3 Types Of ID Your Dog Needs & Why

One morning our Shiloh Shepherd, Teddy Blue, was barking nonstop at something just outside the mudroom door—a sweet yellow Lab waiting patiently to come inside.

After downing about half of Teddy’s water in a few sloppy glugs and gobbling down some treats, we checked the Lab for any kind of ID, but her bare collar didn’t have any tags, and a microchip scan at the local humane society came back negative.

With no leads, we put up flyers, crossed our fingers, and waited. About a week later, her family spotted one of the flyers and called us. Maggie the Lab was happily reunited with her humans, who’d spent the past week worried and searching for their escape-artist pup.

Eventually, we found Maggie’s people, but it would’ve been a lot faster if she’d had ID—home would’ve been just a phone call away.