Dog tags

[MuffinsMum]

Muffin has address (including postcode), mobile and land line numbers plus "I am microchipped and neutered".  After all of that there wasn't room for my name aswell 

[Helen]

my current tags are these - and I can really recommend the deep engraved ones, no problem reading them almost after a year.

http://www.collarsandtags.co.uk/30mm-medium-deep-engraved-metal-paw-p-453.html

on front with paw I have "I'm microchipped"

on back I have my surname, mobile(s) (mine & OH), street name & postcode.

all fits perfectly.

[Maria n Dennis]

i have dennis on the front  (didnt realise i shouldnt )

and my phone number and "microchipped" on the back

[Lee67]

my current tags are these - and I can really recommend the deep engraved ones, no problem reading them almost after a year.

http://www.collarsandtags.co.uk/30mm-medium-deep-engraved-metal-paw-p-453.html

on front with paw I have "I'm microchipped"

on back I have my surname, mobile(s) (mine & OH), street name & postcode.

all fits perfectly.

Poppy's is from coolarsandtags too (as is her collar, I would also really recommend their website)

it says surname, phone number, spayed-ID chip, house number street name and postcode.

[PennyB]

The Control of Dogs Order 1992 mandates that any dog in a public place must wear a collar with the name and address (including post code) of the owner engraved or written on it, or engraved on a tag.  Telephone number is optional (but advisable)

If your dog causes an accident (road etc) or be in a public place you can face a fine of up to £5000 if your dog does not wear an identifcation tag without the correct information.

Many training classes (especially the KC Good Citizen Awards) also check the tags for this information and won't "pass" the dog until the tag complies with this; so even if you don't want your dog to wear a tag with this info on when you are out, it may be necessary to have one that you can put on for training classes! 

I have heard that some dog wardens are increasingly seeing dog-tag compliance as an easy way to meet their targets for prosecutions/fines for the year; it is a lot easier to fine someone who has a dog with them which has a tag that isn't legal than it is to track down the owner of a stray dog with no tag at all 

In Cardiff I know they're not mainly as they were the ones who said it was fine for me to do this plus with only 2 wardens for a city the size of Cardiff from 9 till 4 when they spend their time picking strays up or are in court over dangerous dogs or should be fining people over dog mess I beleive this is way down on their list of priorities.

[Mrs K]

Molly has our surname and address on one side and my mob and home phone numbers on the other. I bought 5 off ebay for about £5 in total as she loses them (and her collars!) so frequently 

[Beth]

i have dennis on the front  (didnt realise i shouldnt )

To be fair, anyone living within about 3 miles of me knows Jarvis' name, it doesn't have to be on the tag, and he ignores anyone calling him except me or his granny anyway So i don't think it's that much of a risk.

Having recently found a dog with a tag but without an address and getting no answer on the phone, i would always recommend having address on there. Mine have my name, number, and home address. Planning to get new ones with "chipped and neutered" on as well as t'other info.

[supergirl]

Having recently found a dog with a tag but without an address and getting no answer on the phone, i would always recommend having address on there. Mine have my name, number, and home address. Planning to get new ones with "chipped and neutered" on as well as t'other info.

Is a good point - the local Dog Warden gave a talk at our dog class and pointed out, that even having house no. and postcode doesn't help them (or whoever finds your dog) as if they pick up a dog at night, they don't have access to equipment/computers to give the full address, so just adds to the length of time it will take to get your dog back.

[JennyBee]

my current tags are these - and I can really recommend the deep engraved ones, no problem reading them almost after a year.

http://www.collarsandtags.co.uk/30mm-medium-deep-engraved-metal-paw-p-453.html

on front with paw I have "I'm microchipped"

on back I have my surname, mobile(s) (mine & OH), street name & postcode.

all fits perfectly.

That’s what Brodie has! (the pink one ).  I love that website, got her a gorgeous collar from there as well.

