A scary story which surfaced on Google news today. http://www.vettimes.co.uk/news/microchip-in-puppys-brain-prompts-rvc-warning/
Dreadful Poor dog, just can't understand this am I right in thinking the MC was accidentally implanted into a puppy's brain or did it travel to there whatever, it’s bloody scary. I have always been against compulsory MC and think it is bloody ridiculous that all young puppies have to now be MC, was just reading an article yesterday where police now questions the validity of micro chipping pet’s altogether, due to not being proof of ownership.
I think it is a worry with the smaller toy breeds. The article reads as if the implant went inside the skull. Although all implanters have to do a course, and be registered, maybe some are just not as used to dealing with tinies. I'm sure that twelve weeks would have been better for the tiny toy breeds.
Poor dog! I also have to question why microchips are compulsory, I read an article the other day about a ladies Bengal cat being lost. She received a letter from pet log stating that the new owners want to re-register her pet but refused to state where her cat was! What's the point of a microchip if it doesn't even return lost pets.
I've heard of that happening too with a dog that had been stolen from a garden (owner claimed) and he got contacted by the microchip company to verify change of ownership, he told them no the dog was stolen but they wouldn't tell him. He even involved police and courts but still they wouldn't release address of people who had his dog. But on TV shows they make it appear that they scan the dog ring the number and return the dog! My old dog Inca got a mysterious bump on her head when was about 8 yrs old, vet gave an antibiotic but it didn't go down seemed to get bigger like a big white spot coming out of top of her head so they took her to day surgery to have it lanced. Many years later when she passed the cremation guy asked if she was chipped and did I want him to notify them. I said she was but he could never find it! I did wonder if that had been the cause of the bump and it had been in the boil? You do sometimes hear of them coming out, migrating or stop working. As the vet always visits me at home they don't bring the scanner each time (think maybe they only have one for the small village surgery) She was only done once when we first moved here (2006) it was definitely there then. JJ was done once too when I first got him, they've never brought scanner with them since for app to scan him to check it's still there. When I did email Inca's chip company that she had passed they haven't even sent any confirmation that they got the email or whether they've taken her off their records or not. Think she was with Identichip not Petlog.
I cannot find the article now but apparently the implant went into the spinal cord and then into the brain. It was not implanted under the skin as it should have been, and the person doing the implant messed up big time. The courses that prospective implanters do is short and cheap - and frequently incorrect. The Bengal cat was returned to its owner.
I had Nigredos chip checked because I wanted to pay and update his photo and wanted to ensure it was still there and it couldn't be found! I guess its because he's fat. Useless.
My boy's Avid chip is not working properly, but has not failed completely, and nobody seems sure what to do about it. It has moved into his shoulder, and the last time it was checked it was only being picked up on about 3 out of 10 passes. I asked about having a second chip inserted, but the vet says that she thinks this may create confusion if the original one started to work properly again. I could have it surgically removed and a new one implanted, but the dog concerned is hypothyroid and suffers from bowel tumours. He had five fairly major operations last year, and I am loathe to put him through another one just for the sake of a faulty chip. Someone suggested that he could possibly have his vet record endorsed giving him immunity from prosecution under the Act if the chip was to fail completely, but my vet seems to want to 'wait and see'. Fortunately he is not the type of Beagle who might stray, but it is a niggle - there is always the chance of some unexpected event. I have heard of some chips fracturing in situ, which means the pieces have had to be removed, and Virbac have also had some functionality issues. This Act is well intentioned, but I'm afraid that the technology is nowhere near foolproof.
Microchips here are registered with the Ministry of Agriculture under the ID name of the owner. And if the owner of the ID moves the Ministry of the Interior has to be informed so the ID address can be changed. No amateur chipper is permitted and regular vets are also not supposed to chip a dog, although some do. The law here is that microchips are only legally implanted by the Local Authority vets, as are the rabies shots, both of which he has to register with the Ministry of Agriculture under the ID name of the owner. The problem here is that far too many ignore what is should be done. But that happens everywhere, unfortunately, and for those who object to ID cards, all I can say is that I feel safer with one. And feel safer for Tikva, and LO and Pereg before her. I actually feel safer with mine for personal reasons.
Nigredo won't run off or anything, but his chip is worthless. Worst case, he gets out into the yard somehow, and someone passing by steals him. If that happened, the chip wouldn't help anyway.
Yes but they omit to inform you is that only happens (IF) they are found by a person who WANTS them to be reunited with their owners. I just think it will be a nice way for some people to make money without actually punishing the people who already flout the law. We already have a collar and tag law that is not enforced so I can’t see this being either.
