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Found Bubba

Found Pets Home — Saturday, September 04, 2010 9:51:54 PM

I received a voicemail from HomeAgain saying that someone had found my lost pet, Bubba, and that I needed to call them back so that they could connect me to the person that had him. Finally they called the lady back that had him and connected me to her. He was only a few houses away but they had seen him running and didn’t want him to get ran over or hurt. I went to her house to pick him up and he saw me through the gate and went berserk. We got him back home now and he is still his goofy self.

70 Miles and Running

Found Pets Home — Saturday, September 04, 2010 10:40:48 AM

Nearly 3 months ago my Chiweenie Bishop decided to dart out of the house as I was on my way to work one night. I decided not to chase him this time since he's always usually around the corner and my neighbors know who Bishop belongs to. 12 hours later that’s when I started to worry, Bishop didn't have his collar on due to getting his bath the previous that evening. After I initially reported my lost pet with HomeAgain, I received the first call from a neighbor who saw one of my HomeAgain Lost Pet Posters that we posted. She said she saw Bishop, but nothing came of it. Our 2nd call was from a shelter over 70 miles away. I was told Bishop was scanned when he was brought in as a stray but his microchip didn't register. So he was put on the ready to adopt list. On the day of the public adoption the keen insight of the shelter staff noticed that Bishop was neutered and slightly trained and decided to scan him a second time before letting him be adopted. That’s when his microchip I.D. registered back ...

Oh Oscar!!

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, September 01, 2010 10:38:27 PM

During a lonely time in my life I adopted a black and tan tabby named Oscar. He was about 6 months old and became a fast friend. He sat on the couch like a human, back against the pillows, fat tummy exposed, legs hanging to the side! After several months I moved and Oscar became a spoiled house cat. One dark night as I carried in groceries, Oscar ran out into the black night. I called, left out food, searched and contacted the Humane Society - after 2 months I gave up and adopted another tabby. Oscar never did turn up and months turned into years. I remarried and moved to another city. Then the phone rings - 4 and 1/2 years after Oscar disappeared into the night. It was HomeAgain calling - Oscar had been cared for the past 18 months by a cat-loving lady named Phyllis. She took Oscar to the vet for vaccinations and they scanned for the chip, which led to HomeAgain calling me. Phyllis loves Oscar and since I have two other cats and two dogs and a new home, Phyllis is keeping Oscar as one of her much...

HomeAgain Really Works

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, September 01, 2010 4:09:49 PM

While I was talking to my next door neighbor, Mimi our 4 year old female Shelty, wandered off our neighborhood area. Let me first say that everyone in the neighborhood knows Mimi. A new neighbor about 6 houses away, who also has a small dog, found Mimi when she went inside their house. Mimi went through the open front door, and proceeded to eat their dog’s food. Fortunately for us they checked Mimi’s collar and called the number on her yellow HomeAgain tag. Mimi and I were "reunited" within a few minutes of her disappearance. Thankfully Mimi always knew where she was. But it's good to know that the HomeAgain system really works.

Update Your Phones If You Move!!!

Found Pets Home — Friday, August 27, 2010 7:19:07 PM

In the summer of 2009, we moved to a different home to make room for my mother to live with us. It had a lovely fenced in yard, and our collie, Stella, LOVED it! One night, my husband received a phone call from HomeAgain, telling us that they found our dog. We thought she was just outside on the patio, but apparently she took about a 5 block stroll towards a very busy intersection, and made a new friend there!!! The operator on the phone, told my husband that they tried the phone number we had listed, but (of course) it was disconnected....I hadn't even thought of changing it! They called the emergency number listed, my good friend, Laura, and she gave them my cell number. What a wonderful phone call to receive!!! The "Rescuing Angel" saw Stella on her way home from delivering some rescued dogs to a no-kill shelter!! She jumped out of her car, and Stella came right up to her....wanting a head scratch, thank goodness. I don't even know her name, but this angel started walking Stella on a leash, ...

