Mr. Paul Savage:

In that case of it being stolen goods it would be very difficult to get a certificate. The microchip certificate shows the name of the owner and has the details of the dog. We encourage people to get the certificate as part of the transaction because they need it. It is a dog and a certificate. I believe, and we could check this with Mr. Heslin, that it would be impossible to get a certificate or you would have to steal the dog and the certificate at the same time, which would probably be a little bit difficult. In the case that a dog is stolen, there is a flag on the databases. That dog's microchip details are then locked and flagged, and if it gets scanned, it will show it is either lost or stolen, so there is extra information available. You can call up the microchip databases and mark your dog as stolen or lost.