Stanley has got a new collar so I thought I'd get him a nice posh new name tag to go with it. Since I got home OH said that it shouldn't say Stanley on it but should say Mayos - our surname. So I googled it and that looks to be right. But the machine in the pet shop said dogs name and his last one had his name on. So I just wondered what you all have on yours?
A lot! One side says 1st line of address and postcode, land line and mobile number On the reverse, it says 'needs daily medication, chipped' But not his name.
We have different laws here, so I have our two Andorran phone numbers and "Soldeu, Andorra" (the town we live in here), then our two Spanish numbers and "Benissanet, Espanya" (where we are in Spain), and "Microchipped". I have separate tags with my UK mobile and sister's phone and her town in the UK for when we're over there. I figure once they have that information, the dogs can be traced. They're also registered with Animal Tracker in the UK as well as the Andorran and Spanish registers.
Nelly has one, it has the first four letters of our surname plus post code , and on the reverse it has our phone number ,plus chipped and spayed.
It's got our address and my phone number on the back. OH was just saying something about if someone steals him they'll know his name. But surely if someone was going to steal him they'd steal him regardless
I don't think the name thing matters in the slightest. Most people who get rescue dogs change their names anyway. Does your Labrador need his name called to go up to someone? Hmmm, I think a bit of sausage would probably suffice.... or the offer of a tummy rub. Nah, if someone's going to steal your dog, they'll steal him regardless of whether they know his name.
Ours has dog's name our surname and full address on one side, home, mobile and vet's telephone number on the other. I've always included the vets number as hopefully if there were ever an accident and I wasn't around or also injured someone would be able to get my dog to his own vet, or another vet could get hold of their records quickly.
Having just done the kennel club awards and having to memorise the tedious ‘dog rules’, apparently in the U.K. it should be your name, and address and post code. Phone number isn’t legally required but is probably the most useful to have! I used to have ‘microchipped’ on mine too but if a lost dog is taken to the vets or something I think they would scan for a chip regardless.
Maybe it's a US thing, but when I didn't have Brogan's name visibly on his tag it would frustrate people. It was a pretty common habit on the dog beach to check a dog's collar for his name so you could then start holding a full conversation using the dog's proper name. I suspect this may be a hippy-dippy Santa Cruz (California) thing. Brogan's collar had his CA assistance dog tags plus his rabies and ID tags. His name on one side, my last name and German and US mobile numbers, plus a plastic 'write on' tag with a local emergency number for Spain (or where ever we were at the time) and email. He also had 'reward if found' info in several languages tucked into his vest. I was a very paranoid dog mama!
They do, but a friend's dog was knocked down and they couldn't find the chip when they scanned him because it had relocated (quite common, I believe). So at least if your tag says the dog is chipped, they may try harder to find it if it's not obvious.
We have surname, postcode and mobile number and microchipped on our tag. The advise is not to have dog's name on a tag as it could help in the theft of the dog - a dog may be enticed by a bit of sausage but is even more likely to happily walk off with someone using their name.
When i was Speaking to someone working to fight dog theft they recommend putting the dogs name on. As the thevies often use the name making the dog easier to track. Thevies are not bright they are lazy and keep the same name.
One side has our surname, 1st line of address and postcode (i.e. what's required legally). Other side has all our phone numbers (mobile and landline), and Pongo's name. That side has been really useful - on the two occasions he has wandered off, someone has found him and phoned us. I've no worries about a potential thief knowing his name; I am absolutely sure they could call him anything they like, as long as there was sausage involved. Or cheese. Or biscuit. Or kibble. Or bread. Or chicken.
That's why I looked at OH like when he said it. I was like do you know our dog at all? He would go with anyone for a pat on the head. Most trusting dog ever
Brogan had two, a US chip and an EU chip, one (in theory) in each shoulder. The EU chip traveled from his right shoulder down to the top of his right hip. The vet joked that another couple years and it would be in his foot.
