Microchipping When your pet is found , this will help identify your pet. It is not unusual for pets to travel great distances to over short amounts of time. The state or county your are looking may not be where your pet is located. Microchipping is very important, in helping any facility that may come in contact with your pet in reuniting you back together safely. We offer a do it yourself microchipping kit here. Microchipping Happy Ending Lost 3 1/2 years his microchip reunited him with his owner SAN ANGELO, Texas — When the young woman stepped back outside, her “baby” was gone. Jessica Cochran had taken Roby, her Pembroke Welsh Corgi, into the front yard of her San Angelo home for his regular evening ritual. Her well-trained 2 1/2-year-old dog knew the drill: Go down the steps. Do your business. Come right back. But Roby never came home on the November night 3 1/2 years ago. Cochran, an Iowa native who had been stationed at Goodfellow Air Force Base, saw a dark pickup driving away into the night. Roby had vanished. Big dogs with short legs, Corgis are bred to herding animals. They’re friendly and loving — and expensive. To Cochran, pets are family. She bought Roby from a San Angelo breeder when the pup was 8 1/2 weeks old. They had been together ever since. “He was my buddy,” she said. “We went everywhere together.” She wouldn’t give him up without a fight. Cochran filed a police report. She put up notices in veterinary offices and pet stores, visited and revisited the animal shelter, drove up and down alleys, looking in yards. She ran an ad in the newspaper. Nothing. When she left San Angelo a year later, Cochran knew she would never see Roby again. “When I moved away, I kind of learned to move on and give up hope,” she said. “My pets are my kids, and I just hoped somebody was taking care of him.” But, she said, “I never forgot him.” She moved to Wyoming first. Then, two weeks ago, days before a scheduled move to her home state, Iowa, she received a certified letter from San Angelo’s animal shelter. “I was shaking,” she said. “Everything was going through my head. Was he found dead?” She opened the letter and cried. “What’s wrong?” her father asked. “It’s Roby,” she told him. “He’s home.” Someone anonymously left Roby in an after-hours kennel at the shelter. He looked cared for. Shelter workers scanned a microchip implanted between the Corgi’s shoulder blades and found contact information. Would she come get her dog? In the middle of a move, Cochran asked San Angelo best friend Mindy Ross to pick up Roby and keep him safe. Late Thursday afternoon, Cochran ended a 1,000-mile drive from Iowa at Kirby Park in San Angelo. A few minutes later, Mindy drove up and opened the car door. Roby jumped out. Sniffed the air. Pricked up his ears. “Roby!” called Cochran. “Look Roby! Come here!” He barreled across the lawn, into Cochran’s waiting arms. “Where have you been?” she asked, hugging her dog. “Let’s go home.” Is it worth the risk not to microchip........ we even offer a do it yourself kit.... click here |
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Your Pet Missing?
Look everywhere – around the house, in closed cupboards, closets, the garage, and the yard. Call your local animal shelter(s) immediately to see if your animal was recently admitted. Go door to door, and talk with neighbors in the area where your pet disappeared; it may provide leads to when the animal ran away and in which direction it headed. Walk, drive, or bicycle around the neighborhood, calling the animal's name over and over. If your pet has been trapped in neighbor's yard or has been too injured to move, it may respond to your voice, so it's important to listen carefully. Pay special attention to sheds, abandoned buildings, and anywhere else your pet could be hiding. Perform this search several times throughout the day. Create and post signs with a photo of your pet (be sure to post them legally!) that gives a description of the animal, the area in which he or she was lost, and a phone number or two. Be sure to place the fliers in your neighborhood and beyond, as well as in places where many people are likely to see them such as grocery stores, pet supply stores, veterinarians’ offices, and animal shelters. If possible, offer a reward of at least $300 to give people an incentive to return your pet. Take trips to the animal shelter every day or every few days to look at all of the animals being held as strays. Trips are much more effective than phone calls, for animal descriptions are often very vague, and it's possible that the shelter employee on the phone may not match a particular animal to a lost report. Remember, you should visit the shelter for a minimum of ten days. Contact veterinary clinics, including emergency veterinary hospitals. Your pet may have been injured and taken to a veterinarian or veterinary hospital for treatment. Contact local daily and weekly newspapers to place a lost pet ad. Also, check the “found animal” section of local newspapers. Contact local radio and television stations. Many air "lost and found pets" segments. Ask delivery people who regularly travel through your neighborhood if they have seen your pet. Your mail carrier, water delivery person, gas company employee, security guard, or meter reader may have seen your pet. Ask them to be on the lookout for your animal as they pass through the area. Obtain the names and numbers of laboratory animal departments of universities and hospitals in your area from your local town hall or from the Yellow Pages. Go to the labs and describe your animal to laboratory personnel. Post a photo of your animal in the laboratory. Also, post a photo in animal departments and in academic departments that include animal labs (i.e. most biological science and psychology departments). File a police report with your local police department or sheriff's office. If you suspect that your animal has been stolen, report it to the police immediately. A police report will be useful for identification purposes when retrieving your pet and will prove helpful in court if a suspect is brought to trial. If the authorities are hesitant to prepare the report, remind them that pets by law are valuable “property” and their theft is either a felony or misdemeanor under all state laws. By law, the police must take action on your complaint. Be persistent. If several animals in your neighborhood have turned up missing, contact the police. Provide them with as much detailed information as possible. Do not give up! Your pet is depending on you to do your best to try to find him or her. There are many instances of cats and dogs being found after many months. The person who responds immediately to a missing pet and expends significant energy in trying to find the animal stands a much greater chance of recovering him or her. |