Poll
ID, Please
What kind of identification does your horse have?
Total votes cast: 868
Comments & Write-in Answers
I planned on microchip but my vet said they would travel and were useless.
11/8/2010 3:05:15 PM
Would use microchip if easier to use
11/8/2010 3:00:46 PM
He's a Pinto with distinctive markings.
11/8/2010 2:11:21 AM
Unique Conformational Abnormalities
11/8/2010 12:43:57 AM
Mine has both a freeze brand and a microchip for identification
11/7/2010 9:28:44 PM
he is a wild mustang and his brand is on his neck
11/7/2010 12:26:03 AM
whirl map on papers
11/6/2010 9:40:17 PM
checkmark
11/6/2010 11:12:55 AM
Beaux is a Mustang!
11/6/2010 8:11:36 AM
scars that they hav gotten over the years
11/6/2010 7:53:47 AM
also a double dimple on his neck
11/5/2010 10:48:52 PM
My horses have no ID, they are pets but I dont think they are in danger of being stolen.
11/5/2010 7:10:04 PM
He's a registered TWH with unique markings
11/5/2010 5:58:57 PM
special markings
11/5/2010 4:00:40 PM
One branded and microchipped, one neither
11/5/2010 9:55:45 AM
Freeze Brand- PMU Percheron Mare # "81".
11/5/2010 9:40:24 AM
Microchip, freeze brand and lip tattoo
11/5/2010 8:15:04 AM
Brand Inspection ID Registration Vet Records Xrays Ultrasounds
11/5/2010 12:18:54 AM
and a lip tatoo. He's a Standardbred retired harness racer and an excellent saddle horse.
11/4/2010 10:51:54 PM
also one with a lip tattoo
11/4/2010 8:57:32 PM
Micro chip
11/4/2010 6:13:54 PM
all horses should have permanent ID
11/4/2010 5:44:54 PM
registration papers
11/4/2010 4:44:45 PM
Simple freeze branded in a VERY visible location!
11/4/2010 4:37:39 PM
Micro chiped and freeze brands
11/4/2010 4:04:54 PM
US and European
11/4/2010 12:14:32 PM
body markings
11/4/2010 9:31:39 AM
only pictures to id her
11/4/2010 12:52:12 AM
Would like to freezebrand my 3 Arabians, but cannot find a vendor
11/4/2010 12:51:24 AM
It is a Holsteiner breed assoc. brand.
11/3/2010 8:42:12 PM
and microchip
11/3/2010 8:41:57 PM
AND MIRCO CHIPPED
11/3/2010 8:12:12 PM
I plan on microchipping my colt, multiple photographs might not be enough
11/3/2010 7:48:26 PM
Microchip--and my saddle too
11/3/2010 7:22:53 PM
1 hot iron branded, 1 lip tatoo other 3 nothing
11/3/2010 6:55:11 PM
Leather neck straps with farm name and phone #
11/3/2010 6:25:32 PM
Ontario, Canada - not required. Registered with breed assoc.,BUT famr/horse I.D is coming!-
11/3/2010 5:32:54 PM
Freeze brand and Microchip
11/3/2010 3:35:16 PM
DNA typed
11/3/2010 3:25:05 PM
freeze brand and microchip
11/3/2010 3:22:47 PM
Older arabian mare is freeze branded, younger ones have nothing
11/3/2010 3:10:13 PM
Lip tattoo, small roan spot on neck, and white hair on his back (saddle) and nose (chain)
11/3/2010 3:09:08 PM
Only 1 of my horses has a hot iron brand. The other 5 have no id on them.
11/3/2010 3:02:48 PM
Microchip for my boys lacking their paperwork
11/3/2010 2:30:30 PM
thoroughbreds
11/3/2010 12:15:22 PM
3 don't have any. one had a hot iron brand when we got her
11/3/2010 11:50:17 AM
OUr horses have both freeze brands and microchips.
11/3/2010 11:46:47 AM
1 horse-lip tatoo, 1 horse-hot brand
11/3/2010 11:33:15 AM
after 20 years the freeze brand in unreadable
11/3/2010 11:15:07 AM
and a freeze brand
11/3/2010 10:57:59 AM
I keep pictures on file but am thinking of freeze branding in the future.
11/3/2010 10:53:26 AM
I have photos and EIA forms for each horse, but nothing on the horses routinely
11/3/2010 10:38:46 AM
Our registry requires microchip
11/3/2010 10:36:38 AM
23 minis all Microchipped.
11/3/2010 10:22:10 AM
all have microchips, freeze brands, and the TB also has a lip tatoo. even minidonkey has chip&brand
11/3/2010 9:57:14 AM
he has photo registration papers
11/3/2010 9:50:48 AM
4-way yearly/seasonal pics, whorl patterns & any markings + micro chip
11/3/2010 9:49:07 AM
all 3 of my horses have been microchiped
11/3/2010 9:31:21 AM
just white markings
11/3/2010 9:08:05 AM
mustang freeze brand
11/3/2010 8:56:23 AM
just distintive natural markings
11/3/2010 8:15:40 AM
per NHR breed requires them
11/3/2010 7:44:50 AM
I am planning on microchipping my horse
11/3/2010 7:13:01 AM
Holsteiner; registerd in Germany
11/3/2010 7:12:55 AM
hot iron branding is cruel and has no place in this day
11/3/2010 7:06:21 AM
exracer
11/3/2010 6:38:56 AM
my horse has both a freeze brand and a lip tattoo
11/3/2010 1:00:29 AM
They also have chestnut photo identification done by the Jockey Club in year's past.
11/3/2010 12:31:43 AM
TB racehorse
11/3/2010 12:28:13 AM
Sadly none. other than recording their markings.
