NOW YOU CAN EASILY PROTECT YOUR LOVED ONE

Most shelters and veterinarians are now equipped with a microchip scanner. Lost pets are being found every day. If your pet is found, it will be scanned for a microchip and then if the chip is present, the number will be used to identify your pet and you will then be contacted.

HAVE YOU EVER LOST A PET?

• Every two seconds a family pet is lost and most never make it back because their owners could not locate them.
• Shelters are already overcrowded so lost pets can only be kept for a short period of time.
• More pets die because their owners are unable to locate them than from all infectious diseases combined.

ADDITIONAL BENEFIT

1. Obtain a Dog License Application and a Permanent Identification Verification Form from the County Treasurer or our office.
2. Call our office and make an appointment to have a microchip implanted in your dog .
3. Bring your dog, the completed application and verification form to your appointment for a quick scanning and signing of the verification form by our office personnel.
4. Return the application, verification form and required fees to the County Treasure within 30 days of signature of the form.

IT'S THAT EASY!!

MICROCHIP FAQ'S

• More than 2,765,526 pets are microchipped and the numbers are increasing each day! Microchips are responsible for reuniting more than 258,032 lost pets with their owners. (statistics are from homeagainid.com and avidmicrochip.com)
• Statistics from AKC-CAR:

• At NVH, the cost of the AVID microchip is approximately $50. Microchips are very economical and are certainly less than the cost of trying to locate a lost pet. Also, dogs in PA can be eligible for a permanent dog license with a one-time fee!

• The microchip has no power supply, battery, or moving parts. It is designed with an operating life of over 25 years and is guaranteed for the life of the animal. Once injected, the microchip is anchored in place as a thin layer of connective tissue forms around it. The  chip requires no care. It does not pass through or out of the body.

• Animals of any age can receive a microchip. Puppies and kittens are generally microchipped during their initial vaccine series or at the time of being spayed or neutered. We suggest waiting to send the registration information to the microchip company and county treasurer until after the pet has been spayed or neutered to ensure proper documentation.

• Microchips are so tiny (a little larger than a grain of rice) that they fit through a hypodermic needle and, just like a vaccination, is injected under the skin between the shoulder blades of your pet where it remains safely for life.
• Some pets may feel mild discomfort when the chip is inserted (just like with vaccines), but will not feel the chip after it is inserted.

• Animal shelters, animal control officers and dog wardens have been educated and informed about microchip identification and how it works. Shelters use industry-wide, cross-compatible scanners that read all chips operating at a certain frequency. Most veterinary hospitals carry scanners as well. Once a microchip is located in an animal, the appropriate steps are taken. If the animal is registered with AVID's Recovery System, the shelter will be given the owner's name. if the animal is not registered, they will be given the name of the veterinarian or the breeder who injected the microchip.

• Extensive and long-term studies have shown the microchip is safe for pets. There is virtually no chance of the body developing an allergy or trying to reject the microchip after being properly inserted.

• A microchip may travel under the skin of animals with little body fat and end up in another location. As a result, pets are scanned all over their body to ensure that the microchip is located. Most microchips remain inside the pet by attaching to a thin layer of connective tissue that forms around it.