Local Vets Help Make Microchipping Easy

Local vet clinics, Franklin Vets and Pukekohe Veterinary Centre, are partnering with Franklin District Council to offer special microchipping clinics early this month.

The clinics are perfectly timed for dog owners who need to register their dogs this month.

For a cost of only $30, dog owners can microchip their dog and have greater peace of mind that their animal can be easily tracked if lost or impounded. Details for the microchipping clinics are:

Franklin Vets

Tuesday 8 July,

4-6pm

86 Harris St, phone: 238 7486

Pukekohe

Pukekohe Veterinary Centre

Saturday 5 July,

10am-12noon

11 Edinburgh St, phone: 238-6897

Pukekohe

Bookings are not necessary, however calling to indicate interest would be appreciated.

“Council wants to help you be the best dog owner you can be. The support of Franklin Vets and Pukekohe Veterinary Centre in holding these microchipping clinics is great,” says Franklin District Councillor, Sue Jackson.

The microchipping clinics will be especially timely for those dog owners who must microchip their dogs. The following dogs must be microchipped:

1 - All dogs registered FOR THE FIRST TIME after 1 July 2006, i.e. puppies and dogs not previously registered.

2 - All dogs classified as dangerous or menacing on or after 1 December 2003

3 - All dogs that are unregistered and impounded

4 - All registered dogs that are impounded twice after 1 July 2006. Exception:

Central Government voted to exempt WORKING dogs on properties over 4 hectares. The amendments relate to an exemption from microchipping for working dogs kept solely or principally for the purposes of herding or driving stock (see para (b)(ii) of the definition of working dog in Section 2 of the Act).