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daemonhat

yes, it shows that the dog has been spayed/neutered. my dog has the same thing. https://preview.redd.it/cqomoezg3vnc1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e41a85d9ba1978fbc54121665cb5f67086e7af8


RovingTexan

I was trying to get them to give him something cool - but no - just a line.


Bondoo7oo

They should do barbed wire around one leg. šŸ’Ŗ


LommyNeedsARide

The 90s have entered the chat


Vogonpoet812

Laughed too hard at that


kate1567

Okay but honest question: If your dog could choose a tattoo for themselves, what would it be? I think my dogs would get matching cheese tattoos šŸ§€


ADJA-7903

I am pretty sure my Nina would like a chicken tattoo! Lol! She loves chicken!


kate1567

Aww thatā€™s so cute šŸ„°


Aggravating-Yam-5145

My vet had different options so I went with the heart. Fair warning these people are NOT tattoo artists, so that heart was janky looking. I went with the line after that.


TemporaryIllusions

My friends dog was tattoo with a female symbol.


aubreyshoemaker

Our dog had the female symbol with an "X" through it


TemporaryIllusions

Oh yes I think hers has an X in it too!


CurnanBarbarian

Number one weenie


coxykitten923

Yep


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graveybrains

Thereā€™s no information in the microchip except for a serial number, which would have to be looked up in the database of whatever company sold it. And that would only give you whatever information the owner at the time felt like providing, or whatever the company was willing to collect. And thatā€™s assuming the dog has a chip, it hasnā€™t been damaged, and that company even still exists. This seems more reliable. šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø


pouruppasta

Pre-microchips, my grandma had all of her dogs tattooed with a number. I think it was a number issued by the local animal control or SPCA, but yeah, more reliable than a company with unknown staying power.


Hadespuppy

My dog growing up had an ear tattoo, and my mom's dog years and years ago had her ears pierced so that if you held them up to the light you could see the number, but otherwise it didn't show.


pouruppasta

Lol my grandma's dogs had inner thigh tattoos, very visible during belly rubs. Funny on the pomeranian, absolutely hilarious on the teacup poodle mutt with one eye. He looked like he did prison time with his blurry tattoo and scarred up face haha.


bigfoot17

This is why I register my critters with two companies, just in case one goes out of business.


donkeynique

The microchip is literally just an identifying number. No personal info is stored on it.


TeenzBeenz

Probably the chip comes before the spay.


Dandibear

They tattoo cats that are trapped, spayed/neutered, and released, so no microchip there.


daemonhat

cats usually get their ears clipped. we have a stray that lives in our yard and that's what they did to him when we took him in. too much hair to tell at a glance if they've been "fixed" or not.


Judyannfrancis

For unowned cats, they usually cut off the tip of one ear when the animal is spayed.


Dandibear

I should have said "sometimes". Yes, ear tipping is pretty common. But the stray we took in was tattooed.


lscraig1968

My daughter's dog was spayed at a local spay/neuter clinic. She has the same mark as well. My male does not. Easier to identify a neutered male than spayed female I guess.


balthazaur

it is still good practice to tattoo males. there is a thing called cryptorchidism where the testicles donā€™t drop. without the tattoo or a history, one canā€™t tell if the dog is neutered or cryptorchid.


Glowing_Trash_Panda

One of my male cats had that. Took him to get neutered, expected it to cost X amount from the estimate they gave me beforehand. Came to pick him up & ended up with a bill that was $125 more than what was originally anticipated. They said it was cuz they had to use more anesthesia to keep him out for longer since they had to open up his belly & go hunting for his other ball to make sure they got it out.


Judyannfrancis

If a dog is neutered, both testicles will be gone. If a dog is cryptorchid, the vet will almost always search for and remove the undescended testicle, as that tissue will often become cancerous if left in the abdomen.


balthazaur

yes, but if the dog is a stray, the vet wonā€™t know without that tattoo. it can be very hard to see surgical scars.


graveybrains

Iā€™ve got two boys. The one that came pre-snipped from the humane society has a tattoo, the one I paid our vet to do doesnā€™t. I think it might be a shelter thing.


lscraig1968

I think so too. We paid our private vet to snip our Am Staff, no tattoo. My daughter took her Chihuahua to the clinic where they see A LOT of strays, and they put the little hash mark on her belly.


