[Dailydrool] dogs with tags on their collars

[Robbie Bagby]

As animal control officer for a small city in Alabama, as well as doing
rescue in this state with a BHRA, and working VERY closely with my vet who
does our rescue work, it is STRONGLY recommended that ALL dogs carry their
identification at ALL times. Quite often, i pick up dogs of all kinds of
breeds that werent carrying their tags because the jingled and bothered the
owner or the dog had just been bathed or the other dog in the family pulled
the collar off, etc. As for jingling tags, they make a small bag type thing
that the tags can be put in and at the same time stay on the collar. Dogs
are much better off wearing collars and carrying tags/ID and the collar be
wet from a bath than they are out of their fenced in yards and lost. More
often than not, dogs that are lost without ID never make it home.
Case in point; there is therapy dog in a neighboring city to the city i work
for that is lost and has no ID. The dog was let out as usual to go potty and
altho it never left the yard, this time she is gone. She has been missing
for at least 2 if not 3 weeks. Of course i tend to put blame on the owner
for allowing that dog outside off leash and not in a fence.
Regardless of if you have a fence, the dog is a  house dog, or your dog is
always on a leash, for your pets safety sake, PLEASE keep tags on your dogs
and also have them microchipped. It is heartbreaking to see pets never make
it home. AND no matter if a dog fitting your pet's description is seen in
another community than yours, it is possible for that dog to be your pet.
Search all avenues. Dogs quite often make it across many state lines.
I rest my case!

-- 
Robbie, mom slave to Lucy, Jaime,
Devon, Daisy, Hollee, Sally Sue, and basset wannabees
Willie, and Jessie
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