The Nose Knows More Than You Think!

It turns out that while micro chips are the instrument of choice for most pet identifications, dogs can can be identified by their nose prints. In fact, if you look closely at your dog's nose, you can probably see lines that form patterns, similar to fingerprints.

The Canadian Kennel Club has been accepting dog nose prints as proof of identity since 1938 and in many ways, can be more reliable. Dog tags can be lost and micro chips can malfunction. Collecting nose prints is actually easy, painless and ink free and a company called ID Systems Integrators provides a Dognose ID kit for taking the prints.

Once the company receives your prints, they are entered into a data base and you are sent a Pet Identity card with your dog's name and nose print! Should your dog get lost, all you have to do is call ID Systems Integrators and they do the rest. The nose print is faxed to every shelter and vet within the owner's area. OF course, these shelters and vets would have to have nose print records as well in order for the system to work, which it apparently does in Canada.

So how about it? Would you be willing to register your dog's nose print rather than get a microchip?