AnimalFace is the first cartographic database of chipped dogs, cats and other animals in Russia and the CIS countries, combined with the largest international search system EuroPetNet. The database contains information about animals, where microchips and NFC tags are used as identification. Information about your pet will be available in more than 40 countries around the world. Thus, providing complete information for customs and veterinary services, including data on vaccinations in electronic form.
A unique feature of our service is the search for microchipped animals all over the world. In just a few seconds, our system will search multiple databases around the world.
We attach a very important role to the reliability and relevance of the data, which, in turn, helps in the event of the loss of an animal to ensure that it is returned to its owner. According to statistics, the probability of returning an identified animal is about 90% . The innovative technologies used create an information community for animal owners and organizations whose field of activity is related to animals. Special services have been created for our users to maintain, record and search for data on both microchipped animals and those lost or found in Russia, the CIS countries and Europe.
Our mission is to popularize the electronic identification system as a modern method to protect your animal from loss, theft, as well as for accurate identification when selling or crossing the border. The database of microchipped animals creates a new electronic passport format that cannot be lost and gives you peace of mind for your pet, wherever you are.
If you want to learn more, we suggest you read the article microchipping animals.
GPS monitoring to determine the location of animals
Thanks to the GPS satellite surveillance system, you can track your dog's location with high accuracy. Attaching a transmitter or beacon to an animal's body allows its movement to be monitored. The owner can detect and control the pet's route on the map.
What is it, features of use
The transmitter for dogs should be attached to the collar. It will not cause discomfort to the animal and will not affect its health. The device can be disguised as a medallion, and if the dog is stolen, it will not attract the attention of an intruder. A miniature chip inside exchanges data with the satellite.
The GPS beacon allows you to control:
- location accurate to 5 meters;
- going beyond the zone designated by the dog’s owner, which represents the virtual border of the territory where the object may be located;
- pet's physical activity.
The satellite observation dog sensor can be produced in the following modifications:
- for small breeds – miniature;
- medium – for large dogs;
- There are large chips for large farm animals.
This chip allows you to monitor the movement of the animal
This is a must know
Dog owners should consider the following:
- Chipping can be done as early as 45-50 days of the puppy’s life.
- Make sure your doctor scans the microchip before the implantation procedure begins and after the device is inserted under the skin.
- After microchipping, carefully inspect the implantation site to make sure that the injection was done correctly and that the chip went under the skin and did not remain in the fur.
- One to two weeks after the procedure, take the time to visit the veterinary clinic and check if the microcircuit is in place.
- When bringing your pet for a routine examination, be sure to ask the doctor to scan the microchip. This way you will make sure that it is in good working order and that it has not “migrated” anywhere.
- Be sure to paste stickers with an individual barcode into the veterinary passport and into the pedigree of your pet.
To summarize, I would like to note that despite possible deviations, most dog breeders are still satisfied that they had their pet microchipped.
Once we decided that our Jack would travel with us, we also went to the veterinary clinic and had him microchipped. Now we can safely travel with him around our country and abroad, without worrying that our beloved little dog will sit and wait for us while we have fun. Now we try to always take it with us, and this is a huge plus.
Despite the fact that currently implantation of a microchip is considered one of the most progressive and reliable methods of identifying an animal, you should not abandon proven methods. A clearly marked brand, address card or information about the owner indicated on the animal’s collar increases the chances of finding and returning a lost tailed dog home.
Take care of your pets!
Advantages and disadvantages of chipping
The advantages of the device include:
- the ability to determine the owner of a lost pet;
- microchipping allows you to prove ownership of the dog;
- Using the chip data, you can make sure that the purchased puppy is exactly the one that was previously selected;
- the chip helps prevent the substitution of an animal at an international competition or exhibition;
- the chip simplifies the search for a missing animal;
- each transponder receives a personal code that cannot be replaced or matched;
- the safe material from which the device is made does not grow into soft tissues and does not move along the body of the four-legged friend;
- The product body is made of bioinert glass, so the chip does not cause an allergic reaction or rejection by the body.
Important! Location-based chips for animals are not regulated by law and their use is voluntary. When crossing the border, your pet must have a chip.
