Quote Originally Posted by Catlady711

I wouldn't have my pet chipped without having been tranquilized first. That needle is HUGE! Our vets won't chip without tranquilizing first (even if done during the office visit). We don't put them all the way under though like during surgeries, just a tranquilizer.
Yes, it is a huge needle, but I've done all of my dogs myself (and some of them were 12wks or so when it was done) without any sedation and they were fine, they acted like they didn't even notice it was being done.. didn't cry, didn't even move... and soon as they were done they went back to playing... and were perfectly fine. I don't know that I would want my dog sedated or tranquilized just for a microchip... that just sounds a bit much to me...

Like I said in an earlier post, friends of mine have a AVID chip scanner that works with home again, and I've scanned my dogs every once in a while to make sure the chips are still in place, so far no problems...