Got my pups micro chip in the mail. Is this something I should be doing?

What can go wrong?

Btw, clean them Ears man.

He's not going back for another 3 weeks.

I had the vet do mine when my dog needed some stitches from a cut, they had to sedate him anyway so figured I might as well have them do it.

might have just told them to stick it in before they stitched him up.

Would you give your kid a shot? Take the little guy to the vet

I don't have time for a vet visit at the moment. I'll be doing it later

pup will probably bite the shite out of you. You'll respond by beating his arse because you seem like the type of person who would do such a thing. At the very least, get some lidocaine to deaden the injection site before you put the chip in. But I'm sure you're too busy to wait. Let me know how the ensuing abcess and infection effect your schedule. chances are you will be making another trip to your vet. so much for saving money/time.

coincidentally, how will you know the chip is working? Do you have a scanner? Will the chip be registered with anyone (ie traceable)? Or are you just going to implant it and assume everyone will know its registered to you?

Bring him to the vet, I'm sure it's an easy process but not exactly someone you want to install incorrectly. Not worth the risk for an hour of your time

The vet did my dogs. It is a big arse needle and they verify that it's working after. He was mad at me though on the ride home.

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but that's a big arse needle.

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It's a huge needle and I watched her do it. Took a lot of force to get it in and the dog was legit hurting.