Wow- paranoid much?

No, I understand you being worried about losing EITHER of your Frenchies- they are an expensive breed and if they aren't fixed yet, well- they definitely bring $$$ to certain people's eyes.

BUT to scowl if someone comes up to see your pup? That's really, truly, sincerely sad. You've chosen a breed of dog that only certain people fancy- but the people who do love the Frenchies are true lovers of the breed, typically, and only want to say hello and perhaps pat your pup's little head. Nothing wrong with that!

I guess I'd be one of the people you'd scowl at ;) I'd probably comment that you have an adorable little Frenchie- is it a boy, girl? Breeder or rescue? And then I'd congratulate you on having such a cute bug. But if you're scowling all the time- I might just walk on by!

Katalyst February 24th, 2007 11:27:00 AM

OK so I was getting just a little hyperbolic in this post. I'm really not a scowler. But I think about theft a little too much. We have dog-jacking problems in Miami. Like when someone points a gun at your head and says, "hand the puppy over." That freaks me out. But I'm really not as paranopid as I made myself sound--I think.

Dr. Patty Khuly February 24th, 2007 11:48:00 AM

Well, I rescind my comment if you really DO have issues with people stealing puppies at gunpoint ;)

I know when my Danes were much, much smaller- I was worried to put them outside for too long. Because people thought they were such BEAUTIFUL ALL WHITE PITBULLS WITH BLUE EYES. Yeah. Um, they aren't pits. At all. Not even slightly. Now go away.

LOL- I was probably scowling too ;)

Now that they are fullgrown, I get the question, "Do you breed them?" a lot- uh, no.

Katalyst February 24th, 2007 01:19:00 PM

It makes me glad my love is GSDs- even though I DO worry about people strealing them, I know it's less likely simply because half the population out there seems them and thinks, "omgbabykillerzrun!" And the other half will at least think twice before sticking their hand in my car while my dog is sitting there silently, suspiciously staring at them.

lindabcs February 24th, 2007 01:51:00 PM

I guess I'm paranoid the other direction. I don't have a problem with you choosing to have your dog trackable via GPS, but I have a major problem with some the chipping requirements the US government supposedly wants in place. I don't want a remotely-trackable chip in my pet, because for the most part, you track my pet, you are tracking me. Big brother does not need to know of everywhere I go.

kabbage February 24th, 2007 03:40:00 PM

Psst, it's Veruca Salt. ;)

georg February 24th, 2007 07:02:00 PM

I just talked to my boyfriend about this since I wasn't sure that this would even be feasible. He said that the cheap GPS devices you're referring to can read signals coming in, but do not broadcast their location. So it wouldn't work for the purpose you're talking about.

There are newer devices that do actually broadcast their location if sent a certain signal (they use RFID technology, just like microchips), though they can only do so for a few hours or so. They've started making them in shoes for kids or people they want to watch to wear. However, they are big--about the size of a shoe heel, and so putting them inside a body would require actual surgery, along with all the risks surgery comes with. These devices are also very expensive.

That said, like another poster mentioned, I personally would never want myself or my dog to have something inside of us that would broadcast location. I am not comfortable with having some people somewhere able to see where I or my dog is at all times.

Janine February 24th, 2007 08:19:00 PM

I would LOVE to be able to track my pet - maybe have an alarm go off should they go outside a set "area" - send me a sms so I can get my patooie home to start looking for them. I try not to think about what would happen if they got out - if the person who found them decided not to bother handing them in and just keep them indefinitely?

So many pets end up in rescue purely because the people who owned them weren't able to find them within the required pound time frame, or that they were kept by who ever found them for a time and THEN handed into rescue - well after the owner has stopped looking.

An invention like this would make an enormous difference to the number of people reunited with their pets.

For now tags are best! Microchips work, but most lost pets are found not by shelter staffers but by neighbors and neighbors don't have microchip scanners in their collection of home appliances.

shel February 25th, 2007 07:54:00 AM

Shel - go to globalpetfinder.com. They offer pretty much exactly what you're talking about - a set virtual "fence" that alerts you by text message on your pet's location if they stray too far. I recently saw it talked about on some tv show or something. Not sure about price, but it may be worth the peace of mind.

anna February 25th, 2007 07:32:00 PM

Anna--Thanks! I'm going to check that out right now.

