I'm definately going to be getting my pup microchipped.

I'm already very paranoid about Dixie walking around the house without her collar on (my OH takes it off sometimes to give her a neck massage! or after a bath) she NEVER goes out without it on- even if she never leaves the garden (even when the gate is open) but I would kill myself if she wandered off and no one knew who she was.

She is microchipped anyway, and our local dog warden has a chip scanner, as does the police station and all vets in the area.

My dog, although is an odd cross.. all three of her same marked brothers/sisters live close so she is not that unique.. someone stealing her could easily claim she was one of the other littermates, it would be easily clarified with chip.

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