Microchip Credited With Happy Reunion
March 13, 2012
INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indianapolis woman who was heartsick for more than a year worrying about her missing dog now has reason to celebrate.
Eve Dahl had cared for Velcro, an 11-year-old westie, since she was a puppy.
"She kind of stuck to me as a pup. She was a pup that I kept," Dahl said.
But Velcro went missing early last year, leaving Dahl heartbroken.
"Someone had left the gate open and (she) took off," she said. "The thing that worried me was she might be used as bait in a dog fight, and that just worried me to no end."
Dahl put out hundreds of flyers, but Velcro was nowhere to be found.
Dahl lost hope until earlier this month, when she was holding her other dog and received a surprising call.
"A man called. He didn't say where he was from, and he said, 'Are you missing a dog?' And I said, 'No, he's sitting right here in my lap,'" Dahl said. "And then he said, 'Velcro,' and I just lost it."
The man, who was with Indianapolis Animal Care and Control, told Dahl that Velcro had been picked up as a stray and that a scan of her microchip revealed her owner's information.
Elizabeth Murphy, a veterinarian at the Broad Ripple Animal Clinic, said she's seen the simple procedure lead to countless happy reunions.
"It's not a lot different than the vaccines that we give. It's just a larger needle, and the microchip is implanted under the surface of the skin, usually over the shoulder blades," Murphy said.
The chip is permanent, so even a year later or longer, pets like Velcro can make it back home.
"It's just a good thing to be microchipped," Dahl said. "If she hadn't, like I said, I would have never seen her again."
Dahl said Velcro was healthy when she got her back, as though someone, at some point, had been caring for her.
Source: http://www.theindychannel.com/news/30672878/detail.html
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