“I am reluctant to microchip my dog, as I’ve heard that microchips frequently move underneath the skin and worry that a scanner won’t pick up the chip number if this happens. What would you recommend?”

Our regular Ask the Vet feature enables readers to pose a question about their pet to our ROYAL CANIN® vets and nurses. Selected questions will be answered in our newsletters, of course, we will not be able to answer all questions directly and unfortunately not everyone will make it in to the newsletters. But we’d love to hear from you if you have any interesting questions about your dog or cat’s general care, health or nutrition, go to www.royalcanin.co.uk/askthevet

This is no substitute for your pet’s dedicated veterinary care so please contact your vet if you have specific concerns about your pet’s health and visit our website for FAQs about our products.