Sophie and her owner Jordan were reunited thanks to a microchip. (Credit: Cincinnati Animal CARE)
CINCINNATI – A dog in Ohio was reunited with her owner in California thanks to a microchip, an animal shelter said.
Cincinnati Animal CARE said on March 4, the dog, called “Sophie,” was gotten in a regional area by a county authorities.
When vets situated the dog’s microchip, it revealed that she came from a man called Jordan, a truck driver based in California.
According to the animal shelter, Jordan had actually worked for a business that didn’t permit him to bring his family pet with him on the roadway.
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Knowing this, Jordan made the difficult choice to offer his dog away to another California family.
However, because that time, Sophie was rehomed numerous times, ultimately winding up in Ohio.
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The shelter said Sophie and Jordan are now reunited, and his existing company enables truck drivers to bring their animals on the roadway.
The shelter said one in 3 animals will end up being lost eventually in their life, and 90% of those without recognition never ever return home.
The desire owners to get their animals microchip and state it’s a safe, pain-free and long-term treatment.
Microchips are small transponders that interact your family pet’s ID details through radio frequencies. Each chip has to do with the size of a grain of rice, and a veterinarian typically implants it under your family pet’s skin in between the shoulder blades.
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A registration number that represents details on file about your family pet is coded into the chip, so that a scanner can quickly check out the radio frequency and obtain information about your cat’s or dogs identity.
The Associated Press added to this report. This story was reported from Los Angeles.
