MICROCHIPPING IS IN NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM TO BE A REPLACEMENT FOR HAVING TAGS ON THEIR COLLARS.

That ticks me off, too. What if your dog gets loose and a neighbor down the street or a few streets over find him but don't know he's yours? Obviously they don't have a scanner to scan for a microchip. What if they just decide, hey, he's cute so we're thinking about keeping him??

What if his chip has travelled and is no longer in the shoulder so when the vet scans, nothing comes up and therefore think he's not chipped and he goes up for adoption or, even worse, gets put to sleep if nobody adopts him???

Regardless of whether my pups are chipped or not, they ALWAYS have id tags as well. Charlie especially, since he is partially deaf and VERY scared of strangers, I have extra information on his tag letting them know he has hearing problems.