The absolute horror for any pet owner is to discover their beloved pet has escaped and is now lost. Although so many technologies exist to help re-unite owners and lost pets are out there, the most popular format is a microchip. But many studies are starting to show that there are considerable failures when it comes to the accuracy of a microchipped pet being re-united.

There has been a lot of awareness in recent years as to vaccines, and their side effects on humans and our precious pets. One of those is the shot for leptospirosis, a bacterial infection that affects many mammals, and can also be passed to humans. A vaccine has been widely distributed since 1999.