Each year puppies come up missing. Most puppies are actually stolen, because these puppies are worth a great deal of money to a thief. As of 2011 we have decided to not put this burden on the new puppy owner but to microchip
each puppy we place free of charge. It gives us as breeders and the new owners peace of mind.
On average a microchip can cost anywhere between 55.00 - 110.00 we charge our customers nothing for this procedure.
Microchips are injected into the animal just as you would inject a vaccine. You will also have to call the AKC to register the microchip. We, as breeders will have the microchip number on file for ever in the event your dog should ever come up missing.
Once injected the microchip can be read by a scanner.
Microchips can be injected into puppies around 8 weeks of age, about the sametime that your puppy gets his first set of puppy shots.
Microchipping pets is highly recommended by all vets, breeders, breed organizations, and rescue organizations today. This is especially true for rare breed dogs and expensive pure bred dogs. Micochipping is preferred over the iD method of a dog collar, which can just simply be removed from the dogs neck.
Since it's inception, microchips have aided in returning lost and stolen pets to their owners in record numbers.
Microchipping your puppy also protects the breeder. When a breeder sells a puppy with a health promise they need to insure that if a puppy gets sick it was the puppy that they sold to you.
Microchipping your new puppy will also protect the buyer. There are scams that take place in the world of breeding. An unethical breeder might take a puppy to a vet and obtain a health certificate for shipping, only to turn around and ship a totally different puppy. If the puppy is microchipped the vet will have a record of the microchip number and it will be on the health certificate.
