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Registering Your Pet<\/h1>\n

If you brought your pet from the states or any other country it will have been chipped and registered with your pet database at home, or if you bought a pet here it may have been chipped by the seller\/breeder.<\/p>\n

Either way having your pet chipped is a good thing, because when it gets lost or runs away , the owner can be tracked down via the information saved on the chip!<\/p>\n

\"TassoYou may have already registered your pet with a \u201creturn home\u201d company in the states, but\u2026.
what happens if your pet is registered in Iowa, since that was your last place of residence? But you did register Fido on base at the American vet. <\/p>\n

So its all taken care of, right?<\/p>\n

Sadly no, because the American and German registration are completely separate, so if Fido runs away on that beautiful hike in the Bavarian mountains, he is not likely to return to your post in Wiesbaden.<\/p>\n

This is where TASSO comes in.<\/p>\n

Tasso is a central registration hub for all pets in Germany and they also communicate with neighboring countries.<\/p>\n

Tasso is completely free, even just registering your pet. The Tasso foundation is run of donations, so they will send out donation letters once a year, but it is up to you if you want to donate.<\/p>\n

What does Tasso do?<\/p>\n

All you have to do is fill out the form here  TASSO.net<\/a> and Tasso will register your pet and tracking number. Most of the German readers are able to read the American tracking numbers. Then Tasso will send you a letter with a little pet ID card and a little collar tag. You don\u2019t have to use the tag , but its nice to have esp\u2026 for Dogs that wear a collar anyways.\"Tasso\"<\/p>\n

So what happens if my pet runs off?<\/p>\n