#dogs -

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Important! Your pet's RFID chip number might have been disconnected this week.

Is your pet chipped? They should be. Do you know who made the chip?

Pet RFID chips are so small that there's really only room on them for a serial number. When your lost pet is brought to a shelter or a vet's office, they can scan the chip, read that number, and then type it into a program that draws from a series of linked databases to find your name and phone number. That's how they find you, and tell you that Silly Lilly von Wigglesbottom has gone wandering, and she's safe and sound, and would you come get her, please?

Texas-based Save This Life, which provided chips to vets and shelters all across the US, has all at once and abruptly gone dark; their database is just gone. Their customers were not given warning and so did not know to change their registration to another company. A lot of animals have basically become anonymous now.

If you don't know what company you've been using, call your vet's office and ask what pet chip number they have on file. If the chip number starts with 991 or 900164, it's probably a Save This Life chip.

If it turns out yours is one of the affected cases, the chip itself will still be fine! There's no need to add another, or anything like that. You'll just need to transfer the number to another company, and your vet should be able to recommend the one that they like the best.

[windwardrose]

As far as I can tell there are a few different types of dog, independent of sex or breeds but occasionally correlated - including among others -

eccentric roommate (lives here. does stuff. when you're lucky you know what it is before they do it.)

dubious peasant (generally agreeable but on the verge of plotting revolt if not handled appropriately and regularly)

adorable ward (is Baby, makes up for immaturity with cute looks)

sworn knight (serve you till the end of your days. plz give task. take on quest. affirm is good dog)

confused auntie (wants you to make good life choices, mostly just sits on chairs and judges you)

No Thoughts Just Vibes (average golden retriever in my experience and also borzoi)

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[niidsch]

Nintendogs Chihuahua & Friends (2005)

[happyheidi]

“𝖪𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖶𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖢𝖺𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋𝗅𝖾𝗒 (𝟣𝟪𝟫𝟧 - 𝟣𝟫𝟩𝟫) 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖴.𝖪’𝗌 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝗀 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝖼𝗎𝖾𝗋. 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖺 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗒 𝖽𝗈𝗀 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖺𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝟨𝟢𝟢 𝖽𝗈𝗀𝗌 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝟣𝟫𝟦𝟥 𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗅 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗇 𝟣𝟫𝟩𝟫.”

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[2828hi]

took me a second to realise that's not what it was 😭

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[frontmansdefender]

“How’s life?”

Me:

[pokemontaxonomy]

Hydrapple - Cydia draconis (γ)

(Closest mundane animal: Codling moth - Cydia pomonella)

Vaporeon - Potentia multi (β-aqua)

Shellder - Spondylus symbiote (α)

(Closest mundane animal: Spondylus varius)

I just think they're neat

the Vaporeon was a christmas gift from the other year.

[importantanimalstories]

This is Gilbert. He’s been around a while. Attributes his long life to many, many years of always getting what he wants

[victusinveritas]

Dogs have had many jobs throughout history, in this case: Revenge.

[take-a-dip-in-the-deadpool]

A bit of a palate cleanser for everyone.

[lurks-no-more]

"My dog did my homework."