Hi all
Yesterday we found a dog in front of our garden. We brought the dog to RSPCA, but it doesn't have a microchip. The microchip is mandatory , so we are starting to think that the dog was in fact dumped by its owner.
I was thinking to look for the owner, but if the dog doesn't have a microchip, what to think about the owner?
Ta
Not sure if serious, but 'ta' is slang for thankyou.
Not sure if you're serious but he was definitely being facetious
(and in case anyone's wondering if I'm being serious, I'll let you know I'm never serious)
My two girl cats are microchipped and they can only get off my property if they escape through the front door. We have an enclosed courtyard with 2 storey brick walls and the front door has an alcove that acts as an airlock. Put up signs with the dogs picture in case the owner is looking for it. Some people don't understand about chipping but they may love the dog and may be worried sick. Are you planning to adopt if it isn't claimed? BTW - glad you cared enough to help the dog.
I see people living on the footpath in Adelaide CBD's busiest intersection on the way to the gym. There I am on my way to needlessly expend calories and I'm walking past people living on the footpath.
Have you checked whether they're microchipped?
Where is microchiping mandatory? If it's just your local council, it's possible that the neighbouring council doesn't make this mandatory. The dog could have wandered all over the place before you found it. Give the owner the benefit of the doubt rather than theorising the worst.
NSW: Compulsory Microchipping Legislation?
Yes.
Section 8 of the Companion Animals Act 1998 requires microchipping of cats and dogs prior to sale/transfer and by 12 weeks of age.
Regulation 8 of the Companion Animals Regulation 2008 outlines what information must be recorded in the microchip database.
https://www.rspca.org.au/campaigns/responsible-pet-owner/mic…
Unless it's a puppy, then it's a bad owner.
If the owner is looking for the dog, he/she will eventually contact the RSPCA.
The dog will stay there for 7 days so to be claimed by the owner. After that, it will be available for adoption.
I tried to convince my wife to keep the dog, but we are renting and dogs are not allowed. Even so, the owner may claim the dog as it rightful owner.
If in 7 days the dog is still not claimed, I'll try a little bit more of convincing…
Did you take a photo of the dog? There are many lost and found pet Facebook pages. You could try putting the photo on there?
When my parents dog ran out and got lost. Someone who found the dog posted photos on the lost and found pet facebook page.
I found a dog in my yard once, about a day after we moved to the area. I told it to go home, and then followed it to make sure it went back to the right place. Dogs have a pretty good sense of direction, so if you leave them they'll make it back to where they're supposed to be.
If it didn't have a collar, or a microchip, and it hadn't been washed recently, I would say that's a free dog my friend. In the case that it's not, the owner will see you sooner or later if it really is a local
Actually if the vet can't scan the microchip it doesn't mean that the dog is not chipped. There was a large number of faulty chips about 4-5 years ago where they had about a 90% failure rate. So that would depend on the age of the dog.
My local vet had 1000s of their own clients that needed rechipping.
Sorry I meant client's pets they had to rechip. :-)
Totally agree with dan2k. A while back I had two of my dogs chipped at a local Petstock, years later I received a letter stating one of those dogs chops was subject to a recall for being faulty. I questioned them about the second dog to only find they couldn't find her chip on their system at all. Anyway took both dogs to local vet to get the chips checked. Go figure the one that couldn't be found on the system was the faulty one, the other was fine. Just because a chip can't be found doesn't mean there isn't one.
Your dogs chops were recalled for being faulty? That's terrible.
Post photos around your neighborhood. It's probably local
The dog is a lost member of someones family.
Please be pro-active in reuniting them
The owner was probably abducted. The dog was looking for someone to phone the police for it as it is hard to get your phone out of your pocket without opposable thumbs.
He was trying to get Inspector Rex on the dog and bone.
I don't think whether the dog has a microchip is an indication of how much love it gets.
Also the OP isn't actually TA