Pet ID TAGS

[Briza]

For all you animal lovers out there I found some really neat pet ID tags that can be engraved with name and phone number. They have 2 choices that I ordered for all my friends' and familys' xmas gifts this year.

One type has St. Francis (patron saint of animals) and a blessing on the front and the engraving is done on the back.

The other type is Star of David, with the engraving done on back.

They come in a variety of finishes, I ordered the rose gold a couple months ago for my dog, but unfortunately it became tarnished and worn pretty quickly on the engraved side, because it was rubbing against the rabies tag. Great customer service...I wrote them and told them what had happened and asked if there was another finish where the engraving would be less likely to tarnish and wear, they recommended the cobalt blue with silver, the engraving is a little deeper, and I got a replacement free delivered to me within a week. So when I ordered the xmas gifts I ordered them all in cobalt blue with silver. It is really beautiful!

Standard shipping is free and they're only $9.95 delivery seems to be in a little over a week after ordering. They come in small and large. Also you can get them for $6.95 without the engraving.

I'm not affiliated with this company in any way. Just think they are so precious wanted to share. Found it while I was googling and surfing for ideas for xmas gifts.

The website is www.petblessings.com
or just google petblessings St. Francis

If the website or whatever gets edited from this message, just pm me and I will send it to you. :)

[Claredale]

Thanks for the info. I also had the micro chip put in both my dog and my son's dog. The little tag that goes on their collar was a plastic tag and has already been lost. I will check on putting something on a tag like that so that it will be known that they have the chips.

Tracey

[Briza]

Tracey
I haven't had luck with plastic tags, either. They always break fast.

[dancemomof2]

cool thanks

[annekatherine86]

Tracey,
I'm quite the animal lover, so I check this out to see what our pets are up to every once and awhile. But I have to tell you, when I read your response a/b microchips, I was shocked. I had to have read it wrong, so i read it again, and coulnd't believe or understand that you had actually done that! After reding it for the third time, I was very, very relieved and had a great laugh when I realized that you hadn't put a microchip in your son but in his dog!!!!:biglaugh: I just thought I'd share my funny brain-lapse with you! lol
I have mircochips in my dogs, and my thee indoor cats-just incase, but i'm pretty sure I wont be putting them in my future children! lol Hope it gave you a good laugh!
-Anne Katherine

[Claredale]

That is so funny. I am glad that I could make you laugh. As much as I love my boys, I figured out that there is no way they couldn'd find their way home. LOL. I want to make sure that the dogs are found and brought home!

[stacey79]

That is funny. I never thought about putting an ID chip in children! I'm goign to be an aunt for the first time later this year, I may have to share that with my sister-in-law! :)

ANyway, thanks for sharing the site. I will have to check it out. Our dog's tag is starting to wear off. He has the ID chip, too, but I still like to have the regular tag on to be extra careful.

[Berkshire Road]

When we microchipped our dogs, my husband asked me if we could get one for our daughter too :) But seriously, if you get your child a cell phone, GPS functionality is a good idea because the phone's location can be tracked if the child is really lost.

When we got Frisco, he was about 6 weeks old (pulled him out of a kill shelter), and he was able to chew on his tags. His microchip tag is completely unreadable now except for the teeth marks. Rusty we got when he was already two years old (from an abusive home) and he hadn't been chipped before that. He can't really reach his tags, so his is still readable after a year and a half.

I'm interested to hear people's experiences with having dogs and a serious illness. On the one hand, Rusty will lie on the bed with me for hours at a time and it's a great comfort, and Frisco makes me laugh at least once a day (world's dumbest, but sweetest, dog). On the other hand, sometimes I'm home alone for hours at a time and I have to go up and down a lot of stairs to let them in and out, and then frequently wrestle with them (each is around 60 pounds) to get at least some of the mud and dirt off them. Some days that is so hard! I'd never give them up, but sometimes it's a mixed blessing.

