My local engraver told me not to put the dog's name or my full address for security reasons. She said to put the house number, postcode, my surname and my telephone number. Is that good advice? What is the law? Thanks.
2007-11-25 21:56:33 · 9 answers · asked by Kathryn 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
I've just checked the kennel club website, and they say "The Control of Dogs Order 1992 mandates that any dog in a public place must wear a collar with the name and address (including postcode) of the owner engraved or written on it, or engraved on a tag. Your telephone number is optional (but advisable)." So all those people saying there is no law as to what to put on it, are at risk of a £5,000 fine. I've decided to follow their advice.
2007-11-25 23:11:44 · update #1
(the advice of the KC, obviously)
2007-11-25 23:13:50 · update #2
I know you chose the best answer already, but just to submit an opinion here:
Your dog tag should NEVER fall off the dog collar. If it does, then it wasn't attached properly, and therefore useless. This means the only way to follow your address, postcode and such is if they are petting your dog and discretly memorize everything (which is difficult and doubtful!).
On my dog's tag I have her name (using my last name), my address and my phone number. I used this because about 8 months ago I found a lost dog with a tag that had that information and it was all I needed to find out where he lived. I called the number, told them I would bring the dog to them asap (since they didn't have a car and the dog had wandered about 20km), and it all worked out :)
2007-11-26 00:11:51 · answer #1 · answered by bpbjess 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I use the dogs name and phone number. Other people being able to find out the dogs name does NOT make it impossible for you to prove that it is your dog. If you're a good pet owner you will have vet records and most people have at least one picture of their dog. These have much more weight in proving the dogs ownership than a name does, especially since some dogs will learn a new name in a matter of hours if called by it constantly.
2007-11-25 22:14:20 · answer #2 · answered by fluffy_aliens 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would just put your telephone number as if they have your postecode and housenumber they can find out where you live anyway. If you put the dogs name it makes it easier for people to steal it as they will know it's name and so it will answer them as well and there would not be any way of proving rthe dog was yours if it was stolen. Best bet is just to get it microchipped and have just your phone number on it's tag.
2007-11-25 22:06:11 · answer #3 · answered by pussyfootpink 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we was told never to put the dogs name on the tag just to put a contact number on it because if someone wants to nick the dog and there is a name on the tag the dogs going to respond when its being called
2007-11-25 22:21:31 · answer #4 · answered by nat 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you can put what you want on the tag. There is no law saying what you can or cannot put on an ID tag.
However to protect yourself and your pet, the best advice is to put something along the lines of
"Im lost! Please call my mommy/daddy at:
(phone number)
REWARD for return!"
The reward doesnt have to be a huge amount... but if someone finds your pet, they are more likely to return the dog if there is a reward!
Leaving your full name and address leaves room for Identity theft. So its not reccommended to do that.
2007-11-25 22:19:49 · answer #5 · answered by Nekkid Truth! 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Originally metal disks embossed with personal information that could be left with a body on the field of battle for identification. Eventually it evolved into a rounded rectangle with a small indentation on one side so that it could be set on the teeth of a deceased soldier and kicked into the head so that the enemy could not strip the dead soldier of his identity (this info confirmed with HQMC Casualty Branch). See also Toe Chain. Current versions do not have the notch.
2016-05-25 23:52:41 · answer #6 · answered by liliana 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no law regarding what you put on your pet's ID tag.Dont put your dog's name on it as it's easier for a pet thief to know your pets name.Just put your surname and telephone no on it.Also if the dog is micro chipped,usefull for vets or animal shelters if your pet escapes and is found by a member of the public.
2007-11-25 22:49:15 · answer #7 · answered by nanook570 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good advice.
Just the dogs name and a phone number is enough.
2007-11-25 21:59:20 · answer #8 · answered by Moorglademover 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hi
Dodger loses his tags every few months and having to replace them is getting annoying!
I found someone who will fit a brass tag onto the nylon part of Dodger's collar, instead of having tags dangling from the "D" ring. Unfortunately, he can only fit 3 lines with about 14 characters per line.
Doger's current name tag just has his name and phone # but he has his microchip tag and license attached separately so I always felt comfortable knowing that he could be easily traced back to me if lost.
My intention was to put Dodger's name, phone number with area code, microchip number and license number on this new tag. But I just don't think I can fit it all on! Is it more important to put that he lives in Ottawa?
What do you think should definately be put on Dodger's tag??
He is microchipped but I don't want to rely completely on that. I've heard stories about how the appropriate scanner might not be used and/or that the microchip moves around and peolpe assume the animals isn't chipped!
Thanks!
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I would think your phone # and the microchip info is most important
I keep all the tags on sam tho, ive never consolidated all the info, but because we are on the fourth floor his tags stay with the leash, and ehs never offleash
so we dotn ahve much trouble
Eleni
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If it were me, I would put:
Your home phone number
His license number
His microchip number
I would not put:
His name
If he gets lost, and is a trusting dog, someone might use his name to gain his friendship and try to keep him. (yes, that's right - I trust no-one)
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Depending on the type of collar you use, you could have the info embroidered on the collar (works well for plain nylon types).
