Will a microchip tell me my dog’s location? - Advanced Animal Care
It won't—there's not a GPS microchip at this point. It will just give the number to whoever scans it. They make GPS tags that can go on your dog’s callar and they can do a bit more as far as tracking them, but not just yet with those microchips.
How can microchipping help my dog be returned to me? - Advanced Animal Care
The microchip is going to be an identification source for them. Although you have your collars and tags, the microchip is a permanent ID so no one can remove it, they can't slip out of it. The dog does have to be taken to a shelter or to a vet's office or to someone that does have access to one of those microchip scanners. But as soon as that microchip is scanned, that number will pop up, and then whoever has scanned that is able to get in contact with the microchip company and indirectly get back to you as far as getting your contact info.
Is my personal information available with a dog microchip? - Advanced Animal Care
Only if the company will be contacted. So you are nice and secure knowing that your dog just has their own personal number and that your contact info is only with that microchip company.
What is the AAHA Universal Pet Microchip Lookup Tool, and how does it work? - Advanced Animal Care
It's a tool that we can use that we basically can go onto AAHA's website and enter in that microchip number. There are a lot of different microchip companies out there. HomeAgain is just one of them. And so by being able to enter that in, we can identify what company that it originates from because every number is different as far as usually the first three digits. So it'll allow whoever's looking at that number to know what company to contact, to better get in touch with you.
What information is provided with a dog microchip? - Advanced Animal Care
The only information that you're going to get is a number. When we take our scanner here and scan a dog, the scanner will only reflect the number of the microchip itself. So it's a few-digit number, so it’s not a phone number or anything, but that is associated with Jess Remy here. That's his personal number.