Anna and Cowboy Go Out For a Visit

Found Pets Home — Thursday, August 26, 2010 1:54:18 PM

My dogs, Anna and Cowboy, were digging to chase bunnies. We have worked incredibly hard to keep them from digging out of our yard, but they just find new and creative ways to circumvent us. When they got out we were panicked because we have wild animals around our very rural area. We looked until midnight calling and calling, but nothing. We prayed that a neighbor found them and took them in. In the morning HomeAgain called and told us a neighbor had sighted them, and took them in, but she had a cat. They have never seen a cat, and I think they thought it was a bunny. They jumped at the chance to chase it in her house. She opened the door to let the cat out and instead the dogs escaped. She got our number from HomeAgain and called us and said the dogs were on our street headed to our house. My husband jumped in the car and began to whistle going down the street. I ran out of the house and called them to come. In less than 2 minutes they appeared in the driveway very tired, weary, thirsty...

Found My Dog "In Custody"

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, August 25, 2010 11:02:39 PM

My Boston Terrier, Baby, is just that...she is my baby. I take her with me almost everywhere I go, but when I had to leave her at home, she would climb our 5 foot chain link fence, like a cat, and attempt to find someone else to keep her company. This particular day, I had been gone for about an hour and a half, and came home to find the pet door pushed open and Baby nowhere to be found. I panicked. First thing I did was drive around the neighborhood looking for her. After half an hour of not finding her, I was in a panic. When I went home to call for help, I found a message on my answering machine from HomeAgain. Someone had found my Baby, and they left me the number. I called the number and was given a corner in Madras to meet him with my dog. He told me there was no address where he was. I was confused, but happy that I was going after her to bring her home. When I got there, I found a van with a Deputy and a dozen men with "inmate" stamped on their backs, all sitting on the ground...

So Glad For The Microchip!

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, August 24, 2010 2:51:18 PM

Red had been missing for more than three months, in fact my family had mostly given up hope that he would be found. Meanwhile, about 4 miles away from our home a family had started feeding this sweet stray cat. After taking care of him for about two weeks they considered adopting him, but first took him to the local shelter to see if he had a microchip, and he did! That day I was able to pick up my sweet cat, a little skinny but otherwise in good shape! So glad I spent the money on the HomeAgain microchip!

Zumer Found After 3 and A Half Years!

Found Pets Home — Monday, August 23, 2010 10:56:23 AM

Zumer came to us in a group of week-old foster kittens May 2006. He was raised with his brother (Grover), two sisters (Gummy and Marble) and an unrelated kitty (Bug). We soon fell in love and all five kitties became permanent family members. Zumer and his brother, Grover, disappeared March 2007. My husband and I were out of town - when we returned April 2007 (April fool’s Day) we couldn’t find Zumer or Grover anywhere. They usually answered and came running when they were called. Zumer especially would run at top speed to greet us when we returned from past trips. The pet sitter said she couldn’t tell the cats apart (we had 7) and she didn’t enforce our curfew and didn’t even realize that two cats were missing. So we had no clue if the boys were missing only 1 day or for the entire 2 and a half weeks we were gone. Within hours of our return, I reported the boys lost through HomeAgain, posted their info on the websites PetFinder and TabbyTracker, blanketed the neighborhood with posters, spoke with ne...

Lost and found

Found Pets Home — Monday, August 23, 2010 8:04:29 AM

Vandal got out late Saturday night, we did not know until morning. We started putting out fliers and signs, when HomeAgain called with a party on the line that found Vandal and took him to Pet Mart were he was scanned and his chip verified to me. They meet and returned Vandal. I can not state how relieved I was and how good and fast the service worked. I would highly recommend this service to any pet owner.

