[John1960]

"The chip is injected into the skin between the shoulders and within seconds a scanner can identify the pet and pull up all sorts of information."

Breitbart.tv » NY Animal Shelter To Embed Microchips In Pets

[SXMGirl]

I thought every shelter did that now. Our last cat that was adopted from the local shelter had a chip implanted so that if anything happened to her that she would be returned to them.

[hunterdog57]

Only after the chip is registered and the dog's info put into the system can the dog be ID'd. Sometimes the chips can migrate away from the shoulder area. A lady I train dogs with had all her dogs checked and one had the chip down in a front leg instead of the shoulder area. If the shelter/vet office doing the scan just checks the shoulder area they might not read the chip.