Where is the microchip on a dog
Watch a Dog Get Microchipped
hi i'm dr. kathy moment here at Grady
veterinary hospital and today we're
going to talk about microchipping
microchipping your dog is one way to
ensure that they have a permanent
identification source for them so in
case they lose their collar and they're
out and about if they get out of the
yard or you know the mailman comes to
deliver a package and the dog sneaks out
you have some way to identify your dog
we here at Grady's we probably see I
don't know probably a couple dogs every
month at least that we identify with a
microchip and are able to reunite them
with their owner so it is a nice a great
way to to permanently identify your your
pet a microchip is just electronic
identification source and so it's about
the size of a grain of rice
so the pet doesn't feel at all when it's
backing in under their skin it's placed
under behind the shoulder blades of
their back into the fatty tissue there
so it doesn't have to go in the muscle
doesn't not gonna cause any harm it
doesn't cause any pain sometimes I get a
little scab right where it's placed
since it's placed with a little bit
bigger needle than a vaccine is but it's
been anytime they can you know you can
identify your dog by just a simple scan
and the number pops up and a phone
number that helps to identify the pad
first we want to make sure that he isn't
doesn't already have a microchip so you
always want to check with the microchip
scanner and it just checks for any chip
and a little turtle bite and so there's
no chip on on Bowser at this point so
this scanner is one of many varieties of
skaters I can read different chips so
the microchip is just in a given almost
like a vaccine this place deserves is
typically already packaged in a little
needle the needle is a little bit bigger
than the ones we use for vaccines and
blood draws that kind of stuff and the
needles just put under the skin and then
the microchip is expelled into under the
skin and the dogs are more than
microchip
most dogs don't mind this it can be done
on a dog that's awake a lot of dogs we
do it when we spay neuter them because
then there's
obviously than they holder and hurt the
play still Bowser is just going to going
to be held here by Kristen today so that
we can make sure we get it played
properly and we brought a treat for him
because he definitely likes trees so
Bowser what your cookie there we go
we're just gonna place the needle under
his skin little flinch there and then
pop the microchip in that's it he wants
the rest of this tree
obviously Bowser you know he felt the
prick of the needle for a second but
then two more just to do the treat than
anything else so now a lot of times
there will be a little scab where the
needle went through and sometimes will
be a drop of blood I don't see any blood
on Bowser and then now if we use our
scanner it comes up with this microchip
number and a phone number to call so if
your pet would get lost and being um
then all the shelter's of SPCA most
veterinary hospitals have the scanner
they can just scan it over your dog and
they put it pops up a phone number to
one of the the chip manufactures you
call there they help you tell them what
chip number the dog has and they will
get you in touch with the owner now the
big thing that important thing to
remember is if you get your pet
microchips you also have to register it
to your name and your phone number
and if you move you want to update your
phone numbers in your address so that
that way you're it's it's all the most
current information it is it is a great
way to identify your dog it doesn't
doesn't hurt they can't feel it
Bowser's already forgotten all about it
he just wants to get down and get more
cookies
