Comments on As the Rabbit Runs: Our Lives with Greyhounds: Tagging your dog !

I'm not a greyhound owner, but a week ago we f...

2011-09-04T09:59:27.173-05:00

I'm not a greyhound owner, but a week ago we found a lost greyhound. She had a tag with the adoption agency's contact information, and within minutes they were able to tell me who she was! A representative from the agency was there to pick her up within an hour! The greyhound and her family are now happily reunited...all thanks to a simple tag. Without the tag, she may have not had such a happy ending.

My dogs have tags and microchips. From experience ...

2010-09-23T21:27:56.600-05:00

My dogs have tags and microchips. From experience though, tags aren't always helpful because dogs often lose their collars when/if they go AWOL. Barbie doesn't have GAP details on her tags, I'd prefer to get the call myself (and GAP don't 'contractually' require it). I would call GAP if I had lost her though and needed their expert help, and if she was sent to them, they could easily identify her from her ear tattoos!

I'm very anal about tags! But I hate jingling...

2010-08-16T13:23:29.101-05:00

I'm very anal about tags! But I hate jingling, so they wear one tag with this info:

Dog's Name & Last Name
Street address
My cell #
Husband's cell #
Local Greyhound Group #

And they are microchipped.

My two greyts are microchiped along with their Gre...

2010-08-16T10:59:20.672-05:00

My two greyts are microchiped along with their Greyhound Pets of America, So. Nevada tag. Thanks for reminding folks how important tags are when your fur ball is lost.

Ours have the adoption group's tags, our tags,...

2010-08-16T06:09:48.111-05:00

Ours have the adoption group's tags, our tags, rabies tags and now microchip tags! Soon we're buying them wallets for their ID's, but it will be totally worth it! :)