A way to disable critter "chips"?

[Limner]

MIL is planning to come here if the stuff starts hitting the fan. Somehow the subject yesterday came up about her dog, a chunky beagle cross. She got Buddy from the Humane Society and they automatically chip all their dogs and cats; she figures the dog could be traced to our place. So she was going to leave Buddy behind. :-?

Me, I love my dogs and there's room for Buddy. Is there any way to romove a chip, or disable the thing? Mom says she wasn't there when Buddy got chipped, so she doesn't know WHERE they put the infernal thing. Any help wouldbe appreciated.

[Purity]

A scanner can locate the chip, but it must be surgically removed. And supposedly it's not an easy job since after 3 months the chip becomes imbedded in muscle and tissue--and that chip is real tiny.

I did read something about destroying the chip itself with radio waves but it sounds real dangerous to me.

http://www.instructables.com/answers/How-do-you-remove-or-destroy-a-microchip-in-a-dog/

Someone else on that site suggested a tin foil hat for the dog. I dunno...tho it says tin foil disrupts the waves, guess I'd opt for having the chip surgically removed instead of fooling around.

http://www.instructables.com/id/RFID-Secure-Wallet/

[Limner]

OUCH, you are right. that sounds dangerous....and we're not thattechie around here. EEEKKK! But it's an option.

[ovendoctor]

I took an RFID class a little wile back

I don't think ya need to worry about the dog

that type of chip is an inactive one

the scanner has to be with in a foot of the critter for it to activate

it does not work off of a satellite system

[WarHall]

hitting it with a hammer works - or putting them in a microwave..Yuck!:shock:

[Limner]

hitting it with a hammer works - or putting them in a microwave..Yuck!:shock:

I don't thinkBuddy wouldfit in a microwave, tho', and I don't think he would appreciate us turning it on if we COULD fold him up small enough to fit! :mrgreen:

[Limner]

I took an RFID class a little wile back

I don't think ya need to worry about the dog

that type of chip is an inactive one

the scanner has to be with in a foot of the critter for it to activate

it does not work off of a satellite system

WOW, that would be GREAT!!!!! Anyone else heard this was true?

[Kayla]

I wouldn't worry about the chip. We microchip every one of our (many) horses because they all look alike and most have no markings, making it difficult at times even for us to tell them apart. Also so a lookalike could not be substituted for one of ours. We require each horse to be DNA'd and microchipped before they can be registered. These chips are pretty cheap ($10) and are not exactly high tech. They can only be read with a handheld scanner, and at times they can be difficult to locate. On a couple of horses the chip moved a little and we've had to rechip them because the scanner could not find the original. The scanner literally has to be nearly touching the animal or it won't pick up the info.These are the same type of microchips the vets use although we do the chipping ourselves so no one has the info except us.

BTW, what the scanner reads is nothing but a number, such as #00123. The vet who chipped the dog and the company who makes the microchip, would have a record of who owns the animal with that number. That's it. It is for identifying a lost animal only. If a lost dog is found and scanned, the maker of the microchip can be called to get the name & contact info of the owner. The number can't be picked up by satellite to LOCATE a lost pet.

I wouldn't be surprised if a more advanced type of chip would be used at some point in the future, but I certainly wouldn't lose any sleep over animals chipped thus far!