It seems to be a recurring theme around here. From Quinnett Daily:
Lizzie Belle is a 21st century pooch.After the canine ran away a few weeks ago, a tiny microchip the size of a grain of rice returned Lizzie Belle to her doting family and spared her from being euthanized.
“This chip has saved my dog’s life,” said Angela Gray, Lizzie Belle’s human mother.
Gray adopted Lizzie Belle from the Barrow County Humane Society and had the chip implanted into her new pet when she received vaccinations.
Lizzie’s odyssey wasn’t the first time she’d escaped from her home.
The pup with a penchant for running took off from the Grays’ home shortly after the chip was implanted, but a collar identifying her as a microchipped dog had her back home within two hours.The second time, however, the clever canine freed herself from the confines of her collar and ran.
“While we were at work, she got completely out of her collar,” Gray said. “It was still lying on the ground when we got home.”
Two or three days later, someone from the Oconee County Animal Shelter called Gray to tell her Lizzie Belle had turned up in their territory. The shelter did not euthanize the dog because she was implanted with the chip, a standard protocol, according to Nancy Gaudino with the Auburn Animal Hospital.