MICROCHIP YOUR PET

Harmony Animal Wellness uses and recommends the
BAYER RESQ MICROCHIP

Did you know that every two seconds a family pet is lost? 

Don’t let that happen to you and your pet. 
It’s very important for your pet to wear a collar with identification tags just in case they are unexpectedly separated from you.  However collars can easily be misplaced or fall off, so how can you completely ensure your pet’s safety? 

You may want to consider a microchip.  

A microchip is a very tiny chip (the size of a grain of rice) that contains a unique number that identifies your animal as yours.  This chip is so small that it fits inside a hypodermic needle and is injected right under your pet’s skin. 
This procedure is easy and inexpensive.  

Why Bayer RESQ?

We have selected the Bayer RESQ microchip to use here at Harmony Animal Wellness for several reasons.

The Bayer RESQ microchip is ISO compliant.  That means, it conforms to the International Organization for Standardization transmission protocols.  That also means that you can travel with your pet to Europe, Canada and many other countries because the ISO standards are recognized internationally. 
(After July 2011, all cats and dogs traveling to Europe, or within its boundaries, will be required to have a microchip in order to board the plane.)

The Bayer RESQ microchip technology is open and accessible, and the coding in their chip is readable by any ISO compliant scanner worldwide (unlike other microchips sold here in the U.S.), and they make their scanners widely available to shelters and veterinarians.

How does it work?

After your veterinarian has injected the chip, your job as the owner is to register that unique number with PetLink at www.petlink.net or by calling 1-877-PETLINK.  Microchips are useless unless the number has been registered with your name and phone number.  

Please note that registering your pet with Petlink is absolutely free. 

If your companion animal gets lost, any shelter or veterinary practice could use a special scanning device to check for a microchip.  The scanner will read the number, and the shelter or veterinarian can call PetLink to get your contact information.  Scanning stray animals for microchips has become a customary procedure for shelters and vet clinics.