It seems that on Thursdays lately I have had a few random things to post.  Usually I like to cover one subject during a post, but sometimes I just want to tie up loose ends, whether it be to answer a question or two, or to post a picture, or just follow-up to clarify something.  Sometimes long about Thursday, I get stuck when trying to come up with a post title.  🙂  So I am starting This ‘N That Thursday.  I even made a cute little button, (feel free to grab it and join in :)).

My post about Daisy sparked a lot of comments.  I went back and replied to all the comments, but I also wanted to clarify a bit here.  Daisy was probably taken a year or so before we found her.  Where she was during that time is unknown.  While we have some neighbors, our cabin is out in the middle of nowhere.  I think someone probably dumped her there, or she may have been separated from a pack of running hounds.  Either way, since it is such a rural area, there really is no place to hang a flyer.  Daisy’s original owner was from a town about a half an hour away so looking for her really would have been like looking for a needle in a haystack.  In defense of our former neighbors they did put an ad up on the local rescue’s website for a couple of weeks.  I am sure Daisy’s original owner never thought to keep checking there after so much time had passed.

As for micro-chipping, it is my understanding that most of the scanners used today can read most chips and if they can’t, they will at least alert to the presence of a chip.  There are many different registries, but it seems they are starting to share information to make one database.  At any rate, a vet or a rescue would know where to check chip information.

In the US if a dog has a chip, it is also used as a sort of permanent identification when the dog has health screenings done.  If a permanent id can be verified, whether it be chip or tattoo, it is noted as part of the number OFA assigns for that clearance.  OFA is one of the main health testing and databases for dogs in the US.

This is a capture of Thunder’s OFA page.  I have circled the part of the number which indicates the presence of a permanent id, (VPI=Verified Permanent Identification).  Actually most of the number has meaning to it, but I won’t go into that now.

You may remember last Fall Thunder was collected.  The chip was again used as a sort of permanent id.  In fact, the vet scanned his chip right there in the office and verified the number.  So you can see that chips are also used for more than locating a lost pet.

Well I guess I had enough for an entire post 😆 but I wanted to also share some new pictures of the Thunder and Red puppies at 3 weeks old before they turn 4 weeks old this weekend.  As always thanks so much to Red’s people for sharing the pictures!

Cute
Chubby Cute
Hungry (Poor Red)

I am slowly catching up after vacation, but for some reason I felt the need to mess around with some new options offered by WordPress to change the look of my blog and to make a silly button.  😆

24 thoughts on “This ‘N That Thursday”

  1. I worry that chipping will cause cancer. Go ahead, let me have it. 😉 I like you’re new This N That Thursday, sort of reminds me of my follow-up Friday. 🙂 Which by the way anyone is free to use. Except I don’t have a badge for it, maybe I can work on that this week. :0

    One more day and then I am on vacation, Whoo Hooo!!

    1. Jodi you are a worrier…lol. I don’t think there is any medical evidence that the chips cause cancer, but I understand you worry. 😉

      I like your follow-up Friday, but I need it on Thursday…lol.

      So after your week vacation you will be in my boat of far behind…or will you?

  2. Puppies are so cute.
    And since I commented on Daisy’s post I had a little problem of my own regarding the chip, the first vet where I took Doggy was the one who registered the chip, but not the now who put the chip, he came with the chip from the breeder, chips in here are registered once you have the passport and put the first rabies vaccine. I changed vets because that one was a big jerk, now he wants to charge me the chip in order to release the registration from so I can use it with the new vet, which basically means that even with the cheap if Doggy gone missing I wouldn’t be able to track it down because that vet hasn’t completed the registration nor wanna release the form.

    1. Oh it stinks that your old vet can hold that over your head. I think maybe that makes the system here a bit better since the owner registers their own dogs and controls the information. I paid my registration fee when I bought the chip. the registration info was entered almost immediately and I have my own account.

  3. Hey brown dawgs, Jet here. Hi Miss Linda.

    New look, new button, new idea… triple Wow!

    Oh the pups are adorable… 🙂

  4. These blogging pages can be sooo distracting (I never seem to be able to concentrate on the reason I got there in the first place). The pics are just too cute. Nothing quite like a kitten or a puppy.
    PS – I gave you an award on my latest post. Hope you like it!

  6. I think you buried your lead. Yes, it’s interesting to see the This ‘N That posts where people catch up. But you should have had a huge blinking sign at the top that said, “we have puppy pictures!”

  11. Nice new blog look and we really like the button blue is a very good color for it. Those puppies are just adorable. They grow so fast. Hugs and nose kisses

  12. I remember when the chips first came out and only certain scanners scanned certain chips, it made things very difficult! Now technology has caught up and it is a lot easier! good idea on bringing up the OFA, I forgot about that, which is funny because I have had to fill out my fair share of OFA forms!
    Adorable puppy pictures, you must be so proud!
    Love the new design of the blog! I really like the header!

    1. I remember when we had our Golden chipped in 1994 that was the case. The readers would not read all kinds of chips. I am glad that has changed.

      After you fill out a form or two, you wonder why you picked such a long name. At least we do…lol.

  14. Great post and I had forgotten all about OFA, glad you remembered.

    I love your new Thursday’s This and That button, I just may need to use it too. Sometimes it is hard to do a post just on one thing (at times because I have so much whirling around in my head) so this is a great way of tying up loose ends.

    Love the photos 🙂

  16. It’s kind of a nice break to read a post that is about more than one thing 🙂

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