The adventures of Columbus

Found Pets Home — Monday, August 23, 2010 7:19:40 AM

Oliver's main goal in his little life has been to get out. Well, maybe to eat, to snuggle lately...and then to get outside! Our house backs up to 10 acres of woods, and we see coyotes and fox all the time. For this reason we decided to make him an indoor cat. Well, he has always tried to get outside and finally got his wish 2 days ago. We had friends over, someone left the garage door open, and he was out for hours before we started our search. Normallly when he "escapes" we either see him, or we are right on his heels, and with a little coaxing and food, he pauses long enough to scoop him up. Well this time he was no where to be found once we began calling him and looking around. We had thunderstorms all weekend and no sign of Oliver. We printed out the LostPet poster, which was easy even for a technically challenged person like me. Home Again's suggestions, info, and poster was invaluable in keeping our family productive and focused in our search for Oliver. After reading about indoor cats,...

4th of July Clam Bake, Maine

Found Pets Home — Sunday, August 22, 2010 4:02:12 PM

This is a story you may have already heard. Our vacation home in Maine is a very popular place for my large family to gather during the beautiful summer months. On the 4th of July weekend the comings and goings of kids on bikes walks to the beach, and gates opening and closing was too much to keep track of. While on the beach enjoying a loud fireworks display,one of my dogs escaped the fenced in patio and ran, frightened, to find our group. We returned to the house and all 5 other dogs were in the house except for little Chester, a 7 year old male Shih tzu. An erie calm came over me. I really did not know what to do,except run in the dark and look for him, calling his name. Shortly after midnight my nephew in NJ called and was contacted by HomeAgain. My baby was safe with a woman some distance away from our home. I never added our home in Maine to the database.Keep your records up to date. I bet you will never see a woman cry like I did with joy that Chester was unharmed. Dogs do not like fireworks! Go...

Lost During a Move, Cat Found...

Found Pets Home — Sunday, August 22, 2010 3:42:58 PM

This last December my family was moving from Fort Leavenworth, KS to Fort Bragg, NC. After the first night in a hotel just outside of Saint Louis, my cat escaped out of our hotel room and through all of our searching, we could not find her. The hotel was located just off of I 70. It was bitter cold during that time and for the next couple of months as well. It was a heartbreaking rest of the trip for all of us. I have been posting her picture on Craigslist ever since and searched the postings as well. I also was diligent about looking on Petharbor.com, I made a few phone calls but nothing turned up. Five months later, I received a phone call from a Veterinarian’s office, they found Trixie or rather someone from a Chiropractic office turned her in. The people that turned her in were located only a couple of blocks from the hotel. Thanks to her Microchip, after five long months, our cat came home. In addition to this blessing, HomeAgain paid for her flight home.

Houdini in Silverdale, WA

Found Pets Home — Saturday, August 21, 2010 9:57:12 PM

Ania is a menace but in such a way that our family has come to love her for being so bold. She is an escape artist as every husky is known to be. This Friday she slipped away off of her lead on the deck and took off for an adventure but didn't return home this time. Ania has escaped plenty of times before from us. With us chasing her at her heels, calling her with leash in hand and or dashing to the car so we don't have to run barefoot to run the husky capture mission again. HomeAgain helped us find our "Houdini" this time. Their humane society blast helped us receive a call from our local humane society with information from a local resident that had kept our furry friend in safety. She is home now and our furry family crew is back together. Thank you "HomeAgain" !!

Teka Came Home!

Found Pets Home — Friday, August 20, 2010 2:17:06 AM

I work in Africa and had to make the trip 2 days after Teka disappeared. After 4 days of believing she probably died in the attic, I was amazed to hear that Teka came home on her own after 4 days of apparent roaming. While she finally came home, before that I was happy to know that Home Again was out there waiting for that one call and that the animal shelters/vets were being kept up to date on the situation. The people on the phone told me to keep up hope. I am glad that someone cared enough to say those things. Although I wasn't too good of a hope keeper I did everything they told me to just in case!!!

Escapee

Found Pets Home — Thursday, August 19, 2010 10:53:37 PM

Taylor has always been an escape artist. A yard worker left the gate unlocked, and while she didn't notice until morning, she still pushed through. I did not notice, although I was surprised that she hadn't seen me off. I left, even a little grateful that she did not come to give me the stricken look she has when I leave. When I got back, I entered the house to find my machine blinking with contacts, one of these from HomeAgain. Taylor was safe and about a block from home. A woman had seen her down by the gate, which is near a very busy street. She picked her up and took her to a nearby vet to have her scanned. I cannot tell you how happy I am that your service exists. This dog is a big part of my life, and you saved me a lot of heartache.

