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Tag Day slated for May 10 in Commerce
By Jody McIntier
May 2, 2008
Saturday, May 10, 2008, has been set aside as a time to take care of our furry friends. Tag Day is a wonderful time to get your pet updated on vaccinations, city tags, micro-chipping, and a bath. There will be a Children’s Pet Contest for kids under 12 from 1-3.
All pets are welcome, but must be restrained by their owner. Rabies vaccinations will be provided by Dr. Thompson from 1-3 for $5.00. Radar Rescue will be doing Micro-chipping for $20 from 1-3. The Commerce Animal Shelter will be doing City Tags and Pet Adoptions from 10-3. Commerce Humane Association will be doing Dog Washing from 10-3.
This will be a wonderful day for your furry friends! Come join the fun. You can find the action down town Commerce at the
Microchipping is a quick, non-surgical process that involves injecting a sterile microchip-about the size of a rice grain-between a pet’s shoulder blades. Each chip has an unalterable ID code that emits a signal on a specific radio frequency that enables animal shelters to locate owners should pets become lost.
The implanting procedure is painless, much like receiving a routine vaccination, and animals can’t feel it afterwards. The chip also has an antimigration cap that prevents movement in the pet’s body.
Each microchip has a 10-digit code that, once registered will become part of a national database. When an animal arrives at a shelter they are scanned to see if they have been microchipped. If he or she is microchipped, the special number is read and a quick phone call to the database operator tells the animal shelter who owns the animal.
Each year, more than 10 million pets pass through city/county shelters. More than half are not wearing collars or ID tags that would allow the shelter to reach their owners. The cost for handling these pets is nearly $1 billion a year.
A simple microchip could save your pets life. Every week we have someone call our shelter saying their pet is lost. Many times the owner states the pet has no identification, because it’s a house pet and never goes outside. Your pet can’t speak for itself – with a simple device you can be assured that your pet will come home if ever lost.
Remember to spay/neuter your pets. Help us reduce the number of unwanted pets in the shelters. If you are looking for a pet – please check your local shelters first. You can visit the animals at the Frank Barchard Shelter on Saturday from 10-2 or by appointment.
Call 903/496-2412 or email