My Dog has a tattoo and I'm trying to find out what it means.?

Question

His Tattoo came with him when he was adopted and the Humane Society didn't know why he had the Tattoo.

It is on his inner thigh on his right back leg about 2 inches x 2 inches The Tattoo is done with Blue/black ink and has a backward number 4 and a 0 with a slash mark across it.

My Dog was a "rescue dog" that I adopted from the Michigan Humane Society 5 years ago. At the time of the adoption he was 1 year old and very well trained.He is a Mix - German Shepard, Chow , Collie - a Wolf like German shepard - long hair.

He is a great family dog, very athletic and a great watch dog. He's a very quick learner and takes commands extremely well.

Thing is,

He seems to be keenly aware of people and their character ( good and bad). One time he even helped corner a guy the police were looking for, when I was out in the front yard with him and the guy was just walking down the street. He had been with me in the yard for hours and didn't bother with anyone else.

Anyways,

any idea what the TATTOO may mean ?

Answer 1

That is interesting. A picture of the tat would be great!!

Answer 2

if he was rescued, maybe someone branded him.  

Answer 3

It could be how the Humane Society kept track of all the dogs, like an ID.

Or it was an ID from when he was a rescue dog.

My dog has one too.

Answer 4

I am under the assumption he has K9 training

When I was a child.

I lived at Father Flanagan's Boys Town.

and we had German Shepard's, to train them, to be

children friendly, and then, donate them the the

Leader Dogs for the Blind. Enjoy him with pride. <}:-})

Answer 5

i probally could answer if there was a pic

Answer 6

It probably means he got neutered.

Answer 7

Our dog has my moms last digits of her social security number as he is a purebred.  

Answer 8

Maybe he belonged to an underground spy agency

Answer 9

it is if the dog gets lost or somthin

Answer 10

what the 2nd girl said

Answer 11

It sounds like something they would do at a puppy mill, but since he's not purebred, that doesn't make much sense. It's hard to say since you don't know his full history, but I'd assume his original owners put a tattoo on him for identification.

Answer 12

The same thing happened to my cat when he was fixed. He had a tattoo of an anchor on his stomach. Kinnnda weird.

Answer 13

Most dogs have tattoos to show where they came from, like what shop of what breeder thats probably why your dog has a tattoo.

My dogs and my friends dogs have tattoos to

Answer 14

Angel A; this is your burn notice.  The dog's cover has been blown thanks to you.  We will have to recall the dog and give it a new Identity now.  The hunt for the ring may have been thwarted and we'll have to rely on Frodo now.....

Answer 15

It's probably an identification tattoo, to identify him if he was gone missing.  

Answer 16

it a number for fbi dog they usually get too many litter of puppies trained them and use the best one on their force other go to the pound

Answer 17

the tattoo is in ID for a trained vet to locate the real owners.