Stolen Staffs

We Have been having loads of staffs stolen from gardens in the S.Wales area recently, chipped ones too and unless they are scanned no one is the wiser that a particular dog has been stolen.. I have a 13 week old staffy and being so worried she'l disapear have to stand out the garden if she goes out there.. my question is... if i loose my iphone i can track it to where it is.... why cant they do that in a dogs microchip as well???

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Hi and welcome to the forum from Rocky and me.

Very good question regarding the microchip, I asked my hubby that very recently too.

Thats a good question and a great idea.. You should patent that right now

Hi and welcome from Kia and me,
that is a very good question, i presume it would make a microchip a lot more expensive to manufacture if it had GPS,
i know that you can get a GPS collar so you can track your dog, but they are also quite expensive and would not be any good if it was stolen as the collar could just be removed. ask at your vets they may be able to find out for you,
hope this is of help.

Hello and welcome. Its a very good question. Hope some of those stolen staffies are back home.

welcome, that a good question

Hello and welcome from me and the kids

Personally if I went to the vet and he offered me a GPS chip for a £100 instead of a normal chip for £20 I would take it every time . It has to be a great idea and can only assume that it's been thought of already but who knows. The uses are endless. If they had identification feedback to units then dog wardens and police could make great use of them , owners would have great peace of mind and it could be a massive step forward in dog control

hi from me and the boys

Hello and welcome to the forum

hia from me and sasha

That is a good idea.
Off to ask the engineering dept at uni what they can do....

iv been thinking the same thing too, be great if anyone knows if this is possible

Hi and welcome Xx

Hello and welcome! Absolutely great idea! I would have thought that it would be possible, surprised its not around already!

there is only one dog i know of that can be tracked (via gps) like that

Hi and welcome from us and Suki

Thanks for the welcome guys... Loving the K9 Eddie.. lol.. it was just a thought as some of the dogs losses were on friends facebook and i was looking on phone.... i think its a good idea and i will be calling in vets on way past monday to ask about it/why its not already used..

Hi and welcome from me, Millie and Bella