Wandering Little Guy

Found Pets Home — Thursday, August 19, 2010 5:25:42 PM

I found a little Boston Terrier roaming my street one day. He was heading for a major road, so I intercepted him and got him turned around. I finally caught him with a rescue lead halfway down my street. I was out of breath so I went up to a neighbor's house and asked them to look at his collar where we found the HomeAgain number. While I was on the phone with them, they contacted a very frantic owner, I loaded him in my truck and drove him a few streets away to his mom. If only everyone would get their pets micro-chipped, and everyone was informed enough to have a vet or rescue check for one in the event of a "found" pet, the world be be a more wonderful place!

My Tabby Nenette found after 7 YEARS !

Found Pets Home — Thursday, August 19, 2010 2:35:43 AM

Nenette was found as a very small kitten in the woman's locker room at the city college my daughter attended, with 3 other kitties who were quickly adopted. My daughter brought her home, and in the next 4 months she became pregnant. She gave birth at home and took very good care of her babies. All of our cats got chips. A year later, one of them, to whom she was very attached died. After this event Nenette got into a feud with her remaining daughter and left... We looked for her in all the pounds of the San Francisco Bay Area, in our neighborhood - nothing. This winter, I received a phone call from Berkeley's pound, they had found Nenette in a neighbor backyard. Our address had changed multiple times and I did forgot to update my file at HomeAgain. But they had my cell phone number! It was such a joy to have Nenette again in the family. She had a good coat but was very "petite". She recognized us right away and sleeps on my bed every night! Now the staff at the pound told me that they never had ...

Sampson Is Found

Found Pets Home — Sunday, August 15, 2010 6:05:43 PM

My dog Sampson got out of the yard on August 13, 2010, I immediately contacted HomeAgain and they made a Lost Pet Poster for me. I put the posted out everywhere. I was beginning to lose hope when I received a phone call from HomeAgain saying that they had a person on the line that had see my dog, and within a matter of a couple hours my son found him and he was brought home. Thank you HomeAgain for everything.

Prayers Answered

Found Pets Home — Sunday, August 15, 2010 2:30:30 PM

I was visiting my brother at his house, with our Miniature Pinscher, Buck. That evening we decided to go out to dinner with our whole family so we placed our dog buck in my brother’s outdoor kennel. Now as you may know Min Pins are known to jump HIGH. Our Buck is no different. We do not know how he got out; however, when we got home he was gone. We walked around my brother’s neighborhood for hours to no avail. The next day we were to go to Yellowstone National Park for the day. We were devastated. The thought of leaving our precious dog all alone for even a night was hard. All of us- my Fiancé, my two girls ( Alissa 13 Samantha, 12) cried. WE knew that buck was chipped but we had not yet registered him with our new information. So we quickly jumped on the phone at 11 o'clock that evening and spoke to a wonderful person at HomeAgain who got our new information and sent out an alert immediately. We went to Yellowstone with a prayer in our hearts that someone would find him and do the right thi...

4 Months Later - Molly Lou Returns

Found Pets Home — Saturday, August 14, 2010 9:51:47 AM

My husband Bill, our son Wesley, who is 17 and special needs, and myself went to Disney World over spring break. We left our Pug, Molly Lou, with our beloved friends, Marcy and Geoff. They were playing with Molly Lou when the UPS guy dropped off a box. Molly Lou ran out the door and began an adventure of a lifetime. Marcy and Geoff did everything they could to find her-- luckily we gave them the HomeAgain magnet to use if anything would happen. After trying to catch her for 1 hour -- they called HomeAgain to report her lost on April 2. We were not to get back until April 9. They made signs, walked the neighborhood, made phone calls, and visited the shelter often. They whole neighborhood was involved in finding Molly Lou. They received some notifications about Molly but no one could catch her. I called Marcy and Geoff on April 8 to see how Molly was doing. Geoff told me what happened and Bill and I were a mess -- we did not tell Wesley as it may have upset him too much!! It was the longest 24 ...

