that is so sad. but i must admit one of my Friends considered the colour of his dog before he got it. he wears black suits alot of the time so wanted a black dog to minimize the appearance of hairs on his work cloths. so he got a black lab.
my girls are all chipped apart form Echo who will be getting done soon. they were also tatooed by the breeder, and waire an indigo tag on there collar that should never come off when they are running about. http://www.indigocollartags.com/ would recomend them.
i dont know if this is still true but last i heard it is not the law that the police should have a microchip scanner on the premises, and it is not part of there procedure to check for one. it makes you wonder what to point of the chip is.