11/2/2010 11:52:56 PM
2 have none; 1 has two ranch/hot iron brands
11/2/2010 11:48:36 PM
We have several horses-two have lip tattoos, one has a freeze brand and two have microchips
11/2/2010 10:15:30 PM
Registration papers and Coggins
11/2/2010 9:45:13 PM
My mare was branded by the ranch where she was born and raised.
11/2/2010 9:43:27 PM
freeze brand-mustang,microchip-percheron,lip tattoo-thoroughbred
11/2/2010 9:40:23 PM
hires digital photos from 4 sides
11/2/2010 9:36:14 PM
In Vulcan!
11/2/2010 9:20:11 PM
blm burro
11/2/2010 9:16:18 PM
microchip is the only way I have heard to truly prove ownership
11/2/2010 9:14:53 PM
DNA testing for registration purposes
11/2/2010 9:12:49 PM
A brand, and S with an L thru it
11/2/2010 9:11:57 PM
We have 5 horses. 3 have freeze brands and 2 with lip tattoos.
11/2/2010 9:06:14 PM
My brand represents the lazy cow.
11/2/2010 8:39:09 PM
ear knotches
11/2/2010 8:33:32 PM
Required of all race horses. In addition two freeze brands.
11/2/2010 8:31:53 PM
Btwn all my horses I have several types---freezebrand, lip tat, microchip, & hot iron brand.
11/2/2010 8:12:36 PM
photo
11/2/2010 7:57:14 PM
nothing except their markings
11/2/2010 7:53:46 PM
white markings & base color noted on AQHA reg. papers
11/2/2010 7:52:04 PM
microchip and a freeze brand too
11/2/2010 7:50:36 PM
3 Freeze Brand - 18 - none
11/2/2010 7:36:56 PM
One has a freezebrand and the other a microchip
11/2/2010 7:30:07 PM
i'm not aware that any are actually effective
11/2/2010 7:27:11 PM
My Morgan has an F 3 on his hip - my Quarterhorse has no identification
11/2/2010 7:25:32 PM
Freeze branding under the main. It is a felony if a branded horse is stolen.
11/2/2010 7:16:30 PM
lip tattoo and foal papers on file
11/2/2010 7:09:12 PM
I have horse with tattoo, chip. and brands
11/2/2010 6:40:20 PM
former racehorse, standard lip tattoo
11/2/2010 6:36:38 PM
& microchip-I have a fear of theft-caught someone trying to steal our horse trailer
11/2/2010 6:31:56 PM
and freeze brand
11/2/2010 6:17:11 PM
I have horses with microchips, freeze brand and digital photos
11/2/2010 6:10:28 PM
He's a retired racehorse, it is starting to fad in his old age
11/2/2010 6:04:47 PM
And one is a Fjord so looks like many others.
11/2/2010 5:32:43 PM
CHIP IS EASY TO INSTALL AND TRACK FOR BREEDERS
11/2/2010 5:27:54 PM
Perhaps the more obvious the better to avoid theft.
11/2/2010 5:18:45 PM
color
11/2/2010 5:15:20 PM
Thinking about getting a hot iron brand. Don't trust microchips as they migrate too often.
11/2/2010 5:07:31 PM
Mustang!
11/2/2010 5:03:03 PM
Microchip AND freeze brand
11/2/2010 5:00:46 PM
I have an awesome BLM mustang w/freeze brand id.
11/2/2010 4:54:30 PM
on some not yet on all
11/2/2010 4:51:53 PM
My stallion is breed-branded, but I am looking into micro-chipping.
11/2/2010 4:41:36 PM
All 6 of my TWH's are microchipped
11/2/2010 4:36:42 PM
Brand inspection card for Colorado, even though not branded- will prove ownership, not reg papers.
11/2/2010 4:30:38 PM
Her lack of branding has been a nagging concern of mine. looking into freeze branding. Pretty costly
11/2/2010 4:29:48 PM
and identifying scars
11/2/2010 4:29:01 PM
My 2 Mustang have brands the rest don't
11/2/2010 4:28:27 PM
tattooed once they go to the track
11/2/2010 4:27:55 PM
All three of our horses are microchipped. We like it and is impossible to change, unlike brands.
11/2/2010 4:27:45 PM
One has a brand and the other has none
11/2/2010 4:27:37 PM
At least for the 2 TBs; the Arab is evidently not marked
11/2/2010 4:18:19 PM
She is a registered Arabian and has no id except her papers and the markings noted on them.
11/2/2010 4:04:00 PM
Markings on the registration papers
11/2/2010 4:02:15 PM
s very distinctive scar on his shoulder
11/2/2010 3:36:28 PM
My TW came microchipped and I had my 1/2 Arab chipped last year
11/2/2010 3:33:56 PM
would love to have them freezzze branded but its next to impossiable to get thm to come
11/2/2010 3:33:08 PM
BLM mustang brand giving info via symbols for date and place of capture
11/2/2010 3:29:23 PM
TB ex racer - ran once came in last - has had nice life as show hunter & now low level dressage
11/2/2010 3:27:41 PM
one has a microchip and an ID tag on halter. 1 has blm brand and tag on halter
11/2/2010 3:11:19 PM
Microchip sounds GREAT though
11/2/2010 3:11:00 PM
ottb
11/2/2010 2:35:59 PM
One has a freeze brand, the other has a lip tattoo.
11/2/2010 12:30:25 PM
Updated pictures with whorl identification --freeze brand is next
11/2/2010 12:22:03 PM
She has a freeze brand on her L.shoulder and one on her L. hip
11/2/2010 11:18:52 AM
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one has lip, and 1 has hot iron the rest has none
11/8/2010 9:15:13 PM