Gate Left Open

Found Pets Home — Thursday, August 12, 2010 5:36:41 PM

I retired for bed at 10:00PM; unknowing an electric company worker left the side gate open while reading the meter of my home, and thus Coco went sniffing and wondering that evening. I received a call at 11:26AM the next morning from HomeAgain about Coco’s disappearance. I returned the call at 12:16PM, was teleconferenced with the loving family that found Coco, and Coco was home by 1:30PM. I’ve never had to use HomeAgain services in the past, but I’m sure glad I registered Coco five years prior to this incident. Thank You HomeAgain! Your system really does work; and Coco thanks you too.

Catfish Wednesday, What a Day

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, August 11, 2010 5:53:18 PM

Things have been good with our new dog we just got, Lucy. The only one who had a problem with the new dog, was my other dog Holly. She had been with me for only a couple days, and thing were going too well. Today was Wednesday, and my friend Maria and I had been planning to go to a catfish buffet. After an hour of nothing but pure catfish, we came back to my home only to find Holly. We called out for Lucy everywhere, but nothing. I was so worried, but surprisingly Holly was really playful and I knew that Lucy must have gotten out. I went on HomeAgain and the operator helped me set up a Lost Pet alert that went out to the local shelters and even called the shelter that Lucy came from. Well I will tell you, Lucy went on an adventure. She left my house and went out of the neighborhood I lived in. She went under the large fence walked around oceanside and jumped in a man’s truck!!! Well the animal shelter that Lucy came from got a call from the man. They went and picked her up and dropped off at home....

Caring Dog Owner Saves the Day

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, August 10, 2010 9:50:32 PM

My wife let my two dogs, Dreyfus and Sheenah, out for a morning bathroom run in my fenced yard. When she returned to let them in, Dreyfus could not be found. Somehow the gate was left open and Dreyfus had left the yard. My wife contacted me at work and I rushed home to search for Dreyfus. Remembering that Dreyfus had a HomeAgain chip installed in 2008, I went to my paperwork. I retrieved the HomeAgain number and contacted them. They took my information and had me register online. There I uploaded a picture and inputted information on Dreyfus. This information was then sent out to all HomeAgain PetRescuers in the area. I got in my car and drove around for four hours, searching the neighborhood and city, talking to everyone, but with no luck. I returned home to check the local shelter site and HomeAgain.com. I then noticed I had added an extra letter to my dog’s microchip ID! I contacted home again so this could be fixed, the young lady gladly assisted me in this process. Not 40 minutes later I rece...

Diablo returns

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, August 10, 2010 2:06:34 AM

I used the lost poster format that HomeAgain has and posted it all over the neighborhood. This really helped because it provided a picture of him. At first no one saw Diablo for a week. When I would check with the neighbors one advised me they saw him in his garage but he ran out when he approached him. With the help of the poster and picture it was easy for my neighbor to confirm it was Diablo and that he was still in the immediate area. I left my garage door open with food and water for two days and on Monday August 9, 2010 I found him in the garage. He came right to me. I was so happy to see him. He looked good just a little dirty. Ever since I've had Diablo he has been living up to his name. lol.

My Maltese Found A State Away

Found Pets Home — Saturday, August 07, 2010 12:43:55 PM

I had a miracle happen yesterday. My Maltese disappeared in Rhode Island on July 19, 2010. I started giving up hope when I got a call from Home Again saying there was a match on my Maltese. My dog traveled over 45 miles to Danielson, CT. The woman who found him on the road was smart enough to take him to her vet to have him checked for a chip... and the rest is history. She only had him for 5 days so we still don't know where he was prior to that. If he wasn't microchipped I never would have found him. If you have a pet, it's worth the money to get them chipped. Thank you Home Again you made my day yesterday.