[Claredale]

My boys are 20 and 23 now and away at college, so our dog Mollie is definitely the focus of our attention now. When my boys come home from college "to visit", they tease us that we treat her like she is a kid. I tell them that as much as I enjoyed watching them grow up and turn into great people, it's nice having Mollie since she doesn't slam doors, or miss curfew, she gets to be a little princess. We just had to put our old man dog "Prancer" to sleep last August and our cat "Penny" in November, so as much as I loved them and glad to take care of them during their golden years, I am really enjoying having a young dog! She is at groomer right now getting her hair washed and her nails done! LOL.

[stacey79]

We don't have children, yet, so our dog is much like our child as well. We enjoy him immensely.

These days, things go well with him, but when he was a puppy, it was a struggle. We didn't have a fenced in yard at that point. Getting up in the middle of the night to take him out was exhausting. Taking him out throughout the day was exhausting. Cleaning up after him and stuff was exhausting.

But, now he's a year and a half. He's fully housebroken, we now have a fence and he's been through obedience school. He's a snuggly, adorable, playful little rascal who keeps us entertained. He's about 18 pounds, so he's big enough we can wrestle a bit, but small enough we can scoop him up when we need to. My in-laws have his brother from the same litter. Their antics together are hilarious!

[Claredale]

Yes, I know all about the antics. My 23 year old son has a Chocolate Lab just a few months older than Mollie. So when Maggie comes home with Justin for a few days, our house is wild. The "girls" play non-stop. My son's dog "Maggie" loves to take the squeakers out of Mollie's toys, so I have put up her favorites before Maggie comes to visit. Mollie has a toy box in our den and she picks and chooses what she wants and of course that is the toy that Maggie wants as well, so the games begin. We have a pool, so Maggie enjoys the pool all summer and can't understand why we have it covered in the winter. She always walks on the pool cover, so I know about the middle of the night potty breaks. Mollie doesn't even consider going on the cover unless Maggie is there.

[Berkshire Road]

Last evening, Frisco and Rusty were doing their best (which is very good) at tearing up the living room rug, and my husband turned to me and said, "Why do we have these dogs, again?" My 11 year old daughter replied, "No, Dad, I don't think you really understand the relationship. We don't have them. They have us -- right where they want us!"

In their defense, they weren't being deliberately destructive, they just like to wrestle and their "matches" carry them all over the house. They're pretty well trained in general.

BTW, just got a new nightshirt that says "Sleeps with Dogs." My husband was mildly offended :)

[stacey79]

Too funny! :) I'm loving these stories. We are the same way with Buckles. He keeps us entertained. My brother-in-law bought both Buckles and Shadow coats for Christmas. Now, mind you, Lhasa Apsos have double fur coats. They never get cold. SEriously, if I'd let him, he'd sit in the snow with the wind blowing his fur all day. Anyway, it's not a bad idea for rainy days and such. Buckles is fine with T Shirts and stuff. (I know.) But, the coat is different. When it was raining a couple of weeks ago, I put the coat on and sent him out. He took two steps and prompty sat down on the patio and wouldn't move another inch. After a few minutes I had to go out and take it off or the poor guy would never have gotten to do his business! We're working on getting used to it now.

Do you guys take lots of photos? We have a ton. He's just so darn cute! :)

[jessied]

thank you i have been looking for a dog tag for my rottweiler. i bought him the cobalt blue one a few days ago and got it yesterday. It is So pretty i love it. I am getting another puppy and the puppy will have a tag just like my Kane does i love them. He doesnt go outside that much but just incase he ever got lost. He is chipped as well.

[Berkshire Road]

Stacey, we've never dressed our dogs, but I'm seriously thinking about getting rain gear for Rusty. Any time it's raining and we try to send him outside, he just stands in the doorway with this look, like, "I don't see YOU going out there to pee! What's wrong with right here?"

[stacey79]

Hi, Carolyn. I'm with Rusty! Our problem is that Buckles LOVES the rain, mud and snow. Could be his double coat. It has to be raining really hard or he has really short hair before he even notices that it's raining. (Short hair lasts maybe a week or two after he's groomed!) We're still working on the coat.

He is OK with T-Shirts and stuff. We also dress him up for Halloween. We just can't resist. If you want to see a few photos, here is a link:

http://s141.photobucket.com/albums/r51/stacey79_photos/

Some include his brother, Shadow, who my in-laws have. (I might be a little bit of a proud mama!) :)