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Re: Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11y

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Post by dmix »

macintux wrote: post #36
thelastgallon wrote: post #8

> her beloved pit bull, Forty-Cal, had been missing for 11 years. > He's super docile and friendly. Always has been. Are pit bulls known for being docile?

I took a few pit mixes out of the local humane society last summer for "Doggy Day Out", basically an opportunity for dogs who need new homes to get exposure to the community and get away from the kennel for a few hours, and they were universally friendly, sweet dogs. There's some selection bias, obviously, but their reputation is definitely overblown.

They are banned in Ontario, Canada for a good reason and banned in UK for the same reasons.

The only time my dog was ever randomly attacked was a pitbull and you quickly learn talking to other dog owners how common this is. Nothing clears out a dog park like a pit bull showing up.

Re: Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11y

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Post by hinkley »

albatross79 wrote: post #29
thelastgallon wrote: post #8

> her beloved pit bull, Forty-Cal, had been missing for 11 years. > He's super docile and friendly. Always has been. Are pit bulls known for being docile?

That's just what the owners tend to say after the dog has ripped some child apart. It's the "I didn't know it was loaded" defense.

The dumbest thing I’ve done in the last ten years was stick my hands in the mouth of a “docile and friendly” pitty to extract a screaming puppy.

Only afterward did I realized I almost destroyed my livelihood.

My partner Google stalked the owner and discovered that he’d been force to surrender another pit bull two years earlier.

Re: Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11y

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Post by macintux »

dmix wrote: post #41
macintux wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I took a few pit mixes out of the local humane society last summer for "Doggy Day Out", basically an opportunity for dogs who need new homes to get exposure to the community and get away from the kennel for a few hours, and they were universally friendly, sweet dogs. There's some selection bias, obviously, but their reputation is definitely overblown.

They are banned in Ontario, Canada for a good reason and banned in UK for the same reasons. The only time my dog was ever randomly attacked was a pitbull and you quickly learn talking to other dog owners how common this is. Nothing clears out a dog park like a pit bull showing up.

I suspect the reasons are (generously) keeping them out of the hands of people who would treat them poorly and perpetuate the stereotypes, or (less generously) ignorance and fear.

Re: Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11y

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Post by sanswork »

zoklet-enjoyer wrote: post #24
nickthegreek wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

21 years in my right hand. Sadly, they weren't writable back then, so it is just a static number.

You must have been one of the first to do it!

I've had mine for a similar length of time. Friend ran a few piercing/body mod shops in the UK and had just gotten them in. A few friends got them at the same time though most eventually had them cut out. Mines still there it's a fun party truck these days I never actually used it for anything.

Re: Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11y

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Post by sillysaurusx »

I don't think it's legally required for vets to check chips whenever new "owners" take them in for a visit. I've been holding out hope for reuniting with my missing cat Salt, but wherever he is, he's happily in someone else's living room. And I doubt the microchip will bring him back anytime soon.

Sadly cat snatching is a real thing that's happened to me possibly twice. The first time was confirmed beyond a doubt; I had to bust out my cat from her back porch at 2am or so when I was roaming the neighborhood looking for him. The only reason I was even in the vicinity was that it was the last spot the GPS tracker reported before he went missing.

"Keep your pets indoors, then!" Yeah, yeah. The risks come with the territory. But my boy Pepper is still with me after a couple years, and I'm hoping a tag with "I have a happy home" followed by my number will keep would-be "do-gooders" away. (A lot of these crazy folks that snatch pets think they're doing the pet a favor by taking them.)

Miss you Salt.

Anyway, the point is, if vets were legally required to actually check the chips when they're brought in for appiontments, they'd quickly notice the discrepancy. They're the only entity in the world in a position to do something about it. But what vet is gonna try to take "your" pet away from you when you take them in just because of mismatched chips? Nobody, because pets are property, and that would be theft according to the law.

Re: Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11y

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Post by vjvjvjvjghv »

thelastgallon wrote: post #8

> her beloved pit bull, Forty-Cal, had been missing for 11 years. > He's super docile and friendly. Always has been. Are pit bulls known for being docile?

They are actually super sweet dogs in most cases. But once they get going, they are super strong and don’t give up. With most dogs you can separate them when they bite but a pit bull won’t let go.

Years ago we fostered a lot of different dogs and the pit bulls were some of the nicest. But you have to pay attention to their strength. For example playing tug-o-war may end up in a shoulder injury because the pit bull will pull really hard.

Another problem is that a lot of idiots like pit bulls and make them aggressive.

Re: Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11y

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Post by Buildstarted »

zoklet-enjoyer wrote: post #23
randerson wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not even sure which of many questions to ask first.. - Are you a furry? - Do you tend to wander off and forget who you are? - Who would think to scan a human for a chip? - Is this a common thing to do and I just don't know it? - Did you put the chip there or did someone else? - Or was it some kind of freak accident?

Hahaha definitely not a furry. I had some magnets implanted and was looking into other subtle body mods and thought an NFC chip would be fun. I bought the magnets and the chip from dangerousthings.com I went to a piercing shop to get it done by a guy who does silicone implants and other less common body modifications. It's not common. The only other people I've met with chips are the guy who implanted it and my girlf…

was this a couple decades ago or so? i remember reading a blog about someone who implanted a magnet in the tip of one of their fingers and then put a chip in the skin between the thumb and forefinger.

Re: Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11y

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Post by akerl_ »

sillysaurusx wrote: post #45

I don't think it's legally required for vets to check chips whenever new "owners" take them in for a visit. I've been holding out hope for reuniting with my missing cat Salt, but wherever he is, he's happily in someone else's living room. And I doubt the microchip will bring him back anytime soon. Sadly cat snatching is a real thing that's happened to me possibly twice. The first time was confirmed beyond a doubt; I…

> The risks come with the territory

To be clear here, the “territory” here is letting your pet free roam off of your property and expecting everybody else to be cool with that?

Re: Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11y

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Post by Daneel_ »

akerl_ wrote: post #48
sillysaurusx wrote: post #45

I don't think it's legally required for vets to check chips whenever new "owners" take them in for a visit. I've been holding out hope for reuniting with my missing cat Salt, but wherever he is, he's happily in someone else's living room. And I doubt the microchip will bring him back anytime soon. Sadly cat snatching is a real thing that's happened to me possibly twice. The first time was confirmed beyond a doubt; I…

> The risks come with the territory To be clear here, the “territory” here is letting your pet free roam off of your property and expecting everybody else to be cool with that?

Exactly. Please keep cats indoors - they kill all the local wildlife.

I have a cat and it stays indoors exclusively.

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