dog tag

[$tevie]

Why exactly would a burglar rush over to rob a house because he saw it on a dog's tag? Are we assuming that the burglar is saying, oh boy their dog is not home, time to go rob them? Does this mean burglars have to wait until they see a wandering dog to figure out who to rob? Can't they just go rob all the dogless people? This is just silly. Are burglars unable to find houses unless they see an address? The fact that houses are perfectly enormous should make them pretty easy to find just by looking on any street. I have never heard of anyone being robbed because someone saw their address on a dog's tag, and I live in Baltimore which is like crime central!

[mattkime]

I really don't understand how putting your address on your dog's tags makes for a privacy threat. Can someone explain?

[lafinfil]

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> I will say one thing, somehow she has managed to get her tags OFF recently. Not sure how.
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Oh they have their ways. My dog plays with the neighbors dogs Smokey & Diesel
and we have had collars and tags come off and disappear on a number of occasions.

When Smokey & Diesel are home during the days the where choke chains with their tags
(with the chain fixed in a non choking positions so it's just a chain collar)
Otherwise they would spend all day pulling each others nylon collars off
(they get to wear those on the weekends when their owner is home)



Here they are wearing their innocent faces - Dazey up front
and Smokey (black female) and Diesel (chocolate male)

[MacGurl]

[quote BigGuynRusty][quote SteveJobs]If they can read the tags, they are standing IN our home.
Not all folks have your sense of responsibility SJ! Most folks let their doggies wander, or out in the front of the house alone with no supervision.

BGnR
Accidents happen though - pets slip away through open doors, get lost at rest stops, etc - you just never know. We tags our indoor kitties (and Jet) "just in case" - I'd hate to have one slip out and not have any sort of ID on. Now if we could get the kittens to stop tearing each others break-away collars off when they wrestle!

Kathy

[BigGuynRusty]

[quote $tevie]Why exactly would a burglar rush over to rob a house because he saw it on a dog's tag? Are we assuming that the burglar is saying, oh boy their dog is not home, time to go rob them? Does this mean burglars have to wait until they see a wandering dog to figure out who to rob? Can't they just go rob all the dogless people? This is just silly. Are burglars unable to find houses unless they see an address? The fact that houses are perfectly enormous should make them pretty easy to find. I have never heard of anyone being robbed because someone saw their address on a dog's tag, and I live in Baltimore which is like crime central!
Never said the dogs were at the park alone.
Never said they "Rushed" to the house to rob.
They gleaned the info at the dog park.
Folks keep the same schedule day in, day out, mommy and baby with doggie in tow stop at CharBuckers, then take doggie to dog park, stay two hours chatting with the other mommies. Also, for years Laurel Canyon dog park was a meat market.
I should have made it clear this was a burglary ring.
Baltimore doesn't have our incredible weather, 74º at Laurel Canyon dog park today.
They used to use license plate info to get info, that was stopped after the Rebecca Schaeffer murder. Up until then, anyone could go into a DMV office and fill out a form, pay two bucks, and get all your info!

BGnR
Rebecca Schaeffer
http://imdb.com/name/nm0769726/

[AlphaDog]

We adopted Louie from a rescue organization, and one of the conditions was that he be chipped. A further condition was that his chip be registered with the name of their organization and their contact information. At first I didn't like that idea, but I later realized the value. If something happens to us (well, now me) while we're far from home, anyone who locates Louie will be able to get him identified regardless of whether or not I'm available. A year or two ago there was a rather sad incident up in the mountains. A man was involved in an automobile accident and seriously injured; both of us dogs were terrified and ran from the scene. It had a happy ending, because the guy was local. If anything similar happened to me while Louie and I were traveling and far from home, it's nice to know that a disinterested third party will be notified if Louie is found.

I also make sure the Avid tag is attached to his collar. There are at least two different chip manufacturers, and the scanners at animal shelters or veterinary offices could read one kind but not the other. If someone is using, for example, a scanner for Avid chips, and the dog has a chip from another manufacturer implanted, the information won't be detected.

Oh, and I do have my address printed on Louie's ID tag, as I have for every dog I've had in my life. So far no problems, although I don't have any kind of set schedule nor do we go anyplace where people could access Louie's information without my witnessing it.

[OWC Jamie]

It's not terribly hard to get billing information from a telephone number.

I'd prefer a good samaritan driving up the drive with a lost pup, than fees at local shelters.


My neighbor is paranoid about having his address 'out there'.
Probably wouldn't put his address on the dog tags either.
But thinks nothing of putting the Dominoes pizza box out in the trash (with his unpublished, unregistered phone number and address written right on top of the box for the delivery guy.) I should give him a call on his 'secure' telephone number some day. :-)

[kap]

Wow, lots of good information y'all are providing! Much appreciated!

lafinfil and goud,
Have a second phone number, town name and state inscribed on the tag is a good idea. Thanks!

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Others,
Though our doggie was gifted to us with the chip already implanted. We promptly send the yearly fee to our local humane society but we haven't yet received any confirmation whether or not our dog has been registered with them. So we'll be calling the shelter today.

Kap

[davester]

Ditto what $tevie said. It is an extreme stretch of the imagination to think that there is any burglary risk from having your dog's tag show your address.

[BigGuynRusty]

[quote AlphaDog]I also make sure the Avid tag is attached to his collar. There are at least two different chip manufacturers, and the scanners at animal shelters or veterinary offices could read one kind but not the other. If someone is using, for example, a scanner for Avid chips, and the dog has a chip from another manufacturer implanted, the information won't be detected. That was a MAJOR problem years ago which was solved by universal read scanners, in Los Angeles all the animal control offices have upgraded years ago along with all the "good" vets offices. But if I was traveling through small towns/cities, more ID is better. Whenever SuperPup leaves the premises she has on her harness with her supplemental ID on.
The AVID system which was the original, quickly lost customer base because of the high price they were charging, others came in much cheaper and also read the AVID chip. My Vet originally did the AVID implant since it was thee only one at the time.
But it was hard to get pet owners to give up the $350 per implant, plus the $100 yearly service fee paid to AVID.
Others soon realized they could undercut the price since there was nothing proprietary about the AVID system, just off the shelf items.
Universal scanners are now about $225 each, instead of the $5,000 that AVID charged at first.
He now has a scanner at all five of his offices, and carries one is the rescue van.
The chipping price is now $50, no yearly fee.

BGnR