[r_barton]

I refused to put one of those chips in my dogs. The vet pushed it, but I said NO!

[Lera]

[[I refused to put one of those chips in my dogs. The vet pushed it, but I said NO!]]

Find a new vet .
There is lots of reports of the chips migrating and causing infections . I know that at least in horses the chip causes TUMORS

[HiTech RedNeck]

Good thing, or your dog would secretly go and buy Gravy Train or Ken-L-Ration, charging it to your account.

[Salamander]

Dog was lost for *two years* but found, thanks to his chip.

http://barkpost.com/good/dog-recognizes-his-human-after-two-years/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=im

This is just one of hundreds of stories of chips bringing dogs home, every year.

Those “scary studies” were done on mice, which have a different biology than dogs.

My dogs’ safe return *far* outweighs some theoretical, wholly unproven “cancer” link.

At this time, I have dogs who have been chipped for 3, 7, 9 and 10 years and they have utterly *no* sign of adverse effects, whatsoever.

In my area, dogs are commonly stolen for bait dogs and puppy mill breeding.

The “lucky ones”, who are discovered by puppy millers, to be neutered, are dumped *far* from where they were stolen and now there’s a state-wide network, utilizing their microchips, that help them get back home again.

Your vet was trying to help you and your dog, God forbid, it ever becomes lost.