East Riding Dog owners are being encouraged to add their home location to their dogs microchip record.
East Yorkshire residents are being reminded to ensure that their dogs have registered microchips, and informed that they can add ‘what 3 words’ to their dogs registered address.
By law, all dogs in the UK must have registered microchipped implanted by the time they’re eight weeks old, and residents can ask their vets to implant microchips if they do not have one already.
Vets may charge a fee, while some rescues or charities offer schemes or events where dogs can be microchipped for no cost or at a discounted price.
The Council says that microchips are essential to ensuring that the East Riding of Yorkshire Council dog warden team can reunite lost dogs with their owners.
In addition, residents can add ‘What 3 Words’, to their dogs’ microchip information. ‘What 3 Words’ provides a randomly assigned three-word address that corelates to a 3m by 3m square anywhere on earth. This may help in very rural locations, where it may be difficult for the East Riding dog warden team to find an address.
This year an individual without a fixed address in the East Riding, who was street homeless, was reunited with his dog due to its microchip being registered with What 3 Words.
Residents are also being reminded that it is essential to update their dogs’ microchip information when they change address, to ensure that they can always be reunited with their pets.
Councillor Lyn Healing, East Riding of Yorkshire cabinet member for communities and public protection said
“It’s vital to keep dogs safe, and to ensure that they can be returned to their owners if lost. We urge all dog owners to be responsible and fulfil their legal obligations, by ensuring that their pets are microchipped.”
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