A: A needle is used to place a little chip under the animal’s skin, usually between the shoulder blades. That chip has a unique number on it that can be picked up and read by a scanner.

New microchip scan stations in Alamance County are making it easier for you to find your lost pet. ... Scan between the pet’s shoulder blades in a side-to-side “S” motion.

A microchip is a small device typically inserted between a dog or cat's shoulder blades, and it contains a number that can be scanned at a vet office or shelter.

Scan between the pet’s shoulder blades in a side-to-side “S” motion. If the scanner doesn’t detect a chip, rotate it 90 degrees and scan again between the pet's shoulder blades.

To identify if your pet has a microchip, it an be checked in a matter of seconds with a device that scans the chip, which is typically placed between the shoulder blades in house pets.

A microchip is a small device typically inserted between a dog or cat's shoulder blades, and it contains a number that can be scanned at a vet office or shelter.

With pet microchip company's closure, here's how to ensure your pet's chip is up to date Microchips, about the size of a grain of rice, are radio frequency identification devices implanted in dogs ...

Now, owners are required to microchip their dogs and cats 5 months and older. A microchip is about the size of a grain of rice and is implanted between the pet’s shoulder blades.

Driftless Humane Society and Lost Dogs of Wisconsin have installed a public microchip scanner, making it easier to reunite lost pets with their owners. Public pet microchip scanner unveiled in ...