Found Pet Stories: Pet owners' stories

HomeAgain has reunited over 600,000 lost pets with their owners.
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Read tales of found dogs and cats from owners just like you. These owners were able to find pets that had gone missing, because their pets are microchipped and enrolled in HomeAgain.

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Pet owners' stories

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Little did I realize how important the HomeAgain chip would be when we were offered it at the animal shelter... 3 weeks ago! Our new best friend Sophie traveled with us to visit friends this weekend on a 1000 acre ranch in Oklahoma. Whilst there, she took herself off on an adventure cross country.

Distraught, Read Sophie’s found Dog story

Posted By: Caroline, Plano, TX - 11/9/2009
Pet Name: Sophie  Species: Dog  Breed: Other  Sex: Female  
Happy Reunions

I have been lucky in that my dog, Ringo, has never been lost. Regardless, he has a HomeAgain microchip. However, I was working as a receptionist in an LA-area veterinary hospital and received a call from a client, stating they had found two lost dogs. They had no tags with contact information and wanted to know what to Read Ringo’s found Dog story

Posted By: Lindsay Kochevar, San Jose, CA - 11/20/2009
Pet Name: Ringo  Species: Dog  Breed: Boxer  Sex: Male  
HomeAgain Even After Four Months

My cat Kelly got out of the house on July 20, 2009. I tried just about everything I could to get him back, posters, walking around the neighborhood, etc. I would leave the overhead garage door open over night and put out food and water. Most of the times it was eaten, but I never seemed to look at the right time.
Read Kelly’s found Cat story

Posted By: Glenn, Mundelein, IL - 11/19/2009
Pet Name: Kelly  Species: Cat  Breed: Other  Sex: Male  
Brindle come HomeAgain

Brindle is actually a Boxer/Lab mix. He is brown with black brindle (catchy, huh?) striping. He ran off in spring 1999 from my home in northern Virginia.

Almost 11 years later he was found by the Rohde family in Lawton Oklahoma. Because there are a lot of military people in northern Virginia & Lawton Oklahoma, Read Brindle’s found Dog story

Posted By: Gary Rowley, Fredericksburg, VA - 11/13/2009
Pet Name: Brindle  Species: Dog  Breed: Boxer  Sex: Male  

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