Permanent ID your pet keeps for life
Roughly the size of a grain of rice, a pet microchip goes in under the skin in a couple of seconds flat, no fuss, no sedation needed. Grab one from our three families, Standard ISO, TapSense, or ThermaSense, and free lifetime registration in the United Pet Club pet registry is already sorted.
What the chip actually does for your pet
No battery, no GPS, nothing to charge or replace. A microchip is just a small glass capsule sitting between the shoulder blades, carrying one unique ID code that stays readable for the life of the animal. A council ranger, vet, or shelter worker runs a scanner over a lost pet, that code pops up, and it pulls your details straight out of the registry sitting behind it.
Every chip we sell is built to ISO 11784/11785, so standard scanners at clinics and pounds pick it up almost anywhere you'd take your pet, and we register each one with ICAR, the International Committee for Animal Recording. Chuck in a free QR pet ID tag with every order too, handy for a finder who doesn't have a scanner on hand.
Can't decide which chip suits your pet? Run through the microchip comparison guide for Standard ISO, TapSense, and ThermaSense laid out next to each other.
Three families, one registry behind them all
Standard ISO
The entry-level option. Built to ISO 11784/11785, and it'll read on any standard scanner, whether your pet's at the local vet or overseas.
TapSense
Standard ISO plus a smartphone can tap and read it directly, no scanner required. Comes as TapSense or TapSense Core, a few sizes on each.
ThermaSense
Bakes temperature sensing right into the identification chip, so health monitoring rides along with a routine scan. TapSense's cousin, ThermaSense X, offers the same in a bigger build.
What makes a United Pet Club chip worth it
ISO standard
FDX-B certified and built to ISO 11784/11785, so any scanner a vet, shelter, or ranger already owns will pick it up.
ICAR registered
Registered through ICAR, the outfit the veterinary world leans on for microchip standards worldwide.
Free lifetime plan
Rego's free, updates are free, and that stays true for as long as your pet's around. Nothing renews, nothing gets billed.
Small size
Needle and chip are both compact enough for a quick, low-stress jab, Chihuahua or Great Dane.
Environmentally friendly
A reusable injector is available separately from the needle itself, so less single-use plastic ends up in landfill.
Upgraded registry
Want more than the free tier? Add-ons like scan alerts or last-search location are there if you want them.
A registry built to get pets home fast
Every chip lands already hooked up to the United Pet Club pet registry. Vets, shelters, and council rangers can search it any hour, and it's tied into the AAHA universal microchip lookup too. Found a stray? Run a free microchip lookup, no account needed. Rego stays free forever, swap your details whenever you shift house or change numbers, and some plans will ping you the second your pet's chip or tag gets scanned.
Chipped through another mob already? No dramas, you can still register the microchip number with us, or have a squiz at what free registration includes before diving in.
Questions Aussie pet owners ask
Do I have to microchip my dog in Australia?
Pretty much everywhere, yes. State and territory Companion Animal Registers, the NSW Companion Animals Register being one example, require dogs to be chipped, usually by the time a pup's a few months old, though the exact age and rules shift a bit state to state. Council rangers are generally who checks compliance on the ground. Registering any ISO chip with United Pet Club costs nothing, so that side of the law is sorted for free.
Will a microchip show me where my pet is right now?
Nope, no battery and no GPS in there. It just holds an ID number, and that only gets read once your pet's picked up by a vet, shelter, or council pound and someone scans it. Want live tracking? You're after a separate GPS collar or tag, not a chip.
What actually makes a chip an ISO chip?
It meets ISO 11784/11785, the international spec that means any decent scanner reads it no matter who made it or where it was sold. That's exactly why a pet chipped here still gets identified if it winds up lost overseas, and the other way round too.
Which chip should I actually buy?
Standard ISO if you just want solid, permanent ID and nothing fancier. TapSense if a smartphone tap alongside a standard scanner sounds useful. ThermaSense if temperature sensing alongside ID matters to you, say for a breeding program or an older pet.
Do vets and shelters across Australia actually recognise these chips?
They do. ISO 11784/11785 compliant, ICAR registered, same standards the whole industry runs on, so any vet, shelter, or council scanner built for standard microchips reads ours without a hiccup.
Sort your pet's ID out
Give us a shout about ordering chips for the household or the practice, or register a chip you've already got in the free United Pet Club pet registry.