Nose Printing?

Did you know that a dog's nose print is as unique as a human's finger print and can be used to identify them?

It's true.  The Canadian Kennel Club has accepted nose prints as proof of identity since 1938.

Here's a great blog entry from a guy who's grandparents tried to send in nose prints for their dogs back in 1951; [Nose Printing Your Dog]  He's got some fun historical prints and a letter from the Canadian National Live Stock Records.

If you're interested in the US check out [Dognose ID]

You take the nose print and send it in along with a photo to this company and they keep it in a database file and send you back an ID card.  I'm sure there are other places here in the states that will also do this but this is just the first I found.  Sounds interesting and maybe another way to protect your dog besides id tags, tattoos and microchips.

Also interesting, there are several places that make jewelry from your dog's nose print. 

Photo used under the Creative Commons License.  Click on photo to go to photographer's flickr page.