[Trdma-l] Id'ing dogs

[Ronnie Rosenberg]

I would like to stress what Carol said--it is completely frustrating and very sad at the Shelter to have animals come in, take up a space for a few days until their owner finds them, do a euth list that contains some adoptable animals, then have the strays get redeemed.  It happens all the time and esp. on holidays when it is full and animals keep coming in, but due to the closure, are not going out.  And invariably, someone walks in and says "why was so and so euthed, there are a bunch of empty cages?"  
If the dog is Id'd the finder can call the owner and bypass the trip to the shelter entirely. 

That said, tags come off.  Until I had my own sled dogs I did not realize how quickly these guys go through tags, even good quality stainless or brass tags.  Even though my dogs are not on chains very much at all, they still went through tags until I found out about boomerang tags--www.boomerangtags.com
The tags that fit around the collar are really durable and don't readily come off.  They are not very expensive and I think you can even order them with all the same imprint for a discount if you don't mind that the animal's names won't be on them.  

Shelter is really full, esp the dog yard, if you do lose a dog, please go in right away to look for it.  Ok, enough--now watch one of mine escape and lose their tag!  Happy New Year everyone.  Ronnie
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