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ID tags and or other means of ID

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HI All

So either my dogs or someone out there has it in for me, my dogs have lost three tags in as many months. And they all lost them in my yard, my -in comparison to what we had on the farm- very small back yard. Found Meg's tag, the last one to go missing today while scooping poop, it's broken :(. It looks like it might have gotten caught on something and, thankfully I suppose, broke. https://photos.app.goo.gl/T720bUTptCIo5jSB2
So that got me wondering what do you guys use to ID your pets? The dogs are all microchipped, but that doesn't seem to be worth much around here. A colleague of my Dads' cat went missing, ended up at the SPCA and despite the fact that kitty was chipped was eventually PTS, admittedly the owner was a little late in starting her search for the kitty, but still... I am almost Paranoid and my dogs are not normally allowed out of the yard off leash, but accidents do happen. So how do I make sure if it happens, if someone manages to get close enough, they can easily contact me?
I've thought of embroidered collars, but you have to get really up close to a dog to read that, and my hooligans is not the most social of creatures.

Regards
Elma
 
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Microchipped + tag. Never lost any and my dog bush runs like a maniac, high rate of speed through dense brush, long grasses, etc... I just use the little rings that come with the tags too, nothing special.
They do make flat metal tags that you can stitch on to a flat collar (nothing to tangle & get caught).
 
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Microchipped, tagged and, ears tattooed and registered with ICA and the state brand office - yes if you ask they will register the tattoos. If we are going camping, they also wear GPS collars.

I've nver lost one but, I don't want my wolfdogs killed if one ever is lost. I want it known that they are domestic.
 
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I was using the engraved tags from PetSmart and was loosing then all the time as my pup is super active. So much so I would make two or three at a time.

Then one day while at a locksmith place noticed they had micro size key rings...bought a few of those for just a few cents each and have not lost a single tag since.
 
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Pax;3594643 Then one day while at a locksmith place noticed they had micro size key rings...bought a few of those for just a few cents each and have not lost a single tag since.[/QUOTE said:
That...is BRILLIANT. I’m a Reiki/Crystal healer who also has a crazy crafting habit. Well raider nearly died of heatstroke/kidney failure over the weekend And his whole ordeal has inspired me to make collar amulets/tags; animals in general are incredibly sensitive to these energies (raider was out in under a 10 minutes session of combinded reiki and carnelian crystals), plus the ideas in my head are incredibly cute! Sparkles and handstamped tags. Who could resist?!? I was trying to decided how I’d attach them to collars without having to worry about doggos loosing them. I have a solution now. I’ll have to keep my eyes open.
 
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Whatever you do, do something! I've spent this past week tryng to reunite two dogs found by my neighbors with their families.

Dog #1 - No collar, no microchip. We've posted his photo on numerous sites and put up fliers on major roads. Cannot find his family, and my neighbor is going to rehome him after the mandatory wait period is over.

Dog #2 - Collar, but no tag or phone number. Neighbor took him to the vet, who found an old microchip linked to a previous owner who didn't want him back. The vet didn't find the current owner's microchip (yes, to the surprise of everyone, he had two microchips). Luckily, his owner came across a FB post I had made.

A phone number on a physical tag or on the collar itself is the fastest way to find the owner. (Yes, I've reunited a dog that way before.) A registered microchip is the second easiest way, but I've come across too many found dogs with unregistered chips or chips linked to disconnected phone numbers.

A lot of my neighbors are very reluctant to take the dogs to the local shelter for fear the dog will be euthanized, so they rehome them. (The local shelter actually euthanizes very few dogs these days, but I can't seem to convince my neighbors to take the dogs there.)
 
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