Dog Bleeds To Death After Being Chipped

[Truthed]

A fluffy bundle of life, love, and enthusiasm named Charlie Brown was laid to rest last week, the victim of a microchip implant gone horribly wrong. The long-haired, purebred Chihuahua bled to death in the arms of his distraught owners, Lori and Ed Ginsberg of Agua Dulce, California, just hours after undergoing the controversial chipping procedure.
“I wasn’t in favor of getting Charlie chipped, but it was the law,” said Lori Ginsberg, citing a Los Angeles county ordinance that requires all dog owners to chip their dogs once they reach four months of age. Dog owners who refuse to comply face a $250 fine for the first offense and up to six months in jail for continued non-compliance. “This technology is supposedly so great until it’s your animal that dies,” she said. “I can’t believe Charlie is gone. I’m just beside myself.”
Dr. Reid Loken, the board certified veterinarian who performed the chipping, confirmed on Friday that Charlie died from blood loss associated with the microchip. He cited “an extreme amount of bleeding” from the “little hole in the skin where the [microchip implant] needle went in” as the cause of death. He said he was both saddened and puzzled by Charlie’s death.
“I just don’t know what happened to him. We put the chip in the back in the shoulder blades, the standard place where we put them, and there really aren’t any major blood vessels in that area,” he said. “I don’t think it went in too deep; it was a pretty routine chipping.”

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[Tecnos]

My dog is chipped I had it done when I bought him..... I have no untoward stories about that....

However a couple of years ago, I was walking him on the local park and found a beautiful Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy, there was nobody else on the park... so I took him home, he had no tags or collar. A short while later, I took him to the the local vet where they scanned him with their wand.

It came up with no chip registered..... I took him home and fed him and gave him a bed for the night, my dog and the puppy got on like a house on fire!

The next day, I went back on the park to look for his owners where there was no sign of anyone, so I started door knocking in the local area, I was about to give up, when at one of the last houses I tried, a tearful woman opened the door, I didn't have the puppy with me, but when I asked if she had lost a dog, she said yes and showed me a picture....

Of course I took the dog back to them, I'll admit that I was a bit upset myself, it had goggly eyes and was a lovely little thing, I wanted to keep him. The owners offered me a reward... which to be honest was a bit insulting! (but in a nice way).

The point of the story is; how effective are these chips? The vet scanned the puppy a good few times, and couldn't find the chip, and it was only by the traditional method of schlepping about and knocking on doors that I found the owners!

Some things have to be said about traditional methods!

My lazy good for nothing mutt of a dog just moments ago, get up and chase some cats you lazy fat f*uker!

[Truthed]

The thing is they make it seem like there is no risks, well every news report i have seen anyway

[Tecnos]

I can only speak from my experience..... the only time I have had to take a dog for the chip to be used, it didn't work anyway!

I've got to say though, is the actual invasive procedure not statistically as risky as any invasive prosedure that involves injecting a human for a cannula transfer?

Can dogs suffer from haemophilia?

[kidflash2008]

My friend breeds dogs and has had all of them chipped without any problems. This case is sad, but the chip is a way to identify the owner if a dog gets lost or dognapped (which does happen).

[Tecnos]

Can dogs suffer from haemophilia?

I have since found out that: Yes, they can.......

http://www.news-medical.net/?id=12357

Progress in gene therapy to treat haemophilia has been impressive in the past few years. Gene therapy has been used to successfully treat haemophilia in dogs.

A leading researcher from Philadelphia USA, Professor Katherine High, is examining the obstacles to successful gene therapy in human patients with haemophilia. She hopes that the problems may be overcome in the next five years to develop a successful gene transfer approach for sufferers of haemophilia.

"It has taken approximately 5 - 8 years to move from a cure for haemophilia in mice to a cure in dogs. This has been achieved by multiple gene transfer strategies. Clinical studies have identified which aspects of gene transfer therapy in dogs are directly applicable in humans and have identified potential problems, such as mode of delivery, which must be overcome before applying this approach in humans," said High.

Professor High will review these exciting findings and the steps to achieving a successful outcome in humans at the XXth Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis & Haemostasis in Sydney this week.

http://www.researchaustralia.com.au/

[Tecnos]

And get the f*ck off my couch!

[Truthed]

I think getting your dog chipped could be a good idea, i posted more of the fact about humans getting chipped

[kidflash2008]

Tecnos, it sounds like your dog has selective hearing, only hearing the can opener or someone in the kitchen! Adorable dog.

[kidflash2008]

Truthed, I don't like the idea of people getting chipped. That to me is a big violation of privacy rights. I do not want Big Brother to know where I am 24/7, and that is the way it is moving toward in today's society. They will push to have it done to children to protect them from "stranger danger", then they will move to senior citizens and handicapped people. Soon, everyone will have a chip inside them, and the government will know where its citizens are anywhere, anytime.