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[RC] Microchipping website-DIY - rides2farMy question about ID's on horses has always been this: I have seen tons of horses go thru auctions with freeze brands on them, and nobody ever questioned them....so registering them, then turning them in as stolen, and then hoping the salebarn will look? I've thought about this and imagined me reporting my horse as stolen and a friendly policeman pulling over a big trailer to see if the stolen horse is in it. What cop would make them unload the horses, or remove blankets? I'm thinking I'd like a brand that's easy to describe (Rocking R or whatever) and in a spot that could be checked with a flashlight... Possibly even a small one on the cheek. Anybody ever seen anything like that? Too close to nerves or anything like that? I sat through a lecture from the state about the soon to be mandatory horse ID programs. They said that if you had a chip put in your horse, it's YOUR responsibility to buy the device that reads it and have it with you. That sounds pretty useless when it comes to finding stolen horses. Seems to me that if they're going to make this program *that* mandatory, they should settle on one type reader and let everyone have compatible chips. Angie (who just got yet ANOTHER generic gray Arab!) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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