Fireworks and festivities can overwhelm even the calmest dogs. Trainer Michael Hill shares expert tips to help keep your pup ...

As with any facet of pet ownership, we want what’s best for our fur babies. That includes a healthy diet, regular vet visits, ...

A microchip is a small — about the size of a grain of rice — device that can be implanted under the skin in dogs or cats via a needle. The cost ranges from $25 to $50, according to the ...

Why Owners Should Microchip Their Dogs The AVMA sums it up best, as to why owners should microchip their dogs: “The best reason to have your animals microchipped is the improved chance that you ...

The microchip identifies the dog’s owner like the tag on your dogs’ collar. It cannot track your dog’s location or tell you where it is at any given moment.

Pet owners who do not know their pet’s microchip number can visit their regular vet clinic. Department of Local Government, Industry Regulation and Safety director general Lane Chopping said ...

The cost to microchip a dog varies significantly, but in general it costs less than $100. For example, a mobile clinic in Toronto charges just $10, the SPCA in Hamilton, ON., charges between $15 ...

“Needle goes in, it pushed in the microchip, the microchip is really small. It’s about the size of a long stem of rice. And then we just tie back the owner’s information to the 16-digit code.

The pay-what-you-can clinic runs from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Wednesday and offers vaccines and microchip placement for dogs and cats. Registration is recommended.

Some of those updates would include requiring all pet owners within city limits to microchip their dogs and cats and implementing a $500 fine for violating the code.

“I think that sometimes when stray dogs that we pick up, people may not know where to go, where to look, where to find them, even the two or three days we can keep a dog out of the shelter because it ...