Next steps after you have the microchip id#

1) Either take a snapshot of scanner screen or write down chip #

The number should be either 9, 10 or 15 digits depending on the manufacturer.

THEN:

2) Call a vet or animal shelter with the id # you have found, give them a description of the

pet and your contact information. They will take it from there. If you would like a list of

vets/shelters in your area that have agreed to assist with this, please see attached list (you

can take a picture of this list or go to our website at Whosepaws.org). Also, please note

that although a vet office or animal shelter may not appear on this list, most – if not all –

are happy to assist.

OR if you do not want to get assistance from local vets or animal shelters you

can follow instructions from aaha.org (site of lookup tool)

2) Enter the microchip id number (no spaces or punctuation) at

www.petmicrochiplookup.org or call AKC Reunite at 1(800) 252-7894 to get a list of

registries to contact to find pet owner information.

3) Starting with the first company on the list (the most recent registry), call each company

on the “Microchip enrolled with” list to see if that is the registry that has the pet owner

information.

Note: Some microchips - especially those starting with the numbers 900 - cannot be tracked to

a single provider. By using the lookup tool, you will get a list of companies to contact to find

the pet owner or for registration purposes.

Sometimes microchips are not registered to individual pets. When this happens, the registry

lookup will return a list of companies that might have sold that microchip. Contact those

companies and ask for the “trackback” information of who purchased that microchip. That

organization may have the pet owner’s contact information.

A failed search means that the registry could not be checked for the microchip you entered.

This is out of AAHA’s control and you will want to try your search again at a later time.