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PSA: Get dog tags with your contact information and make sure your dog always has them on (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Would be nice if phones NFC could read the chips.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sounds like you just found yourself a marketable product

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year 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.