant to regulation 3(5)(b).

(2) From 6 April 2016 no keeper may transfer a dog to a new keeper until it has been microchipped unless a certificate issued under regulation 3(2) or 3(3) states that the dog should not be microchipped for reasons of the animal's health. 

Obligation to microchip dogs

3.  (1)  Subject to paragraphs (2) and (4), from 6 April 2016 every keeper of a dog which has not been implanted with a microchip by that date--

(a)which is older than 8 weeks; and
(b)which is not a certified working dog for the purposes of section 6(3) of the Animal Welfare Act 2006(1),
must ensure that it is microchipped.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply for as long as a veterinary surgeon certifies, on a form approved by the Secretary of State, that a dog should not be microchipped for reasons of the animal's health.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), from 6 April 2016 a keeper who imports a dog must ensure that the dog is microchipped in accordance with paragraph (5) within 30 days of importing the dog unless a veterinary surgeon certifies, on a form approved by the Secretary of State, that the dog should not be microchipped for reasons of the animal's health.

(4) A certificate issued under paragraph (2) or (3) must state the period for which the dog will be unfit to be microchipped.

(5) A dog is microchipped where--

(a)a microchip which complies with regulation 4 has been implanted in the dog; and
(b)the details set out in regulation 5 are recorded on a database by a database operator meeting the conditions set out in regulation 6.
(1)2006 c.45.

ref:http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111122501/regulation/8

As I dock I already have to do this.  Each puppy has a coloured collar and profile photo taken and printed.  The puppy is then microchipped, and health check undertaken. I keep a list eg Blue dog .. Reg Name .. Microchip No. I then update KC reg on MyKC with microchip number.  The puppies paperwork wallet gets made up with Microchip NO and photo ID added  to KC reg docs etc

Generally have quite large litters and not got paperwork mixed up yet. You just need a system :)

The Microchip company will be laughing all the way to the bank, a fee for each puppy from the breeder and then a transfer fee to register the puppy with the new owners details.

Not quite. When you buy microchips from a manufacturer, the registration fee is included in the price of the chip, so it does not cost you anything to register them. (And if you buy in bulk you can get chips for less than £4 each.) However should the puppy/dog then change ownership, you need to pay Pet Log -NOT the microchip manufacturer- a fee to do so.

That is all assuming breeders will be chipping their own dogs.

I certainly would not want to.

That is all assuming breeders will be chipping their own dogs.


Not at all Brainless. Doesn't matter who chips your pups if they have to be registered in the breeders' name first -same principle still apply, they are chipped and then immediately registered on PetLog by whoever chipped them, you will just pay a lot more to have it done. But the Pet Log reg fee is still included in the price of the chip so it is only the change to a new owner that will have to be paid for.

By the way I'd say it is a LOT harder to clip dogs' claws, and much more likely to cause injury, than it is to chip them. :)

I just don't do needles ;)

Two fees involved now though, as previously they could be registered straight to the new owner and the breeder on as a contact.
Now they will have to be first registered in the breeders name, and then if the breeder want's to make sure the puppy is properly registered to the new owner they will have to pay again to transfer the ownership.
I don't  like letting puppies go and trusting the new owners to do the transfer, as some never get round to transferring the ownership at the kennel club.

>I don't  like letting puppies go and trusting the new owners to do the transfer

Though like with cars it will become an offence not to.