Animal tags are required in Homewood and Flossmoor, but they aren’t a foolproof way to get a lost pet back. The best and easiest method is implanting a radio frequency identification microchip into the pet.
It’s a simple process. The veterinarian injects the chip under the skin as though administering a shot. The chip is about the size of a grain of rice and is usually implanted between the shoulder blades, explained Catherine Waters, a certified veterinarian tech at…


