Hi all. I’m looking for some help. I am a dog warden and I have picked up a beautiful Gsd with a foreign chip and I believe a foreign tattoo. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas as to where I can contact about the tattoos as it’s not registered in the uk database neither is the chip.

Sorry I  want help but hopefully  someone here will beable to .how lovely to know that wardens do try so hard to reunite dogs thank u

As the law currently stands anyone( not just Dog Wardens)are required to make all efforts to return an item of permanently marked property(regardless of whether it is a living animal or an inanimate object)to it's legal owner. A tattoo unlike the microchip is permanent & proof of legal ownership.

The OP is simply complying with the law & I suggest contacting the NDTR(which is still in existence)for help as they may be able to suggest which country the tattoo comes from. Also the actual chip number also indicates the country of origin, I would expect a DW to be aware of this. I would also expect a DW to have checked using Europet for the microchip registration

They might well be doing  their job nbut it's always nice to praise someone when they do something well and lnot everyone makes and effort.iCD is not the first go to for people and clearly this person is trying all sources  not all do and u have given help.

Interesting there was a court case were a DW did not do their job & rehomed tattooed/ chipped dog, without doing a full check. The dog had been imported from abroad & the Tattoo registered with the NDTR here in the UK. The dog had also been reported lost to appropriate authorities. Result was the dog had to be returned to the proven owner, damages also paid to owner for the distress caused & the fact the dog had been castrated without the legal owner's consent(& the dog had serious health issues due to infection contracted from the operation). Cost the council £1,000s

Maybe this DW has different instructions to the usual keep 7 days, don't tell anyone & then rehome pedigree dogs

sorry about typing yet again. phone is never the best place to type :)