24 Hour Heartbreak and Joy

Found Pets Home — Friday, August 06, 2010 11:28:35 PM

Yesterday morning, August 5, 2010 our 14 year old Miniature Schnauzer, Maggie passed away from kidney failure. A mere 12 hours later, Gabbi, our 1 year old Miniature Schnauzer just disappeared from out of the fenced backyard while I was cleaning out the bird bath. I called and called her name, I whistled for her, I even went in and got her favorite squeaky toy; all to no avail. It was dark outside by the time my husband arrived home, so he got a flashlight and searched our yard and the neighborhood for her. When he came back in he contacted HomeAgain. They had him download a picture of Gabbi in order to assist them in getting the notice of Lost Pet Poster out to shelters, vets, dog finder groups, etc. and to enable us to print the Lost Pet posters to hang up locally. He hung those up between midnight and 1 am before he headed off to bed. Losing one doggie child is heartbreak enough, but the fear of losing a second- I would not wish on my worst enemy. Needless to say, after the last 24 hours I was ...

Thunder Storm Refugee

Found Pets Home — Thursday, August 05, 2010 7:22:43 PM

We found a very wet and scared, small black dog at our door when we came home during an awful summer storm. He would not leave and wanted inside. We put him on our screened porch and began calling the numbers on his tags - owner and vet. We got the answering machine at the home, as well as the vet’s office and cell phone. I had noticed the HomeAgain tag so I got the microchip number. Within 5 - 10 minutes of calling HomeAgain, I was on a 2-way call with Shadow's mom in Virginia, where she was on vacation. I gave her my number and was going to call her pet sitter to let her know where Shadow was. Isabella from HomeAgain was great, and made sure that everything got passed back between us. About 30 minutes later, the pet sitter called and came to get Shadow. I microchipped my own dog, Johann Sebastian Bark, as a puppy and am very grateful that I did so. I have never used your service until this evening but you made a believer out of me and my husband. I called later to update my own info. ...

Queen Returns Home

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, August 03, 2010 11:41:19 PM

Queen was robbed from my yard at my house. Three months later, on July 31, 2010 the sheltter called and said she was found. Thank you microchip! Now my family is happy.

Vacation in Maine

Found Pets Home — Sunday, August 01, 2010 3:00:52 PM

Last day of vacation, and our two Labs decided to go exploring. The worst possible thoughts were running through my mind, realizing that we were supposed to leave the Rockwood area of Moosehead Lake early the next morning. Panic and helplessness are two great mental demons, no matter what the situation. Not 60 minutes after our search, my cell phone rang. Alex, whoever you are, is an angel. Our girls were found by a large family with lots of kids and they called HomeAgain right away. We are thinking of renaming our wandering females; "Lewis and Clark"! Thank you Home Again. We are forever in your debt.

Never too late to be found

Found Pets Home — Friday, July 30, 2010 3:44:42 PM

After almost 1 1/2 years and giving up hope we got a call from our local shelter... Hallo had been found. This baby belonged to my brother who is disabled and an addict. This dog had helped him stay clean and sober. My brother went into a downturn and suffered greatly when he disappeared. When we went to get Hallo he ran to my brother, and was so thrilled to see him. Now they are inseparable. Even though he had been taken care of there is no relief like having him back. Thanks HomeAgain.

Escape Artist For a Night

Found Pets Home — Friday, July 30, 2010 11:39:28 AM

We went to a friend’s place to pick up a couple park-style benches she was replacing. My husband and a friend got home to unload them at our house and opened the gate to put them in the back yard area. Tia, being the smallest of our 3 dogs, had the stealth to slip out the gate. My husband saw one dog in the living room window and the other at his feet and thought Tia was in the house. Shortly he realized his error, and we started searching. One friend driving, one on foot, and later a 4 car search turned up nothing. I immediately went online after 2 hours of searching, and contacted HomeAgain to alert them and update our contact numbers. They notified me the next day, in the morning, this was done. Of course we notified our vet, clinic and put up the Lost Pet poster. And yes, folks do look at these, I got a good response. She got lost on Tuesday evening, and our savior took the time to get the number off her collar and call HomeAgain. We were called Thursday, shortly after noon, that our little ...

