The vast majority of discussions around getting pets ID tags focus on pets who do not have any type of disability. This type of discussion effectively erases the many pets who do suffer from some sort of disability: blind, deaf, or the ones with only 3 legs instead of the usual four legs. Some cats and dogs also suffer from diseases from an early age. These diseases can make it difficult to walk properly and the pet might need assistance in some form or another. This is especially true in situations where the pet’s life may be in danger or where they have been lost: animals that are deaf can’t be called easily for example.
Other pets are simply more ‘mature’ and they have the ailments to prove it: they’re hard of hearing or they walk with a limp from their younger, sprightlier days. And still other pets sustained injuries from some type of accident – car accidents are not uncommon.
All these pets can also benefit from ID tags: the tags can state the pet’s disability and this will help tremendously should the pet go lost. The people who find the pet will be able to give him or her the best treatment and care because the pet ID tag tells them what to expect in their interactions with the animal or animals should there be more than one.
Cats and dogs that happen to be disabled are just like the other cats and dogs that are not disabled: they have the same aspirations (climb Mt. Washington, for example) as those other pets. This means that these animals run the same risk of getting lost on their way back home after they conquered yet another mountain. Or some small lizard in the field.
And this is why it makes so much sense to get Fluffy that special pet ID tag with the pink glitters.
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Pet Tags wrote this article about how all animals can benefit from pet ID tags.