Re: Happy story...Murphy comes home after being lo... - Page 2

sylviahomeatlast · ‎03-11-2010

terribly sweet--happy all around

colliegirls · ‎05-13-2012

Ever since one of our dogs backed out of her collar shortly after we got her (we caught up with her), I never attach the leash on the main collar (use a second collar) when we are on vacation. That way their ID is always on them.

hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

On 6/25/2014 colliegirls said:
Ever since one of our dogs backed out of her collar shortly after we got her (we caught up with her), I never attach the leash on the main collar (use a second collar) when we are on vacation. That way their ID is always on them.

While your method is a good backup strategy there is a much better one available.t I think everyone that loves their furry family members owes them this extra protection.

Every pet owner should have a "chip" put in them. With this they can be found about any place they may wander if they get loose and lost. They are a family member and all of them should be given the best chances possible to get them back to their homes.

hckynut(john)

colliegirls · ‎05-13-2012

On 6/25/2014 hckynut said:
On 6/25/2014 colliegirls said:
Ever since one of our dogs backed out of her collar shortly after we got her (we caught up with her), I never attach the leash on the main collar (use a second collar) when we are on vacation. That way their ID is always on them.

While your method is a good backup strategy there is a much better one available.t I think everyone that loves their furry family members owes them this extra protection.

Every pet owner should have a "chip" put in them. With this they can be found about any place they may wander if they get loose and lost. They are a family member and all of them should be given the best chances possible to get them back to their homes.

Absolutely, and we do. However the ID tag is immediate and the owner can be called then and there, a person has to go to a vet or pet store to scan the chip and find the owner.

JustJules · ‎06-25-2013

On 6/25/2014 colliegirls said:
On 6/25/2014 hckynut said:
On 6/25/2014 colliegirls said:
Ever since one of our dogs backed out of her collar shortly after we got her (we caught up with her), I never attach the leash on the main collar (use a second collar) when we are on vacation. That way their ID is always on them.

While your method is a good backup strategy there is a much better one available.t I think everyone that loves their furry family members owes them this extra protection.

Every pet owner should have a "chip" put in them. With this they can be found about any place they may wander if they get loose and lost. They are a family member and all of them should be given the best chances possible to get them back to their homes.

Absolutely, and we do. However the ID tag is immediate and the owner can be called then and there, a person has to go to a vet or pet store to scan the chip and find the owner.

I agree that people should do everything they can to identify and protect their pets, and sometimes they lose their collars and ID, and that is when microchips are so important. However, usually a pet keeps it's collar. My new little girl Mia has her Vet rabies tag, her tag with name and phone # for both vet and me, and there is a new thing which is cool, and just another level of identification. It is called GetMeHome.com The tag was provided to me free from my Vet, and it has an identification number on it. I went to the site and registered, and so if Mia were to get lost, someone could go to that site, type in the ID number and find my contact info. It seems sort of redundant since she has Vet tags on her too, but it's another source of identification.

chessylady · ‎05-01-2010

This was on our local news here in northern California. The owner said the dog was frightened by a gun going off nearby. They searched for the dog for two days before going home and went back several times to search. They know it is their dog because of a scar on the leg from stitches.

croemer · ‎03-10-2010

I read about this story several days ago...I am so happy they have been reunited.

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hckynut · ‎03-10-2010

On 6/25/2014 colliegirls said:
Absolutely, and we do. However the ID tag is immediate and the owner can be called then and there, a person has to go to a vet or pet store to scan the chip and find the owner.

While I agree an ID tag is immediate, I can share my experiences of this. Over many decades I have found dogs in many different areas and there was no doubt in my mind they were lost.

If they were friendly enough to stay put or come to me I always looked to see if they had any ID tags on them. While some had collars on them there was no way to identify them. My only choices then were to take them home with me or take them to our State Humane Society which is in our city.

Out of the many I picked up there were maybe at most 10% that were identifiable with tags or a chip. Depending on how long they have been lost and where they were lost, external ID tags can and do come off of them. I would like to believe that most that have owners and have a collar also might of at one time had their ID tags on it. However my experiences tell me that the majority of them do not and I have no idea why in these cases.

Now that a pet owner can have a microchip installed relatively cheap I see no reason not to do this to all of their furry family members. Sure it may not be immediate, but the chances of finding their homes is much greater with a chip than with only external ID only.

While both are good options one will not get lost and the other could.

hckynut(john)

MrsSweetieBear · ‎03-10-2010

Love it. Hate it that he was lost in the first place of course but I know these things happen.

I'm amazed that he survived for so long on his own. I bet he had short term care somehow. I'm mostly surprised no one rescued him sooner or just took him. He's a Golden Retriever. Usually expensive and much desired.

And I wonder if he was named after QVC's Murphy? I bet he was!

~Dogs are my favorite people and my favorite people are dogs.~

mewsmomtoo · ‎03-05-2014

Yea! So glad that Murphy has been reunited with his family. I can't imagine how happy and exciting that must have been for everybody!

I worked in the Lost and Found area of our local shelter and you'd be amazed how many dogs come in with a collar, but no tags or writing on the collar. I highly recommend microchipping plus a collar with a tag and if use a nylon collar, you can write your phone number on it with a permanent marker. I do the same thing with my horse's halter in case he gets off the property (hasn't happened in the 27 years I've had him, but you never know Smile )