Fellow Cat Lover Found My Kitty

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, July 28, 2010 8:22:03 PM

Manfred had been lost for 2 weeks and I had almost given up. I am in the military and will be transferring soon. It broke my heart that I might not be able to reunite with our kitty. HomeAgain called, and a lady about a half a mile from us had found my cat. Her husband told her to not worry about it when she saw him- that he would go home. Thank goodness she didn't listen. She called the HomeAgain number on his collar, and the rest is history. So glad my baby was microchipped!

Wonderful Strangers

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, July 28, 2010 8:55:17 AM

So if you saw a strange, very large dog near your home, would you lock your doors, or try to say hello and give them treats? Thankfully, the person who found my dog, a Great Dane, was not faint of heart! Although Freya never came close enough for a pat, they could see my name on her ID, and looked up my number (they couldn't read that off the tags because it was in smaller print). HomeAgain was awesome in dealing with all my information, and getting it right out to the people that needed to know. They even designed a poster for us to put up. Thank you for wonderful companies and good Samaritans!

She's Home!!!!

Found Pets Home — Sunday, July 25, 2010 2:15:09 PM

Wow! Someone found my little girl, and HomeAgain got me in touch with them quickly!!!! I feel much more confident in my pet's security now that I've seen this system in action. After this experience, I would HIGHLY recommend this to anyone with a pet that they love. Get them chipped and in the HomeAgain pet recovery system. Thank you to HomeAgain sooooo much for the service you provide!!!

Rocco Comes Home!

Found Pets Home — Saturday, July 24, 2010 12:12:57 PM

Our dog Rocco left on Tuesday, after our Saint Bernard opened the gate for the 2 of them. The Saint Bernard waited for us to return after being gone for 4 hours, but Rocco had decided to stroll off. We posted signs everywhere in the neighborhood, not knowing that he was found about 10 miles away! Thank you HomeAgain because without you, we would have never found our Rocco.

Bolted When the Fireworks Began

Found Pets Home — Saturday, July 24, 2010 10:18:37 AM

This past Fourth of July my dog Jake, a good friend, and I were visiting friends on Balboa Island in Newport Beach. Parties were going strong all over the neighborhood and when the fireworks began around 9 pm, my one year old Jake bolted out the side door some reveler had left ajar. A full island press was on, with partiers forsaking their drinks and fun to help locate my beloved runaway. Someone spotted him in the water, but was unable to grab him before he fled down another island alley. Two frantic hours later the call came through from the Newport Animal Shelter that they had rescued Jake, and that he was safe and sound. By then it was midnight, and the pound officially closed, but they were kind enough to allow me to see him before he had to spend the next day locked up safely in the facility. When the pound opened on the 6th, we were there to reclaim our runaway. What a blessed relief!

Keep Persevering

Found Pets Home — Friday, July 23, 2010 1:38:34 PM

I lost my cat Bingo on a Sunday. After exploring all my options, involving HomeAgain's service, I walked my neighborhood, attaching Lost Pet posters to posts within a 5 mile area and posting and handing out the posters door to door in my direct vicinity. I was beginning to lose hope of ever finding my precious cat...but I kept putting flyers in areas I missed and continued to persevere. I was ecstatic when I received a call six days later that someone who had received my Lost Pet poster had found my cat. Within that same hour, I had received two more calls from neighbors who had seen my posted flyer and had information about my cat. It’s important to not give up, and to exhaust all options. I had been on the phone with HomeAgain twice, ordered their premium service, visited shelters and posted signs. And thank goodness my work paid off. But most importantly it left me with such a good feeling that my nearby neighbors (who I had never met) went out of their way and did such a good deed by trying to hel...

My Boy Is Home...

