Microchipping of pets has become as common place now as having your animal fixed. Infact both often happen around the same time in a young pets life.

Having your pet microchipped is a sure fire way to confirm the identity and ownership of your pet and when coupled with a great database recovery system, microchipping can speed the return of a lost pet to its owner.

AVID Canada has been running a pet recovery service since the mid 90's and they currently have nearly 1 million pets and owners in their Pettrac database.

The microchip is not a tracking or gps system but relies on the animal being found and then scanned with a handheld reader which identifies the microchip number. Nearly all shelters and rescues have microchip readers and any vet clinic is sure to have one, especially if they offer microchipping as one of their services.

AVID Canada distibutes microchip and reader products which are marketed by Petidco Sales & Marketing Ltd.

Petidco looks after all of the AVID Canada customer base from their head office in Calgary, Alberta.  You can visit them at http://www.petidco.com for more information.