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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Tibbe's Home Again collar/harness tag came today. It has the 1-888-466-3242 number to call Home Again and report a found dog. The finder reads the chip number from the tag to Home Again, they look it up and contact the owner of record that the dog has been found. Also, Home Again has something called Pet Rescue, an email alert service for Home Again participants. If you call Home Again to report you've lost a pet, they email alert everyone in the system signed up for Pet Rescue o be on the alert for the lost dog. I think the dog's picture goes out in the email but I'm not certain of that or if it is just a physical description, details of last seen time, date, etc., but I think it said that the picture is sent along if one is on the Home Again website. As Bengi stayed so close to where he escaped, I imagine that Home Again would email everyone in the program within that zip code or codes for up to 10 miles I think it is to be on th alert for him had he been an HA chipped dog. Anyway, Pet Rescue is just another little chance of finding your dog. |
I read somewhere that having the actual chip # is NOT a good idea. If someone stole your dog, they could change the registry information or if someone failed to register then they have the information handy to register a dog thats not theirs.
I personally called home again and asked them their policy on registering and re-registering chips. There are additional security things that need to be met to make changes on the registry. I can't speak on them all.