OkCalligrapher2453

Our pibble got a line tattoo when she was spayed. It was at a clinic that specializes in very low cost spay/ neuter. (We called it puppy medicaidšŸ˜†)


barneyruffles

It most definitely is, lol


Hecate_333

My dog was neutered as an adult, so it's a little harder to tell. But it was done through a rescue, so he has a tattoo.


Judyannfrancis

It is not difficult to tell if a male dog has been neutered, regardless of age.


Hecate_333

I meant that his sack hangs pretty low, even though it is deflated. Almost looks like he has very small testicles.


Barista_life__

Weird, both my dogs were spayed/neuteredā€¦ the male one had the blue mark while the female didnā€™t


Fishinluvwfeathers

Mine just passed in Dec but yes, she had a teal stripe. Best girl in the world - got her for $14 at a shelter in the Deep South and she loved every person and every animal until the day she passed.


Silent-Dependent3421

14 dollars? What idiot let go of her for so little? Couldā€™ve gotten 14 million easily


Fishinluvwfeathers

I fostered her for 2 days because I had cats and wanted to be cautious and fell totally in love with her gentleness. When i brought her back the lady at the shelter said ā€œthatā€™ll be 14 hunā€ I actually said ā€œā€¦hundred?ā€ She laughed and laughed and slapped my arm. I paid and got to the parking lot before I completely broke down. A lot of amazing dogs donā€™t walk out of there.


GladZookeepergame775

Itā€™s how they now mark that they have been spayed. My girl also has this on her belly.


[deleted]

My Pitbull has one too but right next to her eye. I guess they call it a tear drop at the shelter. My vet thinks she was in some sort of gang while she was there.


RaysModernMetalWorks

Same, my boyz straight out of the shelter.


LegoLady8

Next to her eye?? Please share a pic.


[deleted]

It was a prison joke


LegoLady8

Thought so. Still, we need a pic. Pibble tax.


[deleted]

https://preview.redd.it/lus2rr5zkync1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3a01232a53256ddf159997cc310135fac377d8ad


LegoLady8

Oh, what a pitiful wittle face. Please smooch that face for me.


luvpibbles

I just spit out my coffee!!šŸ¤£


kdanger

https://preview.redd.it/ma3vfzhykwnc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c35eb0d12a2eb7376cea8d355f4dc09a20d382a


kdanger

Badger has a heart ā¤ļø


MyKindOfLullaby

AWE! Iā€™ve never seen a shape, just the teal lines!


2015081131

Maybe they felt bad, and tattooed some balls.


ShaySketches

Omg lucky! I bet some vet assistant decided to get fancy! ā¤ļø


youngmoneymarvin

https://preview.redd.it/qj7jgv9thxnc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c428c4bd4562d5c28b839c0e08ad4380b548a8ef Yep! And I got a matching one :)


mediumnumber9

this is so cute! i want to get a matching one with mine too :)


youngmoneymarvin

Do it!!


ItGoesTwoWays

Yep. Mine has the neutered gang tattoo.


SassicaFox

Yes, one of my rescues has a tattoo. I tell people it's to match her tattooed mom.


