Why the AVID Dog Microchip Keeps You Protected

							Why the AVID Dog Microchip
   Keeps You Protected
Try explaining to a child why the family
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 dog isn t going to be returning home one
 night and you’ll quickly understand why
 the AVID dog microchip is so important
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 for every pet owner.
Life has an interesting way of setting up
 the unexpected and even though you
 have taken every precaution to keep
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 your dog safe, either building a fence
 around the yard or keeping him on a
 leash at all times, anything can go wrong
 at any time.

That’s why it’s so important to have a
 dog microchip in place.
Pet Microchip Technology Works
If you have never heard about a pet
 microchip, or more specifically a dog
 microchip then think about a bar code
 microchip,
 on a product that you purchase. When
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 you microchip a dog, you are essentiallyy
 encoding him with a serial number that
 can be scanned by a veterinarian.
The microchip in the dog is essentially a
 more intricate type of bar code. When
 scanned,
 scanned it pulls up information about
 the dog’s last registered owner.
The AVID dog microchip has a number of
 benefits,
 benefits such as size (it is about the size
 of a grain of rice) and the fact that it is
 passive, which means that there is no
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 power and nothing that can harm the
 animal.
The AVID dog microchip is implanted
 under the skin with a simple injection
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 and anyone who may find your lost pet,    t
 or someone who stole him, will not know
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 that there is a pet microchip inside
Who Can Microchip a Dog?
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Only a licensed and certified veterinarian
  can implant a pet microchip into any
  animal. If you want to microchip you
  dog, make sure that the veterinarian you
  choose uses an AVID dog microchip. The
  reason for this is that not all dog
  microchip technology is the same and
  more important, not all of them use the
        database.
  same database
It doesn’t serve you much good to use a
 dog microchip from a manufacturer that
 is only connected with a few isolated
 veterinarians.

That means the only way that your
 missing dog would be located could be by
 chance, if the person who found him
 happened to go to the right animal
 doctor.
A number of people have many questions
 about a pet microchip and the reason for
 this is that there hasn’t been a great deal
 of publicity over the amazing technology.
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 Only when you visit a veterinarian will
 you gain any real information, or when
 you search the Internet.
However, by being able to microchip your
 dog, you are putting a blanket of
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 protection around him so that he can
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 come home if he gets lost
Think about a dog microchip in the same
 way that you might offer your child a cell
 phone when he or she goes to a friend’s
 house. That assurance allows you to
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 know that you’re able to contact them if
 needed.
With an AVID dog microchip, you’ll rest
 more comfortably with the knowledge
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 th t should anything happen to your
 family pet, your chances of having him
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 returned to you safely are much better
It's one of the worst things imaginable:
          pet
 losing a pet. It can make pet owners feel
 so helpless.

The statistics are high and state that one
 in three pets will get lost. And consider
 that 90 percent of those that aren't
 identified won't be recovered.
The American Humane Association
 estimates over 10 million dogs and cats
 are lost or stolen in the U.S. every year.

• One in three pets will become lost at
 some point during their life.
A study published in the Journal of the
                              Association,
 American Veterinary Medical Association
 including 53 animal shelters across the
 U.S., confirmed the high rate of return of
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 microchipped dogs and cats to their
 families, and the importance of microchip
 registration.

From the study:
Only about 22 percent of lost dogs that
 entered the animal shelters were
 reunited with their families. However, the
 return-to-owner rate for microchipped
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 dogs was over 52 percent (a 238 percent
 increase).
Less than 2 percent of lost cats that
 entered the animal shelters were
 reunited with their families. The return-
 to-owner rate for microchipped cats was
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 dramatically higher at over 38 percent
 (more than 2000 percent better).
Only 58 percent of the microchipped
 animals’ microchips had been registered
 in database with their pet parent’s
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 contact information.
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