Unfortunately, in my neighborhood I am the only pet owner that actually has an ID tag on my pets, my tags have their name, my home address, and my home phone number.

I bought my ID tags from PetSmart for $6.50 each from a vending machine and it took about 10 minutes.

Why, oh why, do pet owners refuse to take the time to ID their animals?

I don't know the actually statistics but my guess is that millions of lost cats and dogs would be returned to their owners of they had only had an ID tag on their collar.

I just don't get it! How can a pet owner love their animal enough to house and feed them but not enough to buy an ID that could save their animal‘s life.

So many cats and dogs get lost every day and as a result many of these lost animals end up being put down after being found by the pound, not to mention the cost to the shelters, these funds could be used for other projects to help animals.

Not having your animal properly ID’d has a huge effect for one’s entire community.

Because their animal "never wanders off". I've heard that one many times as they pick their pet up from impoundment for running amuck. Both my pets are AVID chipped, that way they will never loose their ID (even if the collar comes off and they're running neked).

I think it's because some people don't like putting collars on their dogs. I can understand that reasoning. But there's no excuse for letting an untagged dog out of your sight even for a minute.

Microchips are a great idea, but they still aren't effective in the US, unfortunately. I know in the south they never scan (I volunteered at the Atlanta HS for a year, and I never saw them scan an incoming animal). So if your pooches are chipped, you ought to check with your local shelter to make sure they're equipped.

I tried to collar my cats, but they always lost them within hours. After going through 5-6 collars, I gave up. I swear, I don't know how they do it! I went hunting and found one in the middle of a grassy field. There was NOTHING there for it to catch on. It's like they're feline Houdinis!

Because my cats live inside with me :)

My older cat would put up with a collar for a couple of weeks and then take it off. They never even want to go outside, so I don't worry about them bolting or anything and getting lost.

I don't like putting collars on my indoor cats. I have a fear that they'd manage to suffocate themselves during playing.

Maybe its a little paranoid, but I try to take good care of them.

I don't put collars on my cats (who go outside) as I feel it's too dangerous (also not recommended by the RSPCA). They are chipped though. I'd never let a dog go out without a collar though. In fact, I'd never let a dog go outside unsupervised.

I have IDs for my dog, but they sit in the house. She hates wearing a collar and I guess it's laziness on my part, but I don't force her to wear one around the house or when she's in our fenced yard-though there is the slight possibility she could escape maybe. When I go for a car ride or trip though, I make her wear her collar. I've been more concerned about my potbelly piggy escaping and running away, but with the shape of his head, I can't really keep a collar on him, it just shakes off.

I've been more concerned about my potbelly piggy escaping and running away, but with the shape of his head, I can't really keep a collar on him, it just shakes off.

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Oh, you have a potbelly? I'm very curious about them. Do they really make good pets like I've heard? What do you feed them?

I don't put collars on my cats (who go outside) as I feel it's too dangerous (also not recommended by the RSPCA). They are chipped though. I'd never let a dog go out without a collar though. In fact, I'd never let a dog go outside unsupervised.
My outdoor cat almost hung herself on her collar. I took it off ASAP.

Break-away collars the best! No threat of hanging, but they still stay on unless you have a very anti-collar cat (one of my kitties is--he takes the collar off at least once a week).

I'm going to chip my cats at their next vet visit; the shelters here do scan, so I think it'd be worthwhile. Just in case they ever get outside.

My dogs don't currently have tags. Honestly, the jingly jangling of them walking and moving around at night kept waking me up. They also get their collars swapped out fairly often. Switching out the tags is a pain in the butt. Since we don't have a yard, they are only outside with me and 99% of that thime they are on a leash. They don't care to run away, but I am slightly worried that they'd chase a rabbit too far and get lost. Obviously, it just doesn't worry me enough to deal with all the jingly jangle-ness and whatnot.

To avoid the inconvenience of switching the tags, I would by a very small caribeener, put all the tags on that, and then it's not hard at all to change tags.

My dog wears a light tag caller all the time, plus his martingale when he's outside, and he's tatooed (I didn't do that), and microchipped.

Ditto on the safety collars. My cat has one for when she stays with my parents in case she gets out (she is an indoor cat with me). I have seen her get out of it so I am not concerned. She's also microchipped and registered.
I do understand that some animals will not tolerate collars, and that is fair enough, but one should have them microchipped.

I tried to collar my cats, but they always lost them within hours. After going through 5-6 collars, I gave up. I swear, I don't know how they do it! I went hunting and found one in the middle of a grassy field. There was NOTHING there for it to catch on. It's like they're feline Houdinis!


Elvis will not wear a collar. We have spent too much money tagging and collaring him, and its not worth it anymore. Our other (missing) cat Sancho was the same way. :(

Would/will you ID yourself???

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