Dog badges can be immensely helpful to identify your dog and make sure that in case of he gets lost the owner can be found easily. A dog badge is one small guarantee that we can give ourselves that in case if our fluffy friends decides to take a walk on his own and finds himself lost and in unfamiliar territory, his dog badge can make sure that he is returned to his rightful owner without much of a fight.

While dog badges can act as cute accessories to pet dogs, these same dog badges can be used to mark service dogs. Service dogs and pet dogs are not the same. A service dog is one who is trained to be of complete assistance to his handler who will possibly have some form of disability. Service dogs are of great assistance to people who have a hearing or visual impairment and are also great assistants to some who are autistic or have limited mobility. A dog badge can be easily sewed on to this dogs vest or harness to make sure that he can be identified easily.

Once a service dog has been identified as so, his handler can take him anywhere. In fact, most service dogs are allowed to places which even state that dogs are not allowed. Service digs go through a fair amount of training which makes them socially extremely well behaved. These dogs know how to protect the best interest of the handler and hence pose as no social embarrassment. In fact some service dogs are so well behaved that even when provoked they will not leave the side of the handler. Having a dog badge stating the animal status of such as service dog makes sure that the handler doesn’t have to go through any embarrassing questions or harassment when he wants to go somewhere accompanied with his dog.

While almost all service dogs come with an identification tag, dog badges can lend that small element of style to your furry friend. Even if your dog is not a service dog a dog badge can be a smart accessory that can show people and your dog how much you adore him. You can easily customize these badges and can have all sorts of information on it. If your dog is a service dog then you can have your dogs picture and the name and contact information of the handler and the next in line to be contacted on this badge. This dog badge will also have the status of the animal mentioned on it which will tell others of its status and purpose.

A lot of people get dog badges as style statements for their canine friends. These badges serve as the accessories to make your pet look more adorable and smart. Dog badges can be fixed easily on the dogs vest, harness or collar and can look very cute and funky. Today you can easily go online and get a customized dog badge made very easily. Just make sure that you always have a spare badge ready with all information relevant to your dog so that you have one handy if one badge is lost.