If puppies are microchiped by the breeder before the puppies leave for thier new homes is it possible for the breeder to keep track of the puppies if for any reason they stray from thier new homes at any time.

Or is it only the new owner  that will be contacted?

I am just asking the question because if for any reason that the new owners can not be traced I would want the puppy/older dog  back just checking all bases and what if's.

Hope this makes sense

Hi

Yes, there is a way to do this.

Apparently there is a place on the microchip form to record the "Keeper" and the "Owner" - if the breeder is recorded as the Keeper and the Owner at first, then when the new owners take the pup home, they just change the Owner to their own name, but leave the Keeper info as it is.  (You will need to explain to them why because they might be a bit suspicious about leaving your name on the microchip otherwise!).

we do tracer and biotherm chips- there is only one space for a single address, it costs £5 to change adress details- but you could ring identichip and see if they could put 2 details on it? the chip only holds a number, the details are on the identichip database.

but you could ring identichip and see if they could put 2 details on it?

You can put 2 owners details on, but ONLY if you join PetLog Plus for each pup which I think is an extra £15. (Used to be a tenner but I'm fairly sure it's gone up. Not chipped any animals for the past 6 months.) You'd then have to put yourself, the breeder, as the primary owner, and the new owner as the second person to contact.

Hi
Just tried to get our 13wk GSD chipped by the vet and was told too young?
Any thoughts
H.B.

ive not heard of that before- we chip pups as young as 7weeks? maybe vet thinks the needle is too large for a young pup??

Yes that is what he said.
It seems its the same size chip for all animals big or small.
Our late GSD had her chip at a another vet at 20wk. No comment he just did it.

maybe vet thinks the needle is too large for a young pup??

It's perfectly possible to do, I've done 7 week old Australian terriers, Westies and similar.

I must admit - (Max (23months) got chipped at Crufts for free yesterday) - the needle did look quite large but Max didn't flinch and I did say think it must hurt younger pups? 

I have heard some vet nurses say with some smaller breeds to wait til they are older as it can hurt.  But not a large breed pup.

My vet froze the skin with a tiny needle,waited 10 minutes and then inserted the chip. She never felt a thing.
I don't know if you could freeze the skin on a young puppy though.Mine was a year old at the time.

Hi my pup (a Dobe)  never felt anything when he had his done, he was too busy eating a chew that the vet had given him, he also had his first lot of Jabs at the same time, so he was about 8 weeks old

Since 1st Jan a pup can't be registered in Ireland unless it's microchipped, so i would think that they can be chipped earlier than 13 weeks.

Jim

I thought the same .
Chip now not later.
But when the Vet advises (I live in Cardiff) you go with them .
He did say it would be kinder to chip when she was  spayed. Under a general anaesthetic.

My vet offered microchipping at 8wks but I said no at the time because we had only had her a couple of days and I wanted her properly settled in first besides which she was already tattoed.  Finally got her chipped when she was spayed and so she knew nothing about it.  Chip is the size of grain of rice so the needle is quite big isn't it? Having said that I think I would have had her chipped at 8wks if she hadn't been tattoed.

Mine went in for her vaccinations, check up and chip the next morning after a journey from Liverpool to Essex. She was 8 weeks - didn't seem to affect her at all :D

But then she is an AUSSIE - LOL :D

Daisy

Different vets have different opinions about what's too young.  Seeing as they can microchip rats and mice, I don't think a 7 wk old pup is too small.

>She was 8 weeks - didn't seem to affect her at all

Yes well I am big soft mummy and this was my new little baby and I hadn't had a furbaby before :D

If I'd known what a nutter she was going to be I wouldn't have worried :D

Our youngest GSD who is 16mths now went through the same situation as Daisy's pup..Picked her up from her breeder in Birmingham, travelled all the way home to Essex, next day off to vets to have 2nd lot of jabs and the vet even suggested to me that we chip her aswell, saves coming back at a later date..as some have mentioned most breeders get their litters chipped before they have even gone to their new homes..so 13wks definitly isnt to young, the sooner the better IMO.

we had our kittens chipped at 7 weeks they were teeny tiny and the needle is about 3/4mm wide! they didnt notice at all!

some pups really scream- and i think it does worry some vets after they experience a pup reacting in that way, we do give plenty of warning.

If you have the litter tattooed before they leave then your details (as the breeder) are kept in case the new owners move without notifying the tattoo registry. I don't know if the microchip companies have the same system.

My vet advises leaving microchipping,until pups are older as chips can 'move around'.
I just wondered if anyone had any experience of this.

They move anyway. Well actually I've never had them move in a large dog, but in pretty much all the cats they have moved a few inches -and some of those cats are bigger than my smallest dog. :) Worst trouble with cats is their skin isn't as tough as dogs so when the needle leaves a big hole, very often the chip falls out again within 24 hours. Lost count of the number of chips I've lost because of that.......

Cocker Spaniel we sometimes meet has a chip that's travelled into her earflap

when I had mine done as kittens you could feel the chip where there skin is so thin :(

I could feel the chip in the cocker spaniel's ear and she's not a puppy

I can feel the chip in several of my adult cats including the large ones.

One of my boys has moved - he's now 7 months and had his done when he was 6 weeks.

My girls microchip has travelled down her shoulder. I worry if she ever gets away the rescue centres will think she is unchipped. I had to run the reader well down her right shoulder nearly to her leg.
I am going to get a tag for her collar to state the chip is in her shoulder...but if she were to lose that then I only hope the check her whole body...:rolleyes:
BTW...my Vet did hers....
Cheers

ive got mine tatooed aswell, just to be on the safe side, its a good theft deterrent too :)

why dont you put another chip in - when I learned how to micro-chip, the subject of moving chips was covered. The training company advised in the unlikely event of a chip moving to a place where it might not be scanned - like the leg, to rechip the dog in the usual place and make a note on the accompanying Petlog form in the remarks bit, that it is a second chip and give details of where the first chip is and I suppose the number if you know it..

our's was done today . no problems on a 12 week staffy. all the best steve