Dog Chips

[placidfemme]

I've been reading the whole saga on giving dogs chips and so forth...

Now seems that farmers are exempt from this new law...

Why are people so anti having dogs chipped? And why are farmers exempt from this new law, I can't seem to figure it out...

[Fishy]

dog chips..... don't think they will ever be as popular as salt & vinegar IMO

[Sniper]

Why are people so anti having dogs chipped? And why are farmers exempt from this new law, I can't seem to figure it out...

Working dogs shouldnt need to be chipped. They are locked up at night and used for their purpouse. They are still loved animals but I dont think you need to worry about them taking a dump on your front lawn.

Besides, its damn expensive to chip dogs and most farmers have at least 3 or 4. Not cheap when you think of it.

[ajturbo]

whats the point of having them chipped???
what are the benifits?

why waste my money on a chip?... i have a plastic tag that goes on the collar.... just got to find the collars now!..

my dogs come when i call
they sit when asked/told.

what will a chip do to improve them???????????????????????????????????????

[SimJen]

Farmers dogs are always cruising past my place by themselves.....looking for a bitch or two
Farmers main argument is that they keep their dogs on their own land....bullshit and I've got the crap on my lawn to prove it.

[ajturbo]

Working dogs shouldnt need to be chipped. They are locked up at night and used for their purpouse. They are still loved animals but I dont think you need to worry about them taking a dump on your front lawn.

Besides, its damn expensive to chip dogs and most farmers have at least 3 or 4. Not cheap when you think of it.

shit .. am i suppose to lock em away at night... does that mean i should have my front gate shut also??

the only time i lock my boys away is when i go away for more than an hr...

[Sniper]

Sorry AJ.

A bit of a generalisation by me. A few Farmers I have met in Marlborough used to lock the dogs away at night. But not all of them....

[placidfemme]

Farmers dogs are always cruising past my place by themselves.....looking for a bitch or two
Farmers main argument is that they keep their dogs on their own land....bullshit and I've got the crap on my lawn to prove it.

Yeah but how will a chip change that?

Unless you are going to take the effort (and possible risk) of catching the dog, getting the council or whoever to pick it up..... scan it... and then what? Fine the farmer? Put the dog down? Get the farmer to pick the shit up?

I don't see what a dog chip solves?

[Dooly]

The people that the chipping is supposedly aimed at, wont even have their dogs reg anyway, so once again, Joe Average pays.

[ajturbo]

Sorry AJ.

A bit of a generalisation by me. A few Farmers I have met in Marlborough used to lock the dogs away at night. But not all of them....

hahaha that's cool... the farmer here puts his dogs away at night. i just dont need to, they hang around here untill they think i'm making a move to the gate and a run... then all hell breaks loose...they are going for a run.......ummmmm maybe

[Biohazard]

dog chips..... don't think they will ever be as popular as salt & vinegar IMO

Damn you Fishslayer, you beet me to it funny though mate

[ManDownUnder]

It's stupid.

1) Catch the dog outside or being a menace or being an illegal breed
2) Impound it
3) 3 days later put it down or sell it to a restaurant of suitable ethnicity (j/k)

Eventually those without brains will workout their dog is gone - forever and they have to get a new one.

What does chipping do

[Paul in NZ]

it will be so watered down all that will happen is the Vets and chip makers will make some $$.

It ONLY works if mr Dog ranger sees dog, dog has chip OK, dog has no chip, kaboom. Dog dead...

But thats FAR to scary so it will just mean all the people that try and obey the rules will get it done and the bad people won't and there will be no consequences for not doing it.

Stupid!

[Sniper]

What happens when the dog is given away or sold?

[placidfemme]

Well so far the only logical reason I can see for dogs having chips (other than the government getting ready and practising for when they plan to chip you and me)

Is in the case of dogs that maul people (mostly kids ). But in 90%+ of those cases, the owner hasn't got the dog registered, let alone admit it was thier dog to start with (unless someone in the area recognised the mutt)

Otherwise I feel it is yet another waste of taxpayers money, and pet owners money.