Lost dog

How to Report a Dog Lost Using Its Microchip

If your dog is missing, identify the database as quickly as possible and use the provider's lost-pet reporting process. Also use appropriate local lost-pet channels rather than relying on the microchip record alone.

Immediate checklist

  • Find the chip number.
  • Identify the database.
  • Mark the pet missing with the database if that service is available.
  • Confirm your phone and email details are current.
  • Contact relevant local organisations and vets and continue active searching.
PetChipHelp is an independent guidance service. We can help identify the database and explain the process, but official microchip records are changed by the database provider that holds the registration.

Have the microchip number?

Check which database appears to hold the record, then go straight to the right provider.

Check the chip number