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Permalink Reply by Marcie on July 18, 2013 at 5:16pm

The only thing I've heard of is that sometimes the chip slides from their neck down their shoulder. It doesn't hurt them, it just makes it harder to read the chip. You should have the chip checked when you go to the vet just in case.

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Permalink Reply by Nicole Edwards on July 18, 2013 at 6:35pm

I've also heard that sometimes the coding is incomplete and can't be read if they dog is ever lost.  It's an easy fix, just ask your vet after you've had it done, for the chip to be scanned as a double check.

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Permalink Reply by Jane on July 18, 2013 at 9:11pm

I've heard of them falling out or migrating, but other than that, nope.

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Permalink Reply by Linda on July 18, 2013 at 11:41pm

What all 3 below said.  Whenever you take you take your dog into the vet have the chip checked.  It's such an easy thing to do. 

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Permalink Reply by Rachael & Waffle on July 18, 2013 at 11:51pm

There's a possibility of chips causing tumors or even cancer.  The AVMA's stance is that malignant tumors only occur in strains of mice bred to be prone to cancer (studies were done on mice, not dogs), but what do you call a rottweiler or a golden retriever if not cancer-prone?  Not to mention, individual dogs may be more prone to cancer than others.

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Permalink Reply by Ashley Vicari on July 19, 2013 at 9:40pm

I got my corgi micro-chipped and he has not have had a problem with it.

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