Dog Owners of the Granite State

HB1417 – allowing companion dogs in certain areas of restaurants adds:

“A restaurant owner may allow, at the restaurant owner’s discretion, any person possessing a properly disciplined companion dog inside his or her place of business. Such dogs shall not be allowed in food preparation or production areas. Restaurant owners allowing companion dogs shall prominently display a sign at all public entrances advising patrons that companion dogs are allowed on the premises.”

to RSA 466:44 Dogs; Restaurants and Food Stores.

Many years ago, DOGS helped to get passed a law that requires  animal shelters to scan for microchips when an animal arrives at their facilities.  One problem has always been determining which registry the owner may have used.  Now, thanks to the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA), there is a central location to look up microchip numbers.  Their database includes microchips registered with AKC CAR, HomeAgain, Petlink by Datamars and ResQ by Bayer (AVID, Banfield and 24PetWatch are not included).

The site is www.petmicrochiplookup.org When you enter a microchip number, if it is registered with one of the participating registries, you will be given the number of the proper registry to call to get more information.