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I know this is probably preaching to the choir, but I was just baffled by this issue.

I was walking my dog this morning and a lady drove up and asked if I had seen her husky that got loose. I said no and we each continued on our way.

2 blocks later, I see the dog. It was super friendly, came when I called, and was having a blast playing with my dog. Even better news, it was wearing a collar! Until I started looking at the collar closer and realized there were no tags or anything else with contact info for the owner.

I ended up deciding to start walking home, to see if it would follow us. Luckily a few houses later, someone recognized it and was going to call the owner. But, seriously, what if we had not come across someone who knew the dog?

Especially, for a breed that is infamous for running away. Why you wouldn't pay a couple of bucks for a tag, when it could be life/death for the dog?

/End rant

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[–] Xbeam@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Plus a microchip in case something happens to the tag. That way any vet can identify your dog and get you reunited.

[–] Gregorech@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Would be nice if phones NFC could read the chips.

[–] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sounds like you just found yourself a marketable product

[–] Gregorech@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Do know enough about it, might need to change the whole industry to make it work.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Seconding the chip. If a dog is lost then any dog owner doesn't need to look for someone who knows someone who owns the dog.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

legally required in the UK

[–] NIB@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I assume the dog had a microchip which can be easily scanned by a vet and says who owns it and where they live.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

LMAO who is downvoting this?