My wife had a dog follow her home last summer while out for a walk. Dog's tag had name and phone number only. Phone # did not include area code, which was fine for local but could be a hinderance if away. We travel to NB quite a bit and figured that if one of the dogs got away and we did not have the area code it might be a bit more of a challenge to hear if someone found him, so we changed all our tags to include city and area code.
On our two largest, we have Name on the front and street address, city and tel number inc area code on the back. On our smallest, Name on front, city and telephone inc area code on back.
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Thank-you both for your quick replies!
I never though about someone using his name to steal him away! That's terrible but I guess it is entirely possible!
I never even considered NOT putting his name on the tag because it seems like the first thing to do. But I think you are both right, phone, microchip and license numbers are probably the most important information anyway! I think that's what I'll do - Thanks again!
Melissa
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Originally Posted by Trinitie
If it were me, I would put:
Your home phone number
His license number
His microchip number
I would not put:
His name
If he gets lost, and is a trusting dog, someone might use his name to gain his friendship and try to keep him. (yes, that's right - I trust no-one)
Good point to consider -- I've never thought about that aspect.
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Dogastrophe - thanks for the idea about embroidering his info on, that would certainly let me fit everything on - but now, I'll exclude his name!!
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Originally Posted by Lissa
I found someone who will fit a brass tag onto the nylon part of Dodger's collar, instead of having tags dangling from the "D" ring. Unfortunately, he can only fit 3 lines with about 14 characters per line.
Just be careful with the nylon collars and how he's attaching the brass plate. Chances are, the nylon will eventually fray. Embroidering is probably better for a nylon collar. I prefer to use a leather collar, and then rivet the brass plate onto the collar.
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One word -EBAY!!!
I just ordered 3 tags (one for each of my pooches) for 8 bucks American!! They offered 4 lines of engraving on the front and back... and whatever color/style of tag I requested. They have over 140,000 font styles to choose from, so my tags are going to be super COOL!! Buy 2, get one free, with free shipping - yes, even to Canada! I simply can't wait to get them!!
I got their names on the front, and all of the address, telephone # stuff on the back, including "$$REWARD$$".
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Originally Posted by Loraxp
One word -EBAY!!!
I just ordered 3 tags (one for each of my pooches) for 8 bucks American!! They offered 4 lines of engraving on the front and back... and whatever color/style of tag I requested. They have over 140,000 font styles to choose from, so my tags are going to be super COOL!! Buy 2, get one free, with free shipping - yes, even to Canada! I simply can't wait to get them!!
I got their names on the front, and all of the address, telephone # stuff on the back, including "$$REWARD$$".
Hmmm... $8USD, converted to Canadian - don't be surprised if you're charged up to $10CDN when it comes through customs. You might not be charged anything, but I ordered a $40 item recently and was charged $60 in customs/brokerage fees and taxes. I've learned to be very careful when ordering from outside the country. There's another thread on here about pet ID tags, and one of the options is FREE, so if you're interested in a tag, you should search that out. Just my $0.02.
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Funny how we all have different ideas on this. I would want to include my dogs name because if someone has gained her trust enough to read her tags, and they really want to steal her, they will keep her whether they know her name or not. If my girls were lost and some good soul found them and wanted to help them while they tried to contact me I think the dogs would be happy to have someone speak their names to them. And if said person decided to steal them then at least the dog would still have her name - heaven forbid I can't imagine anyone stealing my dogs, it would break my heart to lose them. :(
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If someone wants to steal your dog, knowing it's name or not doesn't really matter. Enough cooing and here boy, or whatever would too often be effective without knowing your dog's name. Plus if someone wanted to steal you dog, to see it's name on the tag they's already have to be awfully close to your animal anyhow.
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I do have my dogs name on ID tag and on the collar itself.
How is Dodger losing the tags?
I take the 'ring' parts off the tags then sew them with embroidery thread directly to the nylon collar. In a year I have only had to redo the threading once. I sew with full weight embroidery thread and a heavy needle. Works like a charm...I will take a picture and show u if you like
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When I had an ID on Levi (he lost it recently), it had is name, phone #, address and city on it. It came in handy too. About 6 months ago he escaped and wouldn't come when called and I couldn't find him. When I was coming back home from looking for him, a woman had found him a street over and read his tags and driven him over.
The part about not putting the name on it made a lot of sense, but with Levi being so friendly, I know personally that he would come to anyone if they babied him enough. Plus, if they got close enough to see if he did or didn't have a name on his tag, then he'd be gone anyway. That's just the way I think about it, I guess.
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Originally Posted by Trinitie
If it were me, I would put:
I would not put:
His name
If he gets lost, and is a trusting dog, someone might use his name to gain his friendship and try to keep him. (yes, that's right - I trust no-one)
This is some great information, thank you!
I have never thought of it like that and yet it's so true, I put his name, phone number aswell as reward and ( needs meds) Blaze loves everyone and I agree me giving his name would only help if someone where to find him keep him. Sad thought but has happen many times I'm sure.