Georg: Thanks for the psst. Violet was the blueberry girl, of course.

Dr. Patty Khuly February 25th, 2007 08:50:00 PM

I want a GPS chip right now too! Why don't they exist yet? I would even pay a hefty price for it! It would be so worth it to not ever have to worry about one of my bestest friends.

Great Dane Addict February 26th, 2007 12:12:00 PM

This post prompted me to have a dream the other day that I was buying live chickens at the grocery store and the clerk checked me out by running the chickens over a microchip scanner. There was this really cute image of the clerk holding a hen upside down and running her over the scanner as she curled up her feet and looked up at him.

zandperl February 26th, 2007 06:01:00 PM

I was on the net looking for a GPS tracking system for my dogs. I show my dogs and they are all my children. They are not vicious, mean monsters and I want them to stay that way. Therefore, I want a tracking system, that if they get stolen, I can get them back quickly before they get abused in anyway. I have been breeding these beautiful darlings for 8 years and have never had a problem. But, here lately, alot of dogs are coming up missing and stolen in our town. I paid alot of money for my dogs, we worked hard to get them, and we want to keep them. I am hoping someone will come up with a GPS device for all of us soon!!!!!

The Pit Bull Lady of Texas March 21st, 2007 03:28:00 PM

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Agadore's momma March 24th, 2007 12:43:00 AM

OK, I am sorry to all of you who "poo-poo" the idea of a GPS tracker for your dog, but you must not have a dog, or must not care about him/her too much. As hysterical and paranoid as it sounds, it is a sad and VERY true reality that dogs are stolen every day, from even the safest towns, to FIGHT . . . or rather be savagely beaten and killed by trained fighting dogs in pointless back yard, underground entertainment/gambling shows. It is disgusting and if you are OK with the idea of someone coming into your yard and taking your loving innocent friend from you . . . just imagine the terror and unnecessary pain and torture that that poor, trusting animal blindly experiences because you "weren't concerned about the worst case scenario" when it disappeared from your protection. Unfortunately this happened to our giant, sweet, gentle black lab over 13 years ago (from a “safe,” quaint town in NY) . . . and I STILL can't type this without crying. If he had had a GPS tracker implanted in him that would have contacted us when he was beyond a certain designated perimeter, I would not have to warn all of you who think it is an overreaction to want to protect a member of your family. If I could tell you how many hours, days, months and years my family has cried and had nightmares about this, you would want the technology to exist, at least for the piece of mind (if only for the people who want it). I would pretty much pay any amount of money for a GPS tracking device for our dog. I would love to have it hooked into the house alarm system. And if you think scouring at someone is bad, I am not ashamed to admit that I would even want an automatic gun to start shooting at anyone who tried to take the dog, just like a mother would attack someone who threatened her child’s safety. And if this protection means "big brother" can find me, well you are %$#@& right; he can find me sitting right next to my dog!

Terrified of losing my dog to a dog fight April 26th, 2007 09:54:00 PM

ok i need a gps chip for my dog and i would like to know where to get one,, you see i left my pet with a sitter and they lost her in a city 100 miles away. and the family that found her decided to keep her because they felt taht the old owner (me) was neglicful and did not care for the dog.. i spent $700.00 in ads and posters and i also hired three high school kids to help locate her. well thats how i found her one of the high school boys was talking and word got back around that a freshman and fammily had her well it took three weeks and police help to get my dog back and she is still not the same. i had a chip for the animal control but that did no good because she never got that far..

ken June 10th, 2007 06:09:00 PM

I agree with you, I've been looking and I guess they have a GPS microchip now that's about 300 bucks and they don't have it for "toy" breeds. I bought a pug for myself for Christmas, he had the regular microchip in him, but of course, he was stolen, this is in Springfield MO! And of course, the people who steal dogs can't afford to take them to the vet, so the microchip is doing absolutely NO GOOD! It's very aggravating that there are people out there that would take someone else's life and joy and keep it for themselves. To be out the cost for a dog didn't even matter, it's the emotional attachment and if I ever find who took him, best believe they'll be loosing a limb!

