Hi Peggy I will certainly get his chip into my name. I have his paperwork with the chip # on it. I totally understand about the collar and harness. I do take off Ricky harness sometimes just to give him a break from it. He really does not need the collar, and I am thinking to buy a new harness for him and just put his ID tag. The harness he has now I had to buy him a little cat harness just to fit him. Now that he is a little fatter, its time for a new harness. I am thinking a red one, since he is black. :)
shanna Kavi's Christening N Communion Store Children's Christening, Communion, Formal Wear + More http://stores.ebay.com/Kavis-Christening-n-Communion-Store --- On Sat, 11/27/10, Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> wrote: From: Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] ID collars and Microchips To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, November 27, 2010, 3:27 PM Hi Shanna, Gigi does know sit and stay, down, hi five,shake paw, dance, bow, kiss, belly rub, over,off. If I were to put her in a stay, she will stay like that for 15 minutes or longer as long as I am in the same room. Once I leave a room, she is up and running after me. She does have a bit of "separation anxiety" but in a way I can't blame her, the only history that I have on is that I was her 5th owner within a 3.6 month period, and who knows what else she has been through. I do know that she was some ones back yard breeder as well. So who can blame her for never wanting to be separated from me? Not only that, but the anesthesia from the spay/tooth surgeries has caused some slight brain damage. So I really can't expect much more from her. She is a very gentle, some what timid little dog and understands a lot of commands. She surprised me as to how well and fast she increased her vocabulary in such a short time with me. I have only had her since July and then the surgeries were done in Sept, and that's when some things changed in her personality and she developed some peculiar behaviors which she doesn't have any control over. I never leave a harness on my dogs unless I am walking them. It would be to constricting and uncomfortable for them all the time. Kinda, like me....the first thing that comes off when I get home is......you guessed it....Da Bra!....LOL!! If you know the name of the company that has Rickys micro-chip, then you usually have to create an account with them and then add your personal info. Once you have done that, then you go to the Universal site links and check to see if it went through with them. You will need to have the miro-chips ID# in front of you. If you don't have his ID# on paper, then you can take him to the vet or any shelter will scan him for you and give you the number. If you go to a shelter, make sure you have proof that you really own him first. Most vets won't charge you just to scan him. . ♥ Peggy & The Girls ♥ -----Original Message----- From: Kavi <[email protected]> To: Chihuahuas <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Nov 27, 2010 12:38 pm Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] ID collars and Microchips Hi Peggy Ricky was fixed, and microchiped before I got him. I also bought him a collar with an ID tag and it stays on 24/7. He wears a harness for walking which is on him 24/7. I have not changed the name and address for it. I do not really know how to do it. but need to look into it like today! I think its a really good idea to have training for our chi's to learn basic obedience like sit, stay & come on comand. This will keep our dogs from trying to run out of the door. Ricky does not run out the door when its opened. He knows the word sit and stay. but I know if I had him outside and not on a leash, he would go after people or other animals and not listen to me at all. just thinking about it, I feel I should see about doing some training. We can go on the internet and find step by step basic training for free. When my Shep/husky was a puppy, (she died recently at 15) we took her to dog training. It helped alot. The training classes really are teaching the parents how to train there dog. ID & Microchip is very very important. Shanna & Ricky Kavi's Christening N Communion Store Children's Christening, Communion, Formal Wear + More http://stores.ebay.com/Kavis-Christening-n-Communion-Store --- On Sat, 11/27/10, Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> wrote: From: Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> Subject: [Chihuahuas] ID collars and Microchips To: [email protected] Date: Saturday, November 27, 2010, 1:31 AM I am curious, (as usual, Lol!) How many of you keep a collar on your dogs with an ID tag at all times? How many of you have all your dogs Micro chipped, regardless how small they are? Putting an ID on Gigi was done the same day that I got her. Good thing too, because she constantly tries to squeeze out the door after me. For a while, with training, she stopped that and would listen, but every once in a while she tries again. She is so fast at it too, no matter how careful I am. I am always worried that one of these days she is going to get her head slammed in the door. She has cost me to drop groceries and the garbage all over the place a couple of times. She's like lightening to get at the door and follow me! For Princess I had to do it right away too, because if I open the door and she sees a squirrel, she's gone. But now she listens well and stays in the chair by the window when I go out. Both of them got micro chipped right away too. I am a firm believer in both. Deanna's- Madison is a perfect example as to how many dogs never find their way back home. She's lucky, many are not. I remember last year when CA had those fires for so long....the SPCA said the main reason why so many dogs were never put back with their owners is because they were not microchipped and didn't have ID's on them. So their was no way to trace the displaced owners to their pets. You never know when an emergency is going to happen and your dog should be protected at all times, especially during the night, since that is when most emergencies do happen. The other reason why dogs are not reunited with their owners, even when they are micro-chipped is because the owners don't get on their computers and update the chip with new addressess and phone numbers. Also, it is very important to make sure that the chip is registered with the two UNIVERSAL SITES, and not just with the company that manufactures the chip. Here are the links for that, just in case some of you are not aware of that. http://www.petmicrochiplookup.org/Default.aspx http://www.checkthechip.com/HelpPage.aspx I just had two more ID's made at Petsmart. I love their machine! They can put 4 lines of info on each side of their ID's including the tiny ones for our little chi's! And they are only $7.50 each. Best deal that I found around! Now I have an ID on all of their collars, and don't have to go crazy, putting the ID's on and off every time I want to change their collars. When I walk the girls, I use a harness, but those collars with their ID will stay on them 24/7! ♥ Peggy & The Girls ♥
