What tags do your dogs wear?

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The sad fact is, though, that more often than you might think, dog collars with rabies tags on them are STOLEN off of unattended dogs so that people who don't want to get shots can "fake it".  Don't believe it?  Call your local low-income vet and ask them how many people have needed a tag repacement for a stolen tag... 

I definitively believe it!  I worked as a groomer a number of years and we stopped accepting Rabies tags in lieu of paperwork b/c so many people had stolen tags.   I remember one I called in was supposed to belong to a toy poodle - but it was on a lab/shepard mix..hmm....

I just wish I didn't need so many tags, most of Ari's are unreadable at this point.  I need to get her a new ID tag because you can barely make out our phone numbers. 

 That's terrible but I know it happens. I will throw another dogs registration tag on a foster dog just to take them out in public.

anyway, my dogs have name/id, rabies, registration and Neiko had "I'm a therapy dog" tag as well. They are each on a carabener so that I can take them off when needed.

 Boomerang tags makes slide on, flat tags. No dangling, and transferable.  They even make one design that will slide onto a martingale. I've considered purchasing one, but that whole no catching thing, again....

All mine wear rabies tags that have their names (first and last) and my cell phone number engraved on the back.  They wear them all the time, just in case the little buggers get out of property some how.  It has saved me once...neighbors saw the adventurers, saw they had tags on; called them over and then called us to come get the little toots.  This was 1am, but I didn't care.  I was so happy they called.

The tags do get scruffed, etc...and I pay $3.00 to replace.   Engrave myself and off they go.

I get my plastic tags from Boomerang. One side has their name, "If I'm alone, I'm lost," "Microchipped," and a phone number. The back had more numbers. Then they also have their rabies tags.

San Antonio requires that dogs be microchipped and wear a tag with their microchip number.  This is the license for the city because it is in the database of Animal Control.  So my dog has three tags:  microchip number tag, rabies, and ID with our cells and address.  He got out of our yard once and was gone for over an hour; someone saw him, put him in their yard, and thankfully called us. 

My sister had the rabies tag stolen off the collar of her dog when he got out of their yard.  It ended up on the collar of a dog that got picked up by the pound in her town because they traced it through the vet clinic on the tag and callled her to say they had "her dog". 

It depends which collar my dogs have on. At home they do not wear a collar. I have separate collars for walking, agility, swimming, or going to the park to play. The play collar would have their tags on it. That is where they might stray. It has their name/address tag, CGC tag, insurance tag, rabies tag (though some vets do not give that out anymore, not required as long as you get the certificate). I have not registered my dogs with the city since I moved to Livonia. Not that I do not want to, however they do not allow you to re-register by mail (dumb). So their hours are 9 - 4 Mon - Fri, I work 7:30 - 4,  I am not taking vacation time to do this. I am sorry. If they allowed to re register by mail I would make the effort to go in and get it done. I only have so many vacation days (I do not get 2 month) so they are precious to me for fun things.

Teddi has her micro chip tag. She is my only chipped dog. 

Ann, that is dumb!  Ours can be registered by mail, online, or at the shelter and even the Humane Society.  I usually go to the HS on a Saturday. 

Mariah has her rabies tag, county license, and her "I am a retired Guide Dog" tag.

Roanna has her rabies tag, county license, and her "I am an in use Guide Dog" tag.

Both have ID tattoos inside both ears. The Guide tags have a 1-800 number on them, but the girls are never unattended so we have never had a "I lost my dog/ it ran away/ she got loose" issue.

The license is a county requirement, but service dogs are exempt from the license fee.

All my dogs have their license and rabies tags updated religiously and they are kept safe and sound in the cabinet. I have to keep them there because the look on the faces of the police officers who ask to see the proof are incapable of comprehending how dogs would consistently and continually eat their tags. But they do, so they don't go on the collars.

They all do, however, wear boomerang tags attached to their lupine collars. I had an incident where the other types of tags were appropriately attached to a collar that came off too easily, so when he ran away, he lost all form of visible identification within a few hours. It was devastating and although he was tattoed and microchipped, neither was ever checked during his 6 months away.

Upon his return they all got new collars that fit more appropriately with tags that are designed for these types of collars and are not within edible reach. All the tags have their name, my phone number and the 800 number for the microchip registry, along with the word MICROCHIPPED.

The city and county I live in do not require licensing of pet animals. But, on a flat collar, Shadow has an id tag with his name and my phone number and he has his current rabies tag (3 year protocol).

Jewlieee

I will throw another dogs registration tag on a foster dog just to take them out in public.

I've done that too...... just so people see 'something'. I'd never take an unvaccinated dog out in public, but I can't get every foster registered to me! haha.

The numbers and letters on my tags have never worn.... guess I've been lucky? I've never had to replace any (except the three year license update, obviously)