Shawna January 22nd, 2008 12:19:00 PM

Agreed! We had our corgi microchipped and it did NO GOOD! She was lost and never returned. If someone finds your dog and decides they want to keep them, they probably will never get scanned. Even if they do take it to a vet eventually, not all vet offices have universal scanners. GPS microchips for dogs are a must. I don't care how much it would cost! They make GPS collars, but what good will that do if they are stolen and the person takes off the collar, or if the collar gets caught on something and slips off?

Jennie January 26th, 2008 11:22:00 PM

I too would pay any amount for a GPS device to be implanted into my dog. He's a Jack Russell Terrier, but looks like a mix (so people don't really want to steal him.) You know the Gov. has something for humans the size of a grain of rice, they just won't release the documentation for others to create this awesome thing. I guess they are afraid someone will remove it from your pet and inject it into their baby. (Which I would also do, because I'd never want to loose my child.) But you know what I mean. Get those darn GPS things for dogs!!!!!

Linda January 31st, 2008 07:34:00 PM

Unlike an implantable microchip, all current GPS devices that I know of require an internal power source - to send a signal and connect to satellites. Perhaps someone will come up with a way to "plug your dog in" to recharge the batteries on its GPS chip, but until then, I think an implantable GPS chip is unlikely. Would be great to have, but seems a little "Star Trek" with our current technology. If anyone knows different, I'd love to hear, as we're about to get our dog chipped.

Paul February 12th, 2008 04:55:00 PM

You know they have the technology. The chip would have a micro battery which is recharged by the dog's pulse. Similar to those cool watches. (the name escapes me.) Then if the dog dies, as he obviously did run away and could have gotten hit by a car or something, then the chip would stay powered by the battery's reserve for a bit longer and then lo longer send the signal. Hopefully you would have gotten to your dog before it died. Then the chip would simply act as a scannable ID which the shelters or vets already have to identify and notify the owner. But one would never really get to that point, because we'd know where to find our pets. :) Leave it to me to think of this all the way through but not have enough money or resources to develop or create such an invention. If someone out there is willing to fund this, I'd be willing to do the rest (or get the rest done) to make it happen. :)

Linda February 12th, 2008 05:47:00 PM

Linda, as far as I can tell, the medical and military supply industries are still trying to develop microgenerators small and efficient enough to power implantable devices and equipment such as laptops, radios and GPS receivers. Compare a GPS unit's multiple AA batteries to a watch's tiny battery and you'll get a good representation of their different power requirements. I'd be very surprised if a microgenerator small enough to power an injectable (rather than surgically-implanted) GPS chip will be technically possible in our dogs' lifetimes. Good for you, though, for being passionate enough to want to try to make it happen sooner!

Paul February 13th, 2008 11:23:00 AM

Linda, as far as I can tell, the medical and military supply industries are still trying to develop microgenerators small and efficient enough to power implantable devices and equipment such as laptops, radios and GPS receivers. Compare a GPS unit's multiple AA batteries to a watch's tiny battery and you'll get a good representation of their different power requirements. I'd be very surprised if a microgenerator small enough to power an injectable (rather than surgically-implanted) GPS chip will be technically possible in our dogs' lifetimes. Good for you, though, for being passionate enough to want to try to make it happen sooner!

Paul February 13th, 2008 11:23:00 AM

Linda, as far as I can tell, the medical and military supply industries are still trying to develop microgenerators small and efficient enough to power implantable devices and equipment such as laptops, radios and GPS receivers. Compare a GPS unit's multiple AA batteries to a watch's tiny battery and you'll get a good representation of their different power requirements. I'd be very surprised if a microgenerator small enough to power an injectable (rather than surgically-implanted) GPS chip will be technically possible in our dogs' lifetimes. Good for you, though, for being passionate enough to want to try to make it happen sooner!

Paul February 13th, 2008 11:24:00 AM

A MEN I WANT ONE ALSO. TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK SOME LOW LIFE CLIMED OUR TWELVE FOOT FENCE AND STOLE OUR 7 MONTH OLD FRENCHIE . (NOW WHAT THE HELL DO YOU DO. )
SHE HAD A MICROCHIP, SO WHAT. NO ONE CARES , POLICE, NEWS MEDIA, SO CALLED FRIENDS, AND VETS. IF YOU CALL THIS PARANOYIA THEN YOU FORGOT YOUR PROSAC TODAY.
THOSE WHO POO POOED YOU ARE OUT OF TOUCH OF REALITY OR MAYBE THEY DON'T LIKE THEIR DOG.

