QR Dog Tags – The appliance of science

Paul | blog | January 10, 2012

One of the tabs on the homepage of pedigreedogs.ie is the information regarding Microchipping

This was suggested to me by Veterinary Ireland, due to the amount of dogs that turn up at veterinary practices around Ireland, with no sign of a chip, or if there is, the owners details are incorrect (New ownership details not updated)

Now the majority of my internet browsing has to do with funnily enough, dogs, and whilst trawling through some dog related web sites last night (before I went to see The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – Great film by the way) I came across Petqrtag

This company produces QR codes that are imbedded on a tag to be worn on your dogs collar – a QR code is basically a two-dimensional barcode, and in this particular usage, allows you to input as much information in relation to your dog / pet as you wish. If then your dog / pet goes missing and is found wearing one of these pet id tags with the QR code on it, somebody with a smart phone / iPhone with a QR scanner app can scan the tag and find out instantly who owns the dog with full contact details and whether s/he is on medication etc, as per the following

Great idea in my opinion and just another example of the technologically advanced world we are living in being adapted for our dogs and other pets.