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Thank you all !
This guys also can rivet the tag on so the nylon won't fray. My choice of collar would be to get a plastic-coated "O" ring nylon collar. Dodger crosses the creek so often and when his present nylon collar gets wet is just falls off (it's not a snap on though)! But right now, he hasn't gotten back to me about whether it's possible to put these tags on a plastic collar. If that fails I will try the embroidery since so many people have mentioned it! I'll have to enlist the help of my Mum or Grand-Mother because I am clueless when it comes to sewing!
Dodger loses his tags, it seems to purposely to anger me !! Dodger and I spend about 4 hours a day total hiking in the "wilderness". He's an active little dude which generally means lots of leaping, twisting, swimming, hunting, running and squeezing through small places! He's lost his entire collar twice and different I.D tags on 4 separate ocassions, once at the dog park as well. I think he's just a squirmy little bug and gets his tags snagged on anything. But I can't really say for sure because he's obviously losing the tags when out of sight.
I never thought of ebay - maybe I'll check that out too, that way I could get lots of reinforcements in case he loses his collar again!
Thanks again everyone!
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Originally Posted by Lissa
I never thought of ebay - maybe I'll check that out too, that way I could get lots of reinforcements in case he loses his collar again!
Exactly why I thought you'd like the idea!
As Writing4Fun mentioned there can be customs fees involved when recieving a package from the USA, however when shipping through the regular US Postal Service (USPS) an envelope with a few little tags inside are unlikely to be charged fees - when is the last time you were charged to recieve a birthday card from another country??!
I do agree that customs fees and *brokerage fees can be expensive (*try to ship only through USPS to avoid brokerage fees), but researching before commiting to buy is the best way around these surprises!
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Why is the license number so important? I would never put the license number on a tag... Is it different there?
I have o sand their licenses because there is the number of the SPCA on the back and looking at all the tags, that's the first place people would call (it doesn't say SPCA there, so they won't know who they are calling). I'm going to get rid of it. That's the LAST place I would want my doggies to end up.
I have to get new ones since we've moved... I'd say Name (I want them to find somebody, not just keep wandering and eating garbage), phone number, and last line would be health issues or reward.
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Just incase you wanted to see how I did it myself, here goes...pics
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Here is another pic...the underneath side
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Final one for ya...
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I would use two tags that can be riveted onto the collar.
PHONE NUMBER
CITY
CHIP: ID (our chip vendor has insured him for $3000 of emergency insurance if we can’t be reached so that number is vital)
REWARD IF FOUND (so you do get your dog back)
VET (because if you are out of town when you lose your dog the vet is a consistent number)
MEDS
I use a horse outfitter for custom leather leashes (pretty damn cheap too) and they also have tags and will rivet them onto a collar for you. Otherwise rivited tags can be found at http://www.gundogsupply.com/exidplatwitr.html
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Thanks again for all your help!
Prin - I guess the license number isn't all that important, I just thought that it would be another way for people to find out who he belongs to. And since I think you can get a fine if the dog isn't wearing the tag, I thought this would be a loophole!?
Luba, thank-you for the pictures, it gives me an idea about how to go out that. I think I'll get a couple of collars and embroider on the one that he won't wear during his off-leash walks - I would hate to lose it after spending so much time on it. He can wear it when on-leash so people can admire it!
I guess, the easy way to go is to get 2 tags riveted on, that never even entered my mind !? I never thought about writing "reward" - that's also a good tip as is wiritng his vet's number !
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You don't need to put chip number when it's scanned it will show on reader,but just make sure you keep return info up to date with chip company,just in case he gets lost naked.
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Where I live, if your dog gets picked up by animal control (god forbid!) and doesn't have a license tag on, the fine goes from the normal $30 for dog at large to $60 for dog at large with no license and they don't care if you can prove the dog is licensed - if the dog isn't wearing the license tag then you get fined. I don't know if they would still fine you if you had the number embroidered on the collar or on a tag that was riveted to the collar, but I would definitely put the license number on somewhere if I was going to do away with the hanging tags. I have always made sure my dogs have their tags and I've only ever had one dog lose any of her tags. Lacey had a handmade silver tag given to her by a friend - it only had her name on it, but she lost it and we never did find it. I did have a policeman bring the coyote home once - she had gotten loose and was running through the neighborhood with her buddy. Apparently they were knocking over garbage cans and someone called the police. The policeman looked on Sheena's tag and brought her home. The other dog was in the backseat of his car and the cop told me that he was going to 'jail'. Although I wasn't happy with the way the cop was treating my dog (when I answered the door, he was holding Sheena by her collar so that she had to stand on her tiptoes), I didn't say anything because it was obvious that he wasn't going to fine me. The tag saved me from a fine because it had my address on it. I have no doubt that if the tag would've only contained a phone number - the call would've come from the pound and I'd have been fined.
byeeeeeeeeeeeee
2007-11-25 23:38:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