How to make sure your pet gets home to you before it gets lost:
- Make sure your pet has a well fitting collar with their license tag, rabies tag, and an owner information tag. Licenses can be purchased at BHS, just bring your pets rabies vaccine certificate and either your pet or a photo of your pet to the shelter any day we are open. The rabies tag will come from your vet at the time of vaccination and the owner information tag can be purchased through kiosks in pet stores or online (gotags.com/)
- Microchip your pet! Microchips are tiny computer chips, about the size of a grain of rice. They are inserted under your pet’s skin by a veterinarian using a needle without anesthesia. Each microchip carries a completely unique registration number that is associated with the owner’s name and contact information that vet clinics and shelters can use to identify the owner. If your pet is microchipped, take this time to make sure the information is updated as your address/phone number/email address may have changed since you had your pet microchipped.
- Take photos of your pet! Having current photos of your pets face, special markings and body will help if your pet ever goes missing.
