Under UK law (England, Scotland and Wales), all dogs must be microchipped and registered on an approved database by the time they are 8 weeks old, and the keeper is legally responsible for keeping the contact details on that database accurate and current. This simulation shows the physical mechanism — implanting a rice-grain-sized RFID chip between the shoulder blades and reading it back with a handheld scanner — alongside a live compliance readout so you can see how age, implantation and database status combine to determine whether a dog meets the legal requirement.
Keepers who fail to microchip their dog, or fail to update the database within a reasonable time after a change of address or ownership, can be issued a 21-day compliance notice — and ultimately fined up to £500 if they still don't act.
An interactive 3D vet-scan simulator showing how a microchip is implanted and read, paired with a live compliance readout of UK registration requirements.
How a passive RFID chip sits under the skin between the shoulder blades, how a handheld scanner reads its unique ID, and how age, implantation and database status combine to determine legal compliance.
Toggle whether the puppy is chipped, scrub its age against the 8-week legal deadline, pick a database registration state, switch on the x-ray view, and run a scanner sweep to see the result.
Being chipped and being compliant are not the same thing — the law also requires the keeper to keep their contact details on an approved database accurate and up to date.