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draggonlaady) wrote2010-12-06 10:04 am
draggonlaady) wrote2010-12-06 10:04 am
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Anybody looking for a faithful companion?
I have 2 dogs in foster currently. Arctic is a young adult male neutered Siberian Husky, good with other animals but needs a good fenced yard (was found wearing an Invisible Fence collar--still surprised nobody at least called to get the collar back, those things are spendy).
Holly is a medium sized, short haired, yellow dog of indeterminate breed, a "lady of a certain age". Really well behaved and calm, have yet to find anything that gets her riled up.
Pictures and full profiles here: http://www.petfinder.com/pet-search?shelterid=WA388
In other news, if you have a pet, get them microchipped, and register the microchip. I have a client who found a cat last weekend. She brought it in, and it has a microchip.
I called the microchip company: chip is not registered to an owner, but lot was shipped to Idaho Humane Society.
I called IHS: click/disconnect
Called IHS again: left message
4 hours later, no return call, called back, again got message machine.
I called Humane Society of Palouse (howdy, sphynxagain!) and left cat's description.
Finder called IHS, left message.
Finder called all veterinary clinics in Pullcow area, as well as Pullman shelter.
We heard nothing back over weekend.
This morning, I called IHS: click/disconnect.
I call IHS AGAIN: finally spoke to someone who gave us owner information. For someone in Meridian (this is many and long away from Pullman, where the cat was found).
Finder calls number IHS gave. Turns out that cat belongs now to that owner's daughter, who is a WSU student. Cat has been missing since September, which is why nobody had a current lost ad.
Morals of the story:
--Microchips get lost pets home. They are worth doing.
--Registered microchips eliminate the hassle and many potential points for failure in getting the pet home; what if I'd not persistently called back, or if IHS hadn't kept back records of microchip numbers with adoptions? if the microchip is not associated with owner's name, it makes it MUCH less likely to be traceable.
--Update your registration when you move! What if we'd dropped it when we found the registration was so far removed from where the cat was found?
Holly is a medium sized, short haired, yellow dog of indeterminate breed, a "lady of a certain age". Really well behaved and calm, have yet to find anything that gets her riled up.
Pictures and full profiles here: http://www.petfinder.com/pet-search?shelterid=WA388
In other news, if you have a pet, get them microchipped, and register the microchip. I have a client who found a cat last weekend. She brought it in, and it has a microchip.
I called the microchip company: chip is not registered to an owner, but lot was shipped to Idaho Humane Society.
I called IHS: click/disconnect
Called IHS again: left message
4 hours later, no return call, called back, again got message machine.
I called Humane Society of Palouse (howdy, sphynxagain!) and left cat's description.
Finder called IHS, left message.
Finder called all veterinary clinics in Pullcow area, as well as Pullman shelter.
We heard nothing back over weekend.
This morning, I called IHS: click/disconnect.
I call IHS AGAIN: finally spoke to someone who gave us owner information. For someone in Meridian (this is many and long away from Pullman, where the cat was found).
Finder calls number IHS gave. Turns out that cat belongs now to that owner's daughter, who is a WSU student. Cat has been missing since September, which is why nobody had a current lost ad.
Morals of the story:
--Microchips get lost pets home. They are worth doing.
--Registered microchips eliminate the hassle and many potential points for failure in getting the pet home; what if I'd not persistently called back, or if IHS hadn't kept back records of microchip numbers with adoptions? if the microchip is not associated with owner's name, it makes it MUCH less likely to be traceable.
--Update your registration when you move! What if we'd dropped it when we found the registration was so far removed from where the cat was found?
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Glad you finally tracked the owner down, that was an awesome amount of work to get a kitty home. And I hope they update their microchip registration!
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Is there a website out there where you can change the registered address?
Can your vet do it?
Should you return to the shelter/hospital/clinic where your pet was chipped?
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The easiest way to change the registration is to contact the company that made the chip. The chip number and contact information for the company should have been provided to you when the animal was microchipped (or adopted). Most companies have an online registration update available through their webpage, just search by the brand name of the chip (HomeAgain, 24PetWatch, AVID, ResQ...).
If, however, you no longer have the paperwork from the original registration, and thus don't know the brand of chip or the chip number, you should take the pet to a shelter or veterinary clinic (pretty well any of them should have a scanner) to have the chip read. They will tell you the chip number and brand, and should be able to provide you with contact information for the chip company.
Some companies charge a minimal fee for changing registration (AVID, for instance, charges $6), others don't. If you are changing only address/phone number, that should be all you have to do. If you are changing owner though, you may be required to send a signed statement to the company saying that you sold/gave/released the pet to the new owner. This may seem like a hassle, but the idea behind it is to prevent someone from stealing a pet and just changing the registration to their own name.
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She ... well, she met the business end of an automobile.
Feel sorry for my dad - it was his automobile.
Then he had to tell his kid that he'd killed her cat.
Kinda moots the point about changing my address.
But if/when I ever get another fuzzy friend, I do intend to get it chipped.