I have ‘I’m chipped and neutered’ on the front, with my name, address and home phone number on the back.  There is a mobile number on the answering machine so I didn’t bother putting that on…

I don’t think it would make a difference if Brodie’s name was on it or not, she’d answer to anything

[Countrygirl]

The Control of Dogs Order 1992 mandates that any dog in a public place must wear a collar with the name and address (including post code) of the owner engraved or written on it, or engraved on a tag.  Telephone number is optional (but advisable)

If your dog causes an accident (road etc) or be in a public place you can face a fine of up to £5000 if your dog does not wear an identifcation tag without the correct information.

I personally just have mobile and home number on mine regardless of legislation, which is my own choice and not advocating it for everyone

I have exactly the same.  I don't have Ellie's name as she will go to anyone who calls her and I don't have our address because people would then know where to come and steal her.

[Maria n Dennis]

i have dennis on the front  (didnt realise i shouldnt )

To be fair, anyone living within about 3 miles of me knows Jarvis' name, it doesn't have to be on the tag, and he ignores anyone calling him except me or his granny anyway So i don't think it's that much of a risk.

Having recently found a dog with a tag but without an address and getting no answer on the phone, i would always recommend having address on there. Mine have my name, number, and home address. Planning to get new ones with "chipped and neutered" on as well as t'other info.

the reason i only put phone number and chipped on was because the tag is only little , i just thought that if they couldnt reach me on the phone then if they scanned him it would come up with his address 

i will however , when he gets a bigger tag have everything on it 

[Beth]

i have dennis on the front  (didnt realise i shouldnt )

To be fair, anyone living within about 3 miles of me knows Jarvis' name, it doesn't have to be on the tag, and he ignores anyone calling him except me or his granny anyway So i don't think it's that much of a risk.

Having recently found a dog with a tag but without an address and getting no answer on the phone, i would always recommend having address on there. Mine have my name, number, and home address. Planning to get new ones with "chipped and neutered" on as well as t'other info.

the reason i only put phone number and chipped on was because the tag is only little , i just thought that if they couldnt reach me on the phone then if they scanned him it would come up with his address 

i will however , when he gets a bigger tag have everything on it 

Sorry that wasn't very clear, wasn't nagging you was just a general thing to add to the thread that it can make the difference between a dog going missing for a few minutes or a few hours.

[Maria n Dennis]

i have dennis on the front  (didnt realise i shouldnt )

To be fair, anyone living within about 3 miles of me knows Jarvis' name, it doesn't have to be on the tag, and he ignores anyone calling him except me or his granny anyway So i don't think it's that much of a risk.

Having recently found a dog with a tag but without an address and getting no answer on the phone, i would always recommend having address on there. Mine have my name, number, and home address. Planning to get new ones with "chipped and neutered" on as well as t'other info.

the reason i only put phone number and chipped on was because the tag is only little , i just thought that if they couldnt reach me on the phone then if they scanned him it would come up with his address 

i will however , when he gets a bigger tag have everything on it 

Sorry that wasn't very clear, wasn't nagging you was just a general thing to add to the thread that it can make the difference between a dog going missing for a few minutes or a few hours.

understand completely , i didnt take it the wrong way  i just thought id explain why , i had put the info on that i had .

when i get him his next tag i will definatly add other information mentioned on here.

[little_jack]

Jack has two tags on his collar atm as I bought him a new one and just never thought about taking old off  I will get round to it though. It has my name, address, home number, mobile number and microchipped on it. Not all on one side of course  . I dont think anyone would be able to get close enough to Jack to look at his collar though 

[Rats and Dogs]

Gari has a Keep Safe tag, it has their phone number and his personal ID no. Apparently, this complies with current legislation that all dogs should have owners details on the tag, not necessarily displayed on the tag though. If he got lost, anyone finding him can phone the number, quote his ID and they will phone me and give me the finder's number to call and be reunited with him.

I found a dog last year who had this tag, her owner was reunited with her within 10 minutes. Funnily enough, I knew the dog as I had rehomed her to the owner in the rescue centre - small world!