Home Again Revisited

I mentioned the Home Again Microchip in an earlier post. As soon as our dog grew from a puppy into an adult dog and was old enough to be chipped, we took her to our vet and had a Home Again microchip injected when she was there for her shots. It's about the size of a grain of rice and the dog doesn't feel a thing since it's placed into the loose skin at the scruff of the neck. In addition to the chip, they also provide a collar tag with the chip ID number and Home Again's 24 Hour Toll Free number.

I decided to put their recovery program to the test. After registering her ID number via the Home Again Website I waited a few days and then made a call to the 800 number. Sure enough the number on the tag was enough data for the rep to recite back my name, address and telephone contact information! We already had an ID tag on her collar with a phone number, but it's nice to know that if she gets out of her collar and is picked up, the ID chip imbedded into the scruff of her neck will allow an animal shelter or vet to scan her and locate us so we can be reunited. It was relatively inexpensive insurance in the event she gets lost, and updating your contact information can be done easily via the internet.