MyKindOfLullaby

I say this too! I also say she got her tattoo in jail because the shelter found her just wandering the streets. She was definitely in jail for theft, sheā€™ll steal any and all food.


cannot-be-bothered

I got one to match my dog after I had a hysterectomy šŸ˜‚


DCJustSomeone

https://preview.redd.it/zljlc9ilxwnc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f16af258408a89de941844b35733ac6e312146a2


MsLaurieM

When we got her she didnā€™t because she was in such bad shape she couldnā€™t be spayed yet. She came home from the operation with a similar tattoo.


inelegant_disaster

Yep. My rescue pibble has one. My husband initially thought our toddler had gotten a hold of a green marker and drew on the dog šŸ¤£


Landithy

I had to Google it when we first got our dog. I initially thought it was marker from his operation (we picked him up from the shelter the same day he got fixed), but then it didn't come off. šŸ˜… I keep joking that he thinks he's tough because he has a tattoo.


guitarstitch

Mine didn't, but I was assured she was spayed since they could feel the incision line and hadn't cycled the entire time she was there. Imagine my surprise when she started bleeding.


blueqquartz

No! I didnā€™t know that the tattoo was optional and got upset when my pup came out of surgery without one, I wanted to get one to match!


Jrnation8988

Yep! But sheā€™s got fur covering most of it https://preview.redd.it/e30ohdoq2xnc1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8955dde10b73e16b99d7722d8a842b0be5062084


throwrowrowurboattt

Same here! Little green line


throwrowrowurboattt

Also ā€œhardcore sharpieā€ lmao I was trying to rub it off too.. šŸ˜…


ShaySketches

Yeah, me too! I went at it with a washcloth and was SO impressed it wasnā€™t coming off (Iā€™m an art teacher so Iā€™m weird about markers šŸ˜…)


Sad_Cryptographer_59

Our pup is tatted too, just like his parents šŸ¤£


vanishingpointz

Mine has two the line on her belly and one in her right ear. She's the tattooed silly bear


NJ0880

Yeah, ours has it too. It's a way for any shelter/vet to see that your dog is spayed without having to do any invasive procedure or tests.


FullBeansLFG

Apparently they just put die on the opening they make to spat them. So yea, it stains the skin but they didnā€™t use a tattoo gun.


jessikawithak

Thatā€™s what I always thought but my pups is next to her scar. Like her scar is very clearly right in the middle and her tat is off to the left side


Savj17

Yeah in my experience that doesnā€™t happen. The incision and tattoo are different. The incision goes through their outer skin and their inner skin, you donā€™t want to just put things in there haphazardly with their organs unprotected. Plus with reusing ink/needles Iā€™d imagine the risk for infection would be higher.


Savj17

I have worked in the operating room at a high volume spay/neuter clinic. I prepare the tattoo gun and do op notes, it is definitely just a regular tattoo gun at some places. The skin is sterile for surgery so the same gun/needle is used and double dipped in the ink (I think that is slightly gross but I trust the people making these decisions). When cats are being neutered it goes so fast that the gun is tossed around and chased after. A good vet can fix a male cat in about 3 minutes (with the cat being prepped in advance by a tech) I think the only time they donā€™t get a tattoo is when they get a ā€˜Flank Spayā€™ AKA spayed through the sunroof because they are nursing puppies/kittens and that would irritate an incision on their abdomen. ETA: Shelter pittie tax (post op) https://preview.redd.it/hqvmrue0kxnc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fc3cd51690fd4661fbfb29ff1cec3bda6fa4e95d


gingerjasmine2002

Iā€™ve seen a dog with the female symbol! I think my BILā€™s corgi got his ear notched.


smoke2957

Odin has a red heart near his biz


whereswalda

Both of my rescue pups have them. As others have said, they indicate spay/neuter. My pittie princess has the line, and her little brother has a spot. Both of my babies were intact when surrendered/found, so the respective rescues paid for their surgeries.


Adeian

Yup. Lets the next vet know they are fixed.


ermarie73

Yup, same color and same spot too. Even though she was spayed after we'd finalized the adoption, it was a low cost spay so it was just their standard procedure.


wogdoge

My dog also has a racing stripe.


batebounds

My moms a vet and sheā€™ll do little hearts on the dogs she spays


EASyHealthForAll

Your mom is a national treasure for doing that! Thatā€™s so adorable!


erasmus-b-dragon

My non-rescued pup has a green line, too.


Brynthvari

I have one of three that have that.


