Instructions
Call a registered veterinarian and ask whether she can inject your dog with a microchip that can be registered by AVID. Many veterinarians across the United States now offer this service. If your veterinarian is one of them, book an appointment to have your dog injected with a microchip. The microchip features a number unique to your dog, and an animal that is brought to a shelter can be scanned by radio signal. Once the pet is scanned, its number will be found and you can be contacted. The microchip lasts for the life of the animal.
Take your dog to the veterinary appointment.
Check in with the clinic's front desk. The veterinarian and veterinarian assistant will take your dog to a checkup room for the injection. The injection is quick and virtually painless, according to AVID.
Pay the veterinarian clinic. As of 2011, the cost of having a pet injected with an AVID microchip ranges from $25 to $40. Once your pet has been injected and you have paid, your animal's specifics, as well as your contact information, is entered into the AVID database. Many animal shelters have scanners to help identify missing pets. If your pet becomes lost and is taken to such a shelter, it will be scanned. Your veterinarian's office will be contacted, and the office will contact you.
How to Register My Dog With an Avid Microchip
It is common to see missing-dog posters taped to light poles and stuck on community center bulletin boards. Although this might help find your missing pet, having the dog registered with a microchip is a modern way to track it in the event it ever goes missing. American Veterinary Identification Devices, or AVID, is a company that makes microchip identification that veterinarians inject into pets.