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What info do you put on your dog's tags?

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#1 ·
There's a discussion on my other board about what information you put on tags. Very interesting points being brought up.

I never put my dogs' names or my address on tags. I don't want anyone knowing their names or where I live. So on one side I have a medic alert symbol, (everyone's familiar with it and they don't even have to know how to read ), and the other side has only two phone numbers and "I'm microchipped" on it. No address and no names on the tags. They're not necessary, IMO.

What info do you put on your dog's tags?
 
#3 ·
Mine, have their current license and rabies tags.

They have a tag with the microchip number and the 800 number for the microchip company. This so if someone finds my dog, they can call the microchip company without needing a scanner to read the tag.

Their other tag has their breeders kennel name and phone number. If I am unreachable, away of vacation or something, there is always someone at the breeders to look after her dogs.

They have a tag with the cottage address and phone number, and the usual times of the year we are there.
 
#4 ·
I found a golden wandering my neighborhood the other day. He had tags with the owners land line and cell phone and address. It was really nice. I made a quick call to her cell and she came right over to pick him up. They lived 5 blocks away. Had he not had that information I would have taken him to animal control and it would have taken a lot more time for the owner to get him back.

I understand about privacy though. My dogs have no information on them because they tear off each others tags when they play.
 
#9 ·
Call Name
My Name
Town & State
My cell phone #
The main house telephone #

I have called owners of dogs found in my area, since I live in a heavily wooded area - it is much better to be able to contact the owners directly .. and have been yelled at by AC for calling & waking them (8am waking them???) so my primary concern is getting my dog(s) back.

I would know what to do with a tag that was labeled 'micro-chipped' but I doubt most people would know to bring the dog to a vets to be scanned if they saw that on a tag.
 
#11 ·
I've always been careful to not put too much info on their tags. Especially with the microchip number. It can easily be changed over to the finder's information and then they could use that to prove the dog is theirs, (if they should want to try to keep the dog). No one needs to know my address either. Phone numbers are enough to get in touch with me. I also don't want them knowing my dog's name. Putting too much info that is totally not necessary for them to return my dog is asking for trouble. To me, anyway. I always have my cell, so I'm always available.

This probably hardly ever happens, but my friend's two dogs got out, her address was on the tag and she was robbed during their absence. Her husband was pretty sure that the two guys that found them committed the robbery. They knew the dogs weren't there to give a warning, so they took advantage of that. The day after the break in, they returned her dogs for the reward. :uhoh: They, unfortunately, couldn't prove anything but these two guys were known in her neighborhood for not being exactly upstanding citizens. Just food for thought...
 
#12 ·
I put "Reward if Found" with our house phone number and both of our mobile numbers. That's all that fits. If someone finds one of our dogs I would rather them be encouraged to call us immediately because they think they will get a reward, instead of knowing the dogs name and taking their sweet time (or not calling at all.) :)
 
#14 ·
Mine have:
name
home phone
cell phone


I can't tell the number of times I've found dogs with only home phone and no cell phone. If mine are ever missing, I'm not going to be near my home phone, I'll be out looking!
 
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#15 ·
I have his name, my cell phone and then on the back I have Microchipped and needs medication (though he doesn't, I just put it on there to hopefully deter people who might want to keep him if they found him).
He almost never wears his tags, though, which is why he his microchipped. He almost never wears a collar, either.
 
#19 ·
That's pretty clever, needs medication to discourage shady people from maybe wanting to keep him. And adding reward offered might be another effective incentive.

Woody's collar just has his name and my land line...no tags as I'm concerned about them getting hung up on something. That's a great point about the cell phone number being included as I 'd definately being out looking for him were he to get away. He is microchipped.

Pete
 
#16 ·
I have their names, my name and number and an additional contact number. I like the idea of "Reward if found" - maybe I'll add that to their collars soon. The reason I put the name is I know a neighbor whose dog was lost and then found and when they couldn't reach the neighbor they asked around and other people were familiar with the name of the dog and it really helped.
 
#20 ·
I think there's no better tag than the Boomerang that slides on collar.

we have: Dogs name, address, cell/home #s.

even if someone stole Sadie or Bridger, I'd think they'd be more comfortable being called by their names.

it is still totally amazing how many people don't know about microchipping
 
#22 ·
it is still totally amazing how many people don't know about microchipping
True, but I feel that those people that would actually stop to pick up a stray dog are most likely animal people themselves. And I'd bet that those people will know about microchips. Of course that won't always be the case but I think that would be the most probable scenario.
 
#27 ·
I only have our home phone number, it says I am lost please cal my parents. The entire neighborhood already knows Rose. But I don;t want another stranger to know what name she actually responds to in case she does get lost. Since it is a home phone number my address is pretty easy to find nowadays. I am not scared of a stranger knowing where we live but I am scared of a stranger trying to keep her if they know her name. I have split feelings about the microchip. I have not done it yet. We are constantly with her and she does not stay alone for more that 2 to 3 hours a day. My stepson lives close by so there is always someone watching her and the house; sorry Rose - I forgot that you are the one watching the house. :)
 
#29 ·
We got the microchip in case Max slipped his collar off. While he is pretty much always with us, you never know what might happen . . . just thought it was a good idea for a back-up. He has managed to get his collar off a couple of times, and we do not always have it on him.

We had the chip inserted at Max's first vet visit when he was a puppy. He did not even notice.
 
#32 ·
Mine has her name, street address and DH's cell phone. It wouldn't fit anything else or it would have had my cell on it too.
The same info was on my old dogs tag. Which was good because he found a way to run off a few times. And calling DH's number a couple of those times wouldn't have done much good since he was at work. People always brought him back.
We also found a dog at the park alone. No one answered the phone so DH drove it to his house and put it in the yard.
 
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