calling on lost dogs

i have a microchip in my tracking dog, i think it cost me a whopping thirty five bucks but i can't really remember. like somebody said, it's not gonna do you much good for a stolen dog unless maybe for proving the dog is really yours. it is a little peace of mind knowing that if the right person found him i might get him back that way. i know if i found a dog i'd get it checked out if there wasn't any kind of id on it. I heard that last year on fort hood a guy was out small game hunting with his kid and was confronted by a dog that somebody dumped out there. tried scaring it off but it kept growling at him and kept trying to get between him and his kid so he did what any dad would. took the dog to the cops on post, dog had the chip and so they found out who dumped him. dog dumping is a big problem on hood.