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Dog Drop 101

Despite visual identification by matching tag number to bib number, a more accurate identification is also made via microchip. Each dog that runs in the Iditarod is injected with a tiny microchip no bigger than a grain of rice. By passing this portable chip reader over the area of the dog containing the chip, identification is verified.

Photo provided by: June Price