Quote Originally Posted by Uabassoon
No matter what you are going to have some people that don't put collars on their dogs, in fact several people here just stated that they don't for safety issues. I wasn't saying microchips should be a replacement. But rather saying that if a person makes the choice not to keep a collar on their dog they should at least make sure their dog has some other form of identification.
Oh no I know its better to be microchipped without a collar than have no identification at all, but people often overlook the fact and think that BECAUSE their dog is microchipped that means they don't have to provide proper ID tags, which they should anyway. And I know YOU weren't saying they should be a replacement, but just wanted to get that thought out to the general public to raise a little awareness, I suppose. Because all too often have I heard stories about owners who microchipped their pets and thought they didn't have to have ID tags, the dog got loose and guess what, they never got it back. My neighbor actually adopted a dog from the pound and she DID have ID tags on her, she got loose and they didn't see her for a couple of weeks.. weeks go by and a lady at some shelter calls them and asked if they knew that their dog was microchipped and rightfully belonged to another woman. So they didn't get their dog back, because whatever shelter they adopted her from didn't pick up on that particular microchips frequency.