Dogsey

I hope so too. WHY don't folk get their dogs microchipped?

Should be required by law.

What a really good idea, this should happen Nationwide. Agree with Fourlegz, chipping would be better, but there will always be those who have not updated their details!

D'ya know, never thought about forgetting to update details - what a good point.
I think chipping will become law from next year in the UK.

Microchips here are registered under the ID number of the owner and also by the vet who chips the dogs, who registers the chip number and the owners ID number with the Ministry of Agriculture.

If a person moves they must inform the Ministry of the Interior of their change of address, so the owner of a lost or stray dog that is picked up can always be traced to their current address by their ID number.

I wonder if they register them on doglost as well (in the dog found section obviously!) as I guess not all dogs found will necessarily be 'local' eg if they had been stolen and dumped for instance and people wouldnt necessarily think of looking on a 'local' website