Microchipping is a voluntary procedure.
Experts attribute only precautionary measures to the disadvantages of microchipping:
- do not comb or bathe the dog after the procedure;
- the animal may begin to scratch the area on its body with the chip; access can be limited using a special collar.
What does the dog's mark mean and where?
If you keep a purebred dog, then it must have a brand. All breeders are well aware of where it needs to be placed: for this purpose, a place is chosen on the inside of the right thigh or right ear. In essence, the brand is a regular tattoo.
The branding procedure for dogs must take place in the place of their birth. Thanks to it, you can determine the club or nursery where the animal was bred. Usually the mark contains a combination of several letters and numbers:
- by the first you can recognize a club or nursery;
- according to the second - the serial number of the animal in this club.
However, the stigma acquires the greatest value in the event of a missing dog. Then, if random people come across a lost animal, then, by looking at the brand, they can easily determine its owner. It is enough to contact the club, which can provide complete information about the dog’s owner.
Today, the procedure for branding purebred dogs is under the jurisdiction of the RKF. The key document defining the rules of operation of this organization is the RKF regulation on breeding work. According to it:
- the procedure for branding puppies must be carried out by representatives of a cynological organization or kennel;
- every animal that is included in the RKF database must have a brand;
- The mark is placed in the area of the dog’s ear or groin;
- after installing an identifying tattoo, its code must be registered with the RKF;
- If desired, the dog owner can add a microchip in addition to the brand, but this operation should only be carried out by a veterinarian.
Tag on a dog's collar - dog passport
In some cases, the tags on the dog's collar are enough to find a lost dog. But she can only help if the dog ends up with honest people, then you can expect that the pet will return to its owner pretty soon. But if you have already lost hope that the dog will be returned to its previous owner, the new owner should find out the name and age of the animal.
How to properly chip a dog
To find an animal using a chip, you need to install it correctly. The procedure should be carried out in a veterinary clinic or dog training center. A microchip can be installed on puppies from the age of 1 month. The dog does not need special preparation for the procedure.
Note! For long-haired breeds, the chip is inserted into the left shoulder blade or withers; for pets with short hair, the chip is inserted into the inner thigh.
Before carrying out the procedure, a specialist must check the functionality of the device. First you need to take it out of the sterile packaging and place it in a syringe. The puncture site on the pet’s body should be treated with alcohol. The procedure is painless and no anesthesia is required. Tissues are not injured due to the introduction of fluid.
Entering an animal into the database
When the chip implantation procedure is completed, the owner needs to learn how to find a dog by chip. First you need to register the chip in the database. This process is performed by the doctor who performed the implantation. The owner of the animal is obliged to check that registration has been carried out. Since the chip contains a number made up of numbers, all information about the pet must be entered into the database. With its help, the pet owner, the veterinary clinic, the kennel club, the catching service and the persons who found the dog in the event of its loss will be linked together.
The database carries out:
- search for animals;
- communication between owners;
- search for veterinary institutions in the desired regions.
The animal's card includes information about the pet and its owner, a photo of the animal, and contact details of the institution where the chip was implanted. The dog owner can control all data in a city or village.
Pet card in the database
There are the most popular national databases:
- AnimalFace, which works with the international databases Petmaxx and EuroPetNet;
- Animal-ID, part of the international Petmaxx database.
Registration can be carried out in one of these databases with minimal differences. Both of them cooperate with the international search system Petmaxx, which helps to determine the location of microchipped pets in databases of 32 countries in the world.
Knowing how the implanted device works, it becomes clear how to find the dog’s owner using the chip. To obtain data, a special device is used - a scanner. It is capable of reading most chips from different manufacturers. It should be held over the site where the implant is supposed to be placed at a distance from the skin of up to 25 cm. After this, a digital code is displayed on the screen, which is transmitted to the server. This allows you to search the Internet for the location of the dog's owner.
Note! Using a pocket version of the scanner and NFC contactless communication technology, using your phone, you can find out the so-called registration of any animal you come across with a chip.
