Most of you know FFAA works with the American Kennel Club and their
Companion Animal Recovery program (AKC CAR). We enroll all the tags on our
animals—even those that already have a microchip when they arrive here—with AKC
CAR. In the past, we have had several dogs lost and found and returned to the
family quickly.
Here is a great story about a dog being lost and found today. It turns
out that Valentina decided to go for a walk and went to the neighbor’s yard.
When the neighbor spotted Valentina in his back yard, he let her in the house
and she immediately jumped on the couch and into his lap. He is new to the
neighborhood and didn’t know Valentina. He read the 800 phone number for AKC
CAR on Valentina’s yellow identification tag and called them immediately. They
telephoned Laurie and she asked me to follow up. I got out Valentina’s family’s
contact information and I called both the gentleman that had Valentina and the
the family. It turned out she was right next door and returned immediately.
Such a happy ending for everyone.
I’m sending this to encourage everyone to implant a microchip in their
animals and if you do it through us to be certain to give us updated contact
information whenever there is a change. Also, make sure that the animal wears
their yellow id tag. Of course, an animal can be scanned any time but in this
case that wasn’t necessary because the gentleman just read the phone number and
her microchip number on her tag.
This is a day to celebrate!
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