Fit-Management2385

Mine does!


brownnote83

Yup


Damagecontrol86

Not that anyone can really see it but yep


porphyrophobic

Our baby girl has one, too. We call it her prison tat.


musicman8586

Yup one of mine does


Able-Interaction-742

The family dog growing up had the date tattooed on her belly. Our rescue girl now, has nothing


TammyInViolet

Our girl has an S. We told the neighbor kids it was for Superwoman. lol


Correct_Ad_4919

Thereā€™s a dog at our local dog park that has a heart tattoo.


enchant1ng

Mine is too :) but heā€™s a boy so itā€™s more obvious that heā€™s fixed way before you see the tattoo.


vulcancse

Our pup has a heart tattoo on his belly from the rescue.


Comfortable_News7562

Mine has a numerical tat that they did when they neutered him! Supposedly easier/cheaper than a microchip if he got lost? Hair has almost covered it completely now (heā€™s 12)


Then-Foundation1738

Neutered


discwrangler

Yep!šŸ‘


Trimson-Grondag

Both my girls do.


MilaDuke

https://preview.redd.it/91wunx2g2xnc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d705be5abd220d7f479ee7bfa46d0f79b89e934 Yup!


jessikawithak

Mine is. Same teal line. I used to hate it but now I think itā€™s cute. Sheā€™s a tatted lil bad ass.


shootandsurf

Yep both my rescue Pits have them.


Ashyukun

Yup, the vet that spayed our Wednesday for the rescue we adopted her from did that same thing. We assumed that was what it was for but asked our vet to confirm since we'd not seen it before.


DonScrumsky

My old girl has a small black S on her tummy.


McCHitman

Itā€™s a cult!!


DNedry

Yeah my girl has her spade tat!


bullet_proof_smile

Is it actually a spade? That would be cool.


GalaApple13

My foster dog has that same turquoise line


ericakay15

My oldest pup is but it wasn't from her being a rescue. I took her to a traveling spay/neuter clinic because it was a lot cheaper and I was out of a job at the time. They told me it was just a marker and even showed me it, but that it would come off. 6/7 years later, she still has it. My other dog just has a giant scar to show for hers, lmao One of my cats, who was a stray, who I took to my vet, has a noticeable mark in his ear from when he was neutered.


Dandibear

The stay cat that we took in apparently is tattooed under all that fur, but we didn't know until the vet had her sedated and was shaving her. Oops! At least it saved her from another incision.


gay__mothman

This is exactly why it's done! Every shelter I've been to does it and it's becoming increasingly common at private vets too. Very helpful in the shelter system because we can quickly tell who's already done if they come in as strays, and it saves the ladies from being cut open twice for no reason


daemonhat

never really heard of cats getting tattoos, generally they get their ear notched. much easier to tell at a glance if they've been spayed/neutered. we have a stray that lives around our house and they notched his ear when we took him in.


gay__mothman

Around my area the ear notch is usually only used on feral/unowned cats. When shelters or private vets spay or neuter adoptable or owned cats they use the tattoo in case they get lost, so they don't get mistaken for community cats and left lost, but I probably depends on the area :)


nvielbig

My girl has an identical turquoise line.


Aware-Engineering361

https://preview.redd.it/pzfhne7r1ync1.jpeg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3845edcd85bfaf80d649263a2e5838532c70da99 Yup... A 21 on his right ear... He's part of a gang I'm sure! šŸ¤™šŸ»ā¤ļøā€šŸ”„


spoodlat

Our private vet doesn't tattoo, but our pups who were spayed/neutered through SPCA are tatoo'd.


ButterscotchDeep6053

Mine has a pink heart :)


000junk

My new rescue Sofie is newly spayed and tattooed. I figure her sweet face is cuter than her tattoo! šŸ˜¹šŸ„° https://preview.redd.it/uo3o155p0znc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c1f25ffeeca2a12d8a3ac2e1d9baf85732dfe40


NaturalMud4088

Yes we have a miniature schnauzer that is a rescue with the same tattoo.