This allows every pet owner to understand how to find a microchipped dog using a scanner. Devices are stationary, portable and pocket-sized. They operate at a frequency of 134 kHz in a temperature range from -25 °C to +40 °C. Their memory is 128 bits. When the code is entered into the Internet database, data about the owner and dog becomes available and can be easily found.
Why spend extra money if there is already a stigma?
Today in Russia, all purebred dogs are necessarily branded before they are sold. The brand is letters (belonging to a club or kennel) and numbers (puppy number). That is, there is no connection to the owner. If the breeder suddenly decides that there is no need to return the lost puppy, the owner may never know that his pet was found and given to other people. A chip is a link directly to the owner, while a brand is used to find a breeder.
Stigma is painful (like getting a tattoo) and in some ways dangerous (the possibility of infection from a dirty needle and inflammation of the injured skin). Of course, dogs have a higher pain threshold, but many puppies still squirm and squeak when pricked by a thin needle. The most obvious consequence of worrying during stamping is the lack of clarity of the design. In addition, the tattoo wears off over time - it fades and sooner or later blurs, even if the puppies were branded by an experienced dog handler with the highest quality machine. An unreadable brand is easy to update, but owners always put off this procedure until later. But scammers who resell dogs always immediately interrupt the stigma by adding dash sticks over the old number. And the person who finds the dog may simply not notice the mark hidden by the thick fur.
For these reasons, branding has long been abandoned in the USA and Europe; puppies there are microchipped before sale (many Russian breeders do the same). RKF will certainly follow this excellent example in the near future, since the advantages of an indestructible and inseparable chip over a short-lived tattoo are obvious. In addition, microchipping of dogs for traveling abroad is gradually becoming a requirement. For example, a dog without a chip will no longer be allowed into the States and Europe.
From a financial point of view, branding is, of course, cheaper: the cost of microchipping in Russia in 2014 is about 1,200 rubles, and the cost of branding one puppy is about 350 rubles. But the advantages of the chip more than cover the “extra” expenses. Residents of large cities can also have their dogs microchipped for free by contacting a public clinic. Similar promotions to attract owners are held several times a year; you can find out about the dates directly at the clinic. In both capitals of Russia, animals are microchipped for free all the time, outside the deadlines (the only condition is that the owner must have Moscow or St. Petersburg registration). The addresses of public clinics providing this service can be found online or at your local kennel club.
Finding a lost dog using a chip
Not all pet owners know whether it is possible to find a dog using a chip. If your pet is lost or stolen, you need to contact the Unified Database of Microchipped Animals.
What to do if you lose your microchipped pet
On the official website of the dog chip database there is a virtual bulletin board where information about finding pets is posted. The owner of the dog must fill out an advertisement according to the provided sample, which will immediately go to the “Animals Wanted” page. The dog’s electronic passport card will display a note about its loss.
The database of chipped dogs allows you to find out information about the search on all search engines on the Internet within a day. If the dog's thieves try to take it outside the state or go to a veterinary clinic, when you scan the chip and enter the verification code, you will be able to see information that the pet is wanted.
Pets with a chip remain in the database for a long time
After a while, you need to monitor the activity of the application in the database on the website. If chipping was carried out a long time ago and there is no data, you should fill out the registration application yourself. The safety of a pet depends primarily on the vigilance and attentiveness of the owner.
Types of branding
There are many situations where a tattoo helped to find a lost animal. In addition, the tattoo provides buyers with the guarantee that they will receive the purebred puppy that they initially chose when inspecting the litter. Also, the branding procedure is mandatory if the dog is planned to be sent to Russian and international exhibitions.
Animal identification is possible in two main ways:
- by tattoo;
- by chip.
The second option is more preferable, since searching for an owner using a dog’s brand takes more time than if an electronic chip is implanted into it. If the animal runs away or is stolen, you can determine its exact location in just a few minutes. However, if breeding purebred puppies is not just your hobby, but also a means of earning money, then applying a tattoo is also desirable, since it can be used to track the dog’s pedigree, which, in turn, will increase its value.
If there's nothing
What to do when you find a dog on the street, but there is no mark or chip? Moreover, it is clear that the animal is purebred, as evidenced by its exterior, but it is impossible to check the presence of a pedigree and find out which kennel the dog is from. In this case, it will not be possible to check the pedigree; you will have to look for the owners in other ways.
