Own a Dog? Not microchipped?

V F · 29 Mar 2016 at 17:51

Beer_MonsterUK said:
Meh, We have a 17year old unchipped Jack Russell. We've never even come close to losing her and she's never had aggresive tendancies. She's half blind and deaf as a post now and I don't think I'll be putting her through the rigmarole of getting her chipped.

Every dog is labelled as dangerous. :/

Freefaller · 29 Mar 2016 at 18:45

I'm not a dog owner but I was aware of this, it's been on the news a little. I think it's a good idea.

.Lethal · 29 Mar 2016 at 18:57

Freefaller said:
I'm not a dog owner but I was aware of this, it's been on the news a little. I think it's a good idea.

It's been on the local radio here almost daily, local newspapers, national media etc. There's also many events for free pet chipping in the last few months.

Unless you avoid all forms of media it seems quite odd that people aren't aware by now.

Freakbro · 29 Mar 2016 at 19:03

.Lethal said:
It's been on the local radio here almost daily, local newspapers, national media etc. There's also many events for free pet chipping in the last few months.

Unless you avoid all forms of media it seems quite odd that people aren't aware by now.

The OP is a police officer (well, support/pcso type of thing?) So no surprise he was unaware of the changes in legislation.....or any laws for that matter

Sorry Burnsy

Dis86 · 29 Mar 2016 at 19:03

I think this is a great idea.

old gamer · 29 Mar 2016 at 19:09

my vet was doing the chips for free so I thought why not and got both the muts done

G-MAN2004 · 29 Mar 2016 at 19:16

I already thought this was the case to be honest. About time really.

moon man · 29 Mar 2016 at 19:27

thanks you just reminded me that my dogs chips are registered to my old address in west yorkshire ,need to sort that

NightSt@lk3r · 29 Mar 2016 at 20:51

Beer_MonsterUK said:
Meh, We have a 17year old unchipped Jack Russell. We've never even come close to losing her and she's never had aggresive tendancies. She's half blind and deaf as a post now and I don't think I'll be putting her through the rigmarole of getting her chipped.

Same got a 16 year old Jack Russell that has never wandered off or been even close to getting lost heck she wont even go more than 10 feet away from me, never once growled at another animal or person, shes not quite half blind and deaf yet though!

Had it not been for word of mouth from a family member id have not known about this either, if the authorities are going to make something like this mandatory and failure to do so is punishable then they should make an effort to notify registered dog owners as such.

And no i won't be getting her chipped.

RoboCod · 29 Mar 2016 at 21:16

NightSt@lk3r said:
Same got a 16 year old Jack Russell that has never wandered off or been even close to getting lost heck she wont even go more than 10 feet away from me, never once growled at another animal or person, shes not quite half blind and deaf yet though!

Had it not been for word of mouth from a family member id have not known about this either, if the authorities are going to make something like this mandatory and failure to do so is punishable then they should make an effort to notify registered dog owners as such.

And no i won't be getting her chipped.

They are making an effort, it's on BBC news too.

I can't understand why anyone wouldn't have their cat or dog chipped?

Limpnoodle · 29 Mar 2016 at 23:17

Awww bless her, i wouldnt take her though the stress of getting chipped either

bayo000 · 29 Mar 2016 at 23:29

Didn't realise this wasn't a law yet. I know in other countries it's been legal requirement for years.

MatsyLR · 29 Mar 2016 at 23:55

I don't see the issue with this?

edscdk · 30 Mar 2016 at 00:00

I ended up owning a microchip had to get it dogged, poor little fella, stuck inside a dogs neck

dal · 30 Mar 2016 at 01:05

Jamauk said:
I've got two cats which are both microchipped, which I think should be a standard thing with cats and dogs.

All this talk of registered owners of dogs previously in this thread makes me wonder if they'll be coming with a V5 document (or perhaps more appropriately a K9 document!) containing various information such as number of previous keepers, bowel capacity, etc!

I was thinking something like that DVLA for dogs, maybe DLC - dogs licensing center.

FoxEye · 30 Mar 2016 at 01:11

wordy said:
Tbf what kind of idiot wouldn't get their dog micro chipped in the first place.

Good pet owners will already have their cat/dog chipped.

Other owners won't care.

Not sure what this law achieves. Bad owners will ignore it anyhow.

helpimcrap · 30 Mar 2016 at 01:40

About time. Common sense. Sensible, responsible dog owners have nothing to worry about. Not sure how they will get the ones that are the real problem.

However it does solve the simple case of lost dogs.

V F · 30 Mar 2016 at 02:35

FoxEye said:
Good pet owners will already have their cat/dog chipped.

Other owners won't care.

Not sure what this law achieves. Bad owners will ignore it anyhow.

Faeces samples and fined for it?

Glaucus · 30 Mar 2016 at 05:33

FoxEye said:
Not sure what this law achieves. Bad owners will ignore it anyhow.

When there's complaints about such owners, its now much easier to punish. Where in a lot of cases it's hard to show enough evidence to prosecute at the moment.

edscdk · 30 Mar 2016 at 05:53

.Lethal said:
It's been on the local radio here almost daily, local newspapers, national media etc. There's also many events for free pet chipping in the last few months.

Unless you avoid all forms of media it seems quite odd that people aren't aware by now.

This thread is the first I have known about this new law, though all 3 of ours are chipped... To the person saying they will not put their do through this... Ours did not even react when it was done