Very happy that things turned out well.
I'll be ordering a tag for Andy. Very cool tags. I bought Him one for X-mas from Things Remembered at the Mall. $31.00 :eek:

Lets try and remember that in General, most people are good. And will do the right thing. No sense in getting paranoid:thumbup:

Wow Jodi, so glad you had the tags and Bogie was found so quickly. Scary story with a happy ending.

You have convinced me to check into these tags. :)

Paranoid????

http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...-epidemic.html

A microchip is only good if someone scans your dog. Neighbors and ordinary people don't have scanners. Everyone can read a tag and call a number and it can be done fast. I see no good reason to not use a collar.

Thanks everyone for your well wishes. I am still so mad at the meter reader for leaving the gate open. :mad: My husband was at work when all of this happened and he is not allowed to keep his phone with him while working. But when he went to his car after work and found the txt msg and VM from LuckyPet he called me immediately to make sure everything was alright with Bogey and that he was home safe. He was amazed at how the tags worked and also very happy that our three always have their tags.

I'd like to address a few points that KJC mentioned in her post. I too have trained all three of mine in basic manners. They are NEVER allowed out the front door of our home. It's a very simple rule that everyone is aware of regarding the use of the front door. We can open the door for deliveries or visitor and they do not bolt out the door. When I let them out the back door they are all made to "wait" until I tell them they can go. They are also not allowed out the door ahead of me either. I can open the back door and put Pebbles (Bogey and Doodlebug as not as good at this) into a sit stay, allow the other two out the door and she will sit until allowed to go. As for the gates, they do not bolt out those either. We can go in and out the the gate and they all know to stay back. It's not like they we are opening the doors or gates and they are darting out~EVER! Furthermore, they also have excellent car manners as well. They all know when it is time for a car ride they will go to the gate on the driveway side of the house and sit patiently until they are each walked on their leash to the car. They are only allowed in the back passenger side door of the car. I open the door and they will hop right inside. When it is time to take them out of the car they also know that they are only allowed to exit the car from the back driver side of the car. They each wait their turn to be picked up and placed onto the ground to walk. I think it's very important to have your pets trained in all of the above for their own safety. As KJC mentioned it was very simple to train. :)

I would also like to clarify that in addition to tags they are all microchipped. But I can guarantee that I would not have had multiple phone calls yesterday within minutes of Bogey wandering away. The gate that was left open is not easily seen from our back door and not had a LOCK AND KEY securely in place. We have a very large yard for suburban Chicago it's almost half an acre totally fenced in. In addition we have 4 gates. The gate at the back of the house has always had a nut and bolt keeping it securely closed but after yesterday all the other gate now have LOCK AND KEY except for the driveway gate which is used as out main gate. I was thinking yesterday about installing a spring lock as well.

I am expecting a call from ComEd today regarding what happened yesterday. The meter reading leaving our gate open is not only irresponsible and dangerous but just plain idiotic on his part. They will be told they are NEVER to enter out property again and will need to knock on the door. It will not matter since the gates will all have a padlock and PRIVATE PROPERTY signs posted.

If your dogs have a properly fitted collar there is no reason to believe they are going to choke to death. I've never understood this logic or rational. Just about every dog that has gone missing on YT was without a collar. As for chipping, recently I asked my mom if she knew what a microchip was and she looked at me like I was crazy. She had no idea! If you want your dog back and quickly a collar and tag is the quickest way. You cannot depend upon a microchip bringing your dog home. Of course, there is always the chance of your dog being stolen. There have been plenty of people on YT that have even encouraged other members to keep dogs that were deemed neglected. I find this outrageous.

Finally, with Peekaboos medical conditions if I were her owner I would make sure to have her tagged at all times. If she were ever to get out of the yard it would be very important to be able to have her home and under your medical management.

I really don't believe most people are good anymore. I used to but there are just to many terrible things going on in this world to believe that.

Wow, what a fright you had but glad that you had a positive outcome. At least the man who found Bogie waited at your door with him.

P.S. Your children sound like mine -- totally oblivious to what's going on even to the point of ignoring the telephones ringing!!!

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Every single lost dog that we returned in our old neighborhood had on a collar. We were able to see the number, call the owners, and they'd be there within 10 minutes. We probably returned at least a dozen dogs in our ten years of living there.

Just this past year, a dog came wandering up to my VERY rural house. We are not in a neighborhood at all, in fact along a very busy road 3 acres down our front hill, and this dog was scratching on our front door. It had a number on the tag, I called it, they came and picked him up. I was on my way to class so had he not had a tag, he would have been crated in my garage until I got home to take him to the vet to check for a microchip.

I think chips are a great added security, but tags are so important. I also think training should be #1 as well and not to necessarily just rely on the fact that your dog has a chip or tag on.

So glad that Bogey is home safely and the Lucky Pet tags work so well.

Oh my gosh, your 1st post had my heart pounding. I'm so glad this turned out with good news at the end.

Do you think these tags would work w/ the smaller yorkies? Marcel and Pfeiffer are about 3.5 lbs, and sometimes dog tags are a bit for them.

Lucky pets seems like a great company.

Wow Jodie!

First of all let me say that I am happy to hear Pebbles is feeling better. I am also a firm believer in collars with id tags. My two always have collars on with my name and address and phone number. I do this because we camp in the motor home alot and I am always fearful of them getting out of the camper. I will definatley look into these tags. Glad Bogie got home to you so quickly.

I also had to laugh....with you. I have an 18 year old that is also oblivious to things happening around him. I ended up taking his phone for a period of time as a punishment for not answering it when I call! Told him that I pay the damn bill so answer your phone. Children jeeshhh!

Heck, My Wife is worse than Our Kids about answering the phone! Maybe I should stop paying for it?


Ummm...not!

So glad to hear that Pebbles is feeling better!

When we put in a new fence this summer, we actually moved a section of it to the back of the house so that the meter man can now get to do his reading without going in our backyard. My dh isn't too happy because now that side of the house is visible from the front and we have to landscape it nicer....oh well.

Ann,
LuckyPet has a new mini size enamel tag that would be perfect. The tag I have is the larger enamel and it's smaller than a quarter but bigger than a nickel. The little ones are so cute and are the size of a dime. LuckyPet Pet Tags and Pet Stuff!

Thanks for this link - I just looked at them; I didn't realize they were also so cute! I have regular tags (and chipped), but they don't have a service like Lucky Pet. They're just the normal kind. I always have a nagging fear that my babies will get lost somehow...so I like the idea of this service. It makes it easy when people find your babies.