IF ANY INTEREST, E MAIL ME. MAYBE WE CAN DESIGN A IMPLANTABLE GPS.

IN THIS DAY OF AGE, IN CALIFORNIA WE NEED ONE FOR YOUNG KIDS ALSO?

WAYNE HILL March 1st, 2008 01:33:00 AM

Hi all. Just wanted to share my story. Our liver and tan 3 1/2 month old German Shepherd Puppy was stolen out of my father's truck on 2/23/08. He thought both doors were locked but one wasn't. He was in the cab of the truck. I tried to make a police report because obviously the dog did not open and shut the door of the truck himself. He was STOLEN!!!! The police did not even take a report or care but I bet if it was one of their dogs they would care. We had this puppy since birth as I have the mother. We were all quite upset. I hadn't had him microchipped yet but wouldn't have done me any good because the person that stole him didn't take him to a vet. I searched for two and half weeks and put numerous newspaper ads in costing me hundreds a dollars. Finally my father told me to put $500.00 REWARD for the return of this puppy(with a picture and description) and the arrest and conviction of the person that stole the puppy. Also with information when and where puppy was stolen from. Guess what that day somebody dropped my puppy off at the local animal shelter and they called and it was him. Very happy day for all but I think the person got scared and finally turned him in and I think if it wasn't for that ad we wouldn't have gotten him back. I would pay anything for a GPS microchip for both of my dogs. The collar wouldn't do any good because I am sure they would take it off as my dog no longer had his collar on when he was returned. Also I told everyone I knew about the stolen dog and also stressed that I would even know him a year later because he is so different looking.

VANESSA LOWE March 18th, 2008 02:53:00 PM

i want one too,my 10 week old Boxer was stolen she got out an took off with our other dog she had only been missing for 5 min an couldnt find he,i think our neighbor has her or knows where she is,because all her trails lead nowhere but to her house.i think this would be something great for our animals.the sherrif told us to let it go she is gone well isnt that nice of them to say.

rayray29 March 27th, 2008 10:17:00 PM

I am SO WITH YOU! I think it is a GREAT IDEA! I have wondered the same thing every since they came out with GPS. Why can't they come out with the GPS Microchip? If you have the $250 dollar GPS Collar and someone steals you dog.. they just take it off. Why can't we get the microchip and have it with GPS? Does anyone know when that is going to happen.. I am waiting for it!!!

Christina May 30th, 2008 05:22:00 PM

I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING!I am sorry to hear about your babies being stolen :o( My case is much different however....If only there were a GPS chip :o( I got into a car crash only 2.5 blocks from home here in our crappy lil town of 700 people counting cows. My sweet girl Sunny (3.5 yr old English Bulldog) got out of the car and bolted from the scene of the accident. I was screaming her name while spitting blood and and the first responders and people at the scene would not let me go. Both air bags went off in the car (95 pontiac sunfire). I do not know if she was injured, but last I saw of her she was moving the fastest I have ever seen her go and she never looked back despite my yelling for her. I agree with many comments, even if your dog is microchipped it only helps if the person who finds the dog cares enough to think about the owner dearly missing the dog, or them bothering to take an oviously missing dog into the vets and IF the vet or techs BOTHER to scan the dog, or them turning the dog into a shelter. We breed and show bulldogs. I have no dought that someone probably has her, especially since our breed is a bit of "coveted" breed if you will. She was not one who would go into the farm fields or stuff like that as she did not even like wet grass she would go potty on the concrete instead. She was probably traveling along the county road and someone grabbed her. All we can do is hope that she is safe and laying on someone's porch. *sigh* If only she has ran west 2 blocks she'd of been home :( I DONT CARE HOW MUCH THE CHIP ENDS UP BEING WE WILL CHIP ALL OUR DOGS!

Trisha July 31st, 2008 09:07:00 PM

Living in Florida, do you realize that your dogs probably have a 85% better chance of dying from the way you're leaving them in the car while you go get your over priced coffee then someone stealing them? It doesn't have to be any warmer then 80 degrees, even with your windows "barely cracked" and the temperature inside your car can QUICKLY rise to 100 degrees or more. Your car is like a greenhouse. And leaving your dogs inside your car, even with the windows cracked significantly (which you admittedly aren't doing), even for a few minutes, is like leaving your dogs in your oven. Do yourself a favor, and more importantly, your dogs. Stop worrying so much about someone stealing them, and either leave them at home, or stop drinking coffee.

