Microchip Question

Very simple question. If a dog (Belly) was microchiped in another country(Brazil) will the microchip work here?

not positive but I think so. ask your vet, they will know for sure, and if they dont they can scan it and find out.

I went for a vet check up but the question slipped my mind Will have to wait for next month

We had this question on another forum. Not necessarily do all chips work from one country to another depending on which company you use. If you use Homeward bound as apposed to avid, the chip will not be readable by an avid scanner.

I know that Banfield was stating to use/implant microchips and they were similar to what is found in other countries (such as Europe) but the readers in the US were not compatable. They started to put out readers that could read the chip but I guess it didn't go so well b/c the stopped the program. Even the other chip in the US aren't all readable by the scanners that are out there. So if you have a chip and the shelter that finds your dog doesn't have that specific reader the chip is useless. The chips that Banfield was going to use was more comperable/compatable w/ the rest of the world.
It seems like they are more worried about making $ than they are about having all chips and reader the same. It's a great idea but people send so much on them and don't realize that they might not work they way they should. I mean if it is a major shelter you havea better chance or if they a microchipped and found locally. But what if you dog gets out and travels and is found by a small shelter that doesn't have that specific reader....???? Then that $ was wasted and you still have lost your pet.
Sorry this issue just irkes me. They could all be compatable and readable but each company doesn't want to loss $ to another.. so it's our pets that lose.