In correspondence or telephone conversation with the owner, be sure to ask for the animal’s name, age, and special features. The owner wants to come pick up the dog? Very cool, just let him take his passports with him, both his own and the veterinarian’s. Isn't there any of this? To no, as they say, there is no trial.
What if the owner threatens to write a statement to the police, considering the person who found the dog guilty of stealing it? If there are no documents confirming that the animal is the property of this person, the latter will not be able to do anything. Be that as it may, a dog is property, and property requires certain documents. In our case, a pedigree indicating the initials of the owner.
Why do you need a pedigree at all?
First of all, in order to have proof of the purebred dog and its belonging to a certain breed. Pedigree is not a panacea for all ills; there are dogs from good kennels with an excellent pedigree, but a problematic psyche. However, this document gives at least some kind of guarantee to the owner.
The second point is what is described above. Pedigree is the main canine document. If an animal is lost or stolen, it will be much easier to return the pet. Dogs registered with the RKF must have a mark, which can be used to identify the nursery where the animal was taken from, contact the owner and return the pet to him.
Registration of animal owners in the EDB Animal-ID.RU
How to register as an owner of microchipped animals in the unified database Animal-ID.RU and link all your animals to your profile.
Why is registration and profile management done?
- For clarity of information about a microchipped animal;
- To speed up communication with you in cases of loss/theft of your pet;
By default, the card of a chipped animal on the portal contains only brief information about the animal itself and data from the clinic or nursery where the chipping was carried out. This allows you to make sure that it is this particular animal, and not any other of a similar gender, breed, or color. And also contact the clinic, nursery, whose coordinates are indicated in the map, and with their help, inform the owner in cases where a lost item is found.
When the owner registers on the Animal-ID.RU portal and fills out the profile of both the owner and the pet, the search result by microchip number looks completely different and much more informative.
What benefits await you:
- You can independently update your contact information about your location or method of communication at any time;
- You eliminate intermediaries and accordingly speed up the process of returning a lost pet or resolving other issues;
- You can change the data in your pet’s card (Name, Color, Tattoo, Additional information or special features);
- Upload photos of your pet, which will be displayed as an interactive gallery;
- Get consultation, help, advice using the Animal-ID.RU Forum.
The difference is obvious, the pet card linked to your profile immediately makes it clear that this animal has an owner who loves and cares for it!
Now about how to register and manage your profile
- On the main page of the portal https://animal-id.ru, in the upper right corner, click on the “Registration” link;
- Fill out the form that opens, the fields marked * are required, and click on the “Registration” button.
- The account has been created and you have received a message that it was created successfully. No additional activation required;
- To log in to any page of the portal, click on the “Login” link in the upper right corner of the page;
- In the form that opens, enter in the “Login” field your e-mail, which you specified during registration, in its entirety with @ and everything after it, and in the “Password” field the correspondingly specified password. Pay attention to the layout and case of the characters you enter. Feature: if the login-password combination is entered incorrectly three times, authorization occurs with the simultaneous entry of login + password + verification code (multi-colored curved letters and numbers) in a separate field. If it doesn’t work, then contact technical support. You can judge the success of authorization by the changed picture of the lock (it will be open), the “Login” link will change to “My Profile”. Authorization on the portal and the Forum is uniform, i.e. By logging in to the portal, you are automatically logged in to the Forum;
- User profile - you can go to it using the “My Profile” link. It has three sections: Personal data - here the owner fills out the fields at his own discretion and can display the data or hide it;
- Attached animals - here you manage the profiles (cards) of your pets. You can attach the card to yourself, add a description to it, or vice versa, unlink the card from your profile when transferring the animal to another owner;
- Settings - in this section you can change the password for your account on the EDB Animal-ID.RU portal.
- Go to the “Attached Animals” section;
As a result of the actions taken, we see the profile of the animal, which we can edit. If there are several attached animals, you can switch between their profiles by clicking on the corresponding thumbnail. You can leave questions, additions, and suggestions in the Administrative section of the Animal-ID.RU Forum.