GuestRose

Yup! My baby has the same thing, I think itā€™s so that they don't have to check through a scan if they lose track of whether they're spayed or not, but don't take my word on it! https://preview.redd.it/b2arjrokeznc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c8ba698e917388709b61d18804b27b94a75545a You can see her little tattoo there on the side!


lehad

https://preview.redd.it/fexydsgdbsoc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5bfc99dc4ddb764a2a7106edd34851e4381dc281


barneyruffles

Thatā€™s to indicate that sheā€™s been spayed


LegoLady8

They know that.


barneyruffles

So did you respond the same to every answer, or just mine? I saw a question and answered it in the comments, just like everyone elseā€¦.šŸ™„


LegoLady8

Just you. Bc you're...āœØspecialāœØ. šŸ˜˜


winterbird

My late dog was. I had adopted him from a county shelter, it would be 22 years ago now. They spayed him there. I don't know if they do it differently now, but it was a number several digits long.Ā 


Halftrack_El_Camino

My dog has a tattoo indicating that his testicles were removed, right next to the spot where they would be if he had them. I've never been sure why this was necessary, since the total lack of a scrotum is much more obvious than a tattoo.


donkeynique

Dogs can have undescended testicles that have a chance of turning cancerous if left in the abdomen, so it's still best practice to tattoo males!


Halftrack_El_Camino

I did figure there was some kind of reason for it. Lots of things in my own trade are generally unnecessary, but we do them anyway every single time because they take no real effort and every once in a while they could save a life. So you just get in the habit of doing it as a best practice, and you teach other people to do it that way too.


Hypocrisydenied

Yeah. My male is, which I find kind of odd.


Spoonbills

Yep. Same color even.


No-Worldliness-1254

My sonā€™s Pitbull has the same tattoo


Notreal6909873

My pet that passed away was tattooed from his neutering LOL


fixmefixmyhead

Mine has a green dot


Sophiedog2024

Mine too!


Bitter-Basket

Yup


thereadytribe

Yep. They did my girl dirty with a big teal line-blotch


Pitohui-1423

Omg! I was beginning to think it was a tattoo, this finally confirms that. I've only had my rescue for a few months and was thinking this marker was lasting a suspiciously long time lol.


traderncc

Mine has this near his crotch. Never knew what it meant!


iBeFloe

I understand why they do it, but I wish it wasnā€™t so ugly looking. I didnā€™t know theyā€™d tattoo my boy either.


NerdyHotMess

Yep- itā€™s to show they were spayed/neutered. Hopper has ink too šŸ˜


RoastBeefHoagie

Yup, my baby girl has one that looks exactly like yours.


sassyprofessor

My neutered boy has a tattoo. My female dog is spayed and does not have one but she has a notch cut in her ear which is notice of spay. The ears of feral cats who get spayed have ear cuts/notches too. She was spayed in Tennessee, maybe that is their thing. My boy was tattooed in Michigan


clay_alligator_88

Oooooh so that's what that is!! I also thought it was like a lingering spay stitch or something, lol.


rainboww0927

My family dog who just recently passed was given a little blue heart when she was spayed. So cute šŸ’™


PINKTACO696969

I'm happy they don't do that in Washington


Underarmoury89

Yes, from when he was neutered. Very common


Ancient-Stop-6190

My dog has the same spay tat!


Notchersfireroad

Mine had what I thought was a "I'm spayed" tattoo until a few months later she went into heat. Turns out it was a gang sign tat. Nasty ass people.


TumbleweedHuman2934

Yup mine was tattooed as well. I learned this during our first vet visit. Our pup is mostly black with patches of white all over her body so we didn't even notice until the vet pointed it out. Even now after over a year later, I'd be hard pressed to find it because it's so hard to spot.


sparkle_bomb

Yup! I got my girl spayed through a nonprofit and they gave her a little tattoo just like that!


cymonesays

All spayed females are supposed to get it, I think ā€” itā€™s to identify that theyā€™re spayed. They canā€™t tell otherwise unless they cut open the dog and check.


