Posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 11/9/1999 7:20:27 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << What should I do before I take him to the vet in the > morning? He is crated away from the girls. I gave him a bath. what else > should I do with him???> > Thanks!>> =========================== Please, before you give him up to a shelter, have your vet look for tattoos and microchips. Unfortunately "many" vets and shelters ~do not~ have the equipment to scan for chips. I have seen many dogs not find their homes because of the lack of this equipment! We actually found out thru horses that the slaughter houses did not have the scans nor were they required to do so. We are still working on this. Just when we thought we had found something to save our animals, only to find out what good is it, if the receiving end does not have the scanner. A friend of mine adopted a dog from a shelter, upon visiting her, it was 'quite' obvious that this dog had come from some very fine lines of breeding. I asked if this shelter had scanned for chips, we both went back and they did 'not' have the equip. I took this dog to my vet and we scanned him. He was chipped!!! I cannot tell you the tears of joy we had when we re-united this dog with his owner. Lost dogs can travel farther away from their homes than one thinks. If you chip you dogs, take the time to see if vets and shelters around your town have the equipment to scan. A few phones calls to these people can save you dogs life. In our town we took up donations and bought this shelter a scanner. Rhiannon
