Today we visited the local humane society to get both dogs "licensed." Absolutely POINTLESS. What a waste of time and money!! According to the representative, licensing is "required" by county law in most counties across the US. [UM....... NO. It's definitely not required in any county I've lived in in California. I know they're not required in NY or VA..... I'm pretty sure this is just Colorado and their local humane societies making extra money at $15 for fixed pets and $25 for unfixed pets. Can we say rip off?] In Colorado, a "license" has the specific humane society name and address, plus an 8-digit number on a 1.5" acorn-shaped pendant. In their system they have your contact information, the name and breed of the dog..... and that's it. So what if their collar falls off?? If your pet gets picked up by Animal Control, brought back to the HS and does not have an HS tag, you "might" get fined more than you would if your pet did have an HS tag. Also, the $100+ microchip you thought would locate your dog if lost or stolen apparently "don't matter" to the HS. While they'll scan it to locate the owner, they "might" fine you more?? How does this even make sense??
The real kicker was when we were giving her the information for Starlet (our EIGHT POUND Chihuahua). She handed us the same size acorn shaped pendant that she handed us for our SEVENTY POUND PUPPY. You're telling me they only have ONE size for dogs, cats, and pot-bellied pigs??? UM NO WAY is my dog, who can't even wear a dangling name tag, going to be wearing a stupid license that's as large as her chest. SORRY! Needless to say.... we ended up with only one size-appropriate license.
We are ALL for collars with their names, our numbers and microchips!
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