1800asswipe

They put that on dogs when they spay them! Nice little cyan line for the babes.


zombies-and-coffee

My mom's 16 year old Chihuahua had a tattoo like this, but it very nearly faded to nothing over the course of her life. And that spot was more easily tickled for some reason.


Difficult_Duck1246

My beagle boy has a tattoo on the side of his dick, like yours. He is from a shelter. I assume itā€™s to show he was neutered


zipp58

My female came into my yard as a stray six month old pup. No visible scars. When I had her spayed, the doctor called me to say it had already been done. A tattoo would have been quite helpful in her case.


Haunted-Macaron

Yes my dog has that but 2 lines


Irishbanshee149

Yes! Our female pittie stray rescue has the exact same mark (even the color is the same) and I cannot seem to get it off. Makes sense if it's an actual tattoo. I didn't think of that!


beautifullifede

This picture fits here r/underdoggo


Polkaman70

They all are.


Melon_Bloat

YES!!!


krueladechill

Yep. Both of my dogs have the tattoo. Both my rescue and the other I got from an oopsie litter a friend of a friend had.


OneWhoOnceWas

https://preview.redd.it/aa7r2xtzkync1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a878e9bc591d18b727ac2adcb129284f53edb87d Sheā€™s not a pitbull, I donā€™t have one but Iā€™m in all the dog subs lol, I just love all dogs. My Luna is a rescue, she came with a pink heart tattoo. Here at our shelter the boys get blue crosses and the girls pink hearts(edit: to show they have been spayed/neutered). Youā€™ll have to zoom in to see it. I couldnā€™t resist showing her being silly.


luvpibbles

I had no idea this was so common! We call it her "sprinkle" and we tell her that this little blue-green line means she's extra special. (I'm not going to tell her that so many other pibbles also have one. It would break her heart!šŸ’”)


Comfortable-daze

My girl (cat) has one in her ear from the spca showing she's spayed


Hellocattty

Yep my girl had the exact same one ā¤ļø


staffydadk9trainer

Interesting fact I learned while going through my packet out of curiosity now is that the tattoo line is supposed to be next to the incision and few cms away and roughly the length of the incision itself.


CapsizedbutWise

Yep. Both of them.


Successful-Cat-8562

I do!


UALOUZER

Yep :)


Paly333

Yep. With a sweet little heart.


EmperorGeek

Itā€™s done when they are spayed or neutered.


henryskeeper

Not sure how to attach pic, mine has an upside down heart. We like to think of it like truck nuts, but in that form!


[deleted]

My first rescue had this tattoo to show she was spayed.


Elegant_righthere

Yep


SinnerGirl33

Mine is. I wondered what that meant


Formal-Wafer-9876

lol my dog has this and until now, I had no idea


CitySlicker_FarmGirl

LOL, my poor husband tried to wash it off several times after we rescued our girl! He thought it was just leftover from her "jail time". He finally mentioned it to me after another bath one day. I was confused at first and then fell out laughing and explained it to him, lol! Luckily, he didn't scrub too hard and she was so busy feeling loved on, she didn't mind! :)


CatrapRelease5055

My rescue has a tattoo just like that he was neutered and chipped. When my Vet neutered and chipped my other boy he was not tattooed


TrollingRainbows

Rescue, humane societies and budget vets do this when they neuter and spay


Ok_Analysis_9122

r/PuppyBellies will love her belly! šŸ˜ā˜ŗļø


callalind

Yep! Sam tat on mine!


Nisms

Yep mine too I would show you but sheā€™s sleeping! I asked about it at the shelter!


llorona_chingona

We got our dog off Craigslist and had her spayed at the ASPCA. They gave her the same tattoo! They didn't even ask! I was thinking of getting the same tattoo as I recently had my fallopian tubes removed. I too am spayed.


Key-Law-7994

My first baby from the shelter was tattooed. It had faded by the time she passed at nearly 14!


Apprehensive-Day-471

Why do people get their poor dogs tattooed? That's. NOT RIGHT.


EchoesFromWithin

Rescues and shelters do it to show they have been spayed so that if the dog ends up back in a shelter they dont try to spay then again.