Rebecca December 25th, 2008 08:36:19 PM

I lost my two dogs on Dec.26, 2008. I had a registered Flat Coated Retreiver named Beta, and a Golden Retreiver named Icon. Beta had the implanted microchip, but Icon did not. We were visiting my folks in Oklahoma when they went missing from the yard. I found them 2 days later without their collars. Whoever took them did not care about the microchip and had no intentions of having them scanned. My dogs were dead when i finally found them. I searched everywhere, made posters, called the authorities, notified the local dog shelters, and dog pound. Maybe they would still be alive if there was an implantable GPS device. I hope no one ever has to loose their best friends like i did this past week. They will be missed.

Shannon December 29th, 2008 08:40:50 AM

I really wish there was something someone could do about this problem. I too lost not 1 but 2 of my very loved and very expensive dogs 1 was a solid white rednose female with ears cropped she was 6months old when she was stolen in jacksonville florida she would be 5 years old now and not a day goes by that i dont miss her and yeah i could buy another just like her but it would never replace her i loved her just like a child and the other was an ordinary brindle but i still loved her and never wanted anyone else to have her please someone out there get the message we need you millions of people all over the world need you

joe January 20th, 2009 08:48:00 PM

i hate dog theives to me its the same as kidnapping someone please help us all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kimberly January 20th, 2009 08:53:01 PM

Revelation 13:15,16 - And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: Yall really think this is so great.. Do you not know what they are leading to do.. This is the beginning of the Mark Of The Beast... They are testing it in animals now.. then they will force humans to get them... yall need to rethink this...

me March 6th, 2009 07:23:17 PM

Our girl was stolen not once but twice, almost 2 years to the day. Both times were on Friday and both times we got her back on Saturday. All of you know the pain and anxiety that we felt. I have been seaching the web since Sat and would give any amount of money for an implant microchip. And we live in the country but people are cruel and hateful, they had sold her to fight. It's a miracle we got her back. I WANT A MICROCHIP!!!

h_bayougirl March 30th, 2009 09:47:21 PM

Of course I meant the implant. I don't know what we will do as a collar can be removed. We are thinking of the invisible fence but still have doubts. We need something better to track our beloved pets.

h_bayougirl March 30th, 2009 09:55:13 PM

Just moved to Montana,both my dogs have chips implanted by Vet can I track them from my House.

thomas April 1st, 2009 07:52:01 PM

We have a black lab. He wandered off and some teenagers found him. We had been calling and calling but he never came. By 11 PM I was getting my daughter in the car to go look for him and asked my mother to get me our big spot lamp. She came out and was looking towards the side of the house.... We had been calling Shadow for a good while and were just getting ready to drive all over looking for him... Anyhoo- all of a sudden several teenage boys come running into our yard thru the back and side of our house at the same time my mother was there with the spot lamp. They were chasing our dog! When my mother asked them what they were doing they said, 'getting our dog'! My mom said 'Shadow, come!' and he ran to her and then my daughter, thrilled to be back home. My mother told them, 'what do you mean YOUR dog?? That's OUR dog!' The kid's were like, 'oh, he is?'.... Shadow must have heard us calling and been trying to get away from these kids for hours! He finally managed to get free and took off back too us. But if he hadn't, I don't even want to think about it. These are neighborhood teens!

I don't want a coller- the'd just take it off and toss it or bust it up. Microchipping is fine, but do you really think they'd have him scanned at the shelter? I want an IMPLANTED GPS MICROCHIP so I can track him in real time should this ever happen again, and not have to worry about finding just a dam coller.

And yes! As a single mom w/an 8 yo daughter who has a father who is a pedophile AND a fugitive AND has stated he WILL get my daughter and I will never see her again- I WOULD have my daughter implanted if I could! Better that big brother tracks ME then my child being abused and/or killed. Of course, It should be a choice and only available to humans under certain cirsumstances. But then again, I'm for castrating sexual offenders too. I also believe in the right to bear arms. So shoot me.

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