Is your Dog’s Microchip Information Current?

Yesterday GoldHeart was called about a lost dog (thank goodness for the microchip and yes, he was reunited with his owners). This happens more than you expect and if you think this can’t happen to you, please think again.

Here are just a few reasons why dogs get lost…

• A child leaves the gate open.
• A repairperson leaves the door ajar because he’s coming
right back.
• You open the door an instant too long while bringing in
groceries or welcoming a guest.
• The dog walker walks too many dogs, and loses yours.
• Your child can’t hold on when your dog starts pulling or
when another dog runs up to him.
• You are talking on the phone (or worse yet, texting) while
walking your dog, something spooks your dog, and you
can’t react quickly enough to keep him with you.
• Your dog wiggles out of his collar, or his collar or leash
break.
• Your dog is playing off-leash in a field when a squirrel
dashes by.
• Your dog is willing to go through your electric fence to get
out, but won’t come back in, or the batteries die.

PLEASE PREPARE AHEAD
Be sure your microchip carrier (ours is currently Avid) has your up-to-date information (and if you have a GoldHeart Dog, please be sure we have your current contact information – just email to goldheart@goldheart.org if you have moved or changed email or phone numbers since you last adopted from us). You can also register your dog’s microchip not only with the microchip manufacturer, but with other sites as well. Home Again is one useful site, and there are others.

Thanks in advance from your loving pets and all the GoldHeart family

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