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, July 20, 2010 10:04:40 PM

On Sunday evening my Golden Retriever, Molly, went into acute respiratory arrest and had to be euthanized. Unfortunately, the next afternoon I had to leave on a business trip. That evening Max, our Shepherd/Boxer mix, bolted through the door when my husband opened it. After searching the neighborhood for an hour he called me to break the news that we had potentially lost two of our babies within 24 hours. I logged onto the HomeAgain website to report Max missing and downloaded the Lost Pet poster. I was able to e-mail the .pdf file to my husband who quickly printed copies and posted them at the entrance to our subdivision. Max's rescuer saw the poster the next morning on her way to work and called to say he was safe and sound, in her care until we were able to recover him. I am so grateful that I was able to be a part of the search effort from 900 miles away and that little search time was lost with the personalized Lost Pet poster HomAgain provided for us. I urge everyone to make sure th...

A Great Phone Call

Found Pets Home — Monday, July 19, 2010 1:13:20 PM

On July 11 my husband, like always, took Kia out to potty before he went to work. He attached the leash, opened the door, and out went Kia. The leash was not on right and off Kia ran. We could not catch her. She caught wind of a deer and through the woods she went, not to be seen for 39 hours. Thanks to HomeAgain they put out a Lost Pet Alert in my area, and before I knew it, I got the "great " phone call. Thank you so much everybody and a special thanks to Carol, who found Kia.

Another Dog Returned HomeAgain

Found Pets Home — Monday, July 19, 2010 1:10:25 PM

It was a cold snowy morning - my wife and I were headed to church. We opened the garage and there was this little dog. It was matted and covered with ice and snow. We kept the dog in garage overnight and the next morning I took the dog to a groomer. I had the dog washed and cut. When I picked up the dog a couple of hours later it didn't even look like same dog. Turned out it was a Schnauzer. I took him a vet near our home and asked that they scan it for the chip. Behold, it did – the vet contacted the owner and the dog was returned that afternoon. The owner reimbursed me for the dog’s wash and cut. The dog was happy to be HomeAgain.

Finding My Cat: Jefferson Tuxedo Tyson

Found Pets Home — Sunday, July 18, 2010 12:36:43 AM

I opened my windows for fresh air. My cat, Jefferson, usually sits on the window seal and looks out. He must have seen another animal because he pushed on the screen and fell out the window about 8:30 P.M. When I closed the window I noticed the screen on the ground, and Jefferson was missing. I immediately, went around the house calling him, but to no answer. I called HomeAgain and received kind and sympathetic service. The HomeAgain representative suggested that I drive around the neighborhood even though it was dark. As I checked the window again to make sure it was locked, I heard a meow and saw Jefferson. When I ran out to get him he crawled under the deck. I kept talking to him and he finally came out to where I could grab his arm. I immediately put his collar on him, which he will wear permanently, even in the house. I will only open the window an inch, even if the window has screens. Big Lesson Learned. Thanks to HomeAgain and the HomeAgain representative’s helpful advice.

Pablo's Reunion

Found Pets Home — Friday, July 16, 2010 9:00:25 AM

Pablo was lost on a Sunday afternoon. Immediately, my fiancée took to searching and called in family members too. We knew that we wouldn't be able to reach anyone on a Sunday evening so we began placing calls to all of the agencies we could think of and leaving messages. We called the animal emergency clinic in case anyone brought him in due to injury and we could be notified. We reported him lost with the HomeAgain Lost Pet Hotline and used the HomeAgain site to create the Lost Pet posters. Beginning Monday, calls were placed to all shelters, local vets, boarding kennels, local groomer and pet supply stores. We made copies of the HomeAgain Lost Pet posters and posted them in every local storefront (we are so lucky that our town is super animal friendly). Both HomeAgain's number and our number was on the flier. Our town has a large population of dog owners who walk their dogs around the town so we handed a copy of the Lost Pet poster to all the people we talked to. We even gave posters to...

Gino- The Road Warrior

Found Pets Home — Thursday, July 15, 2010 11:44:40 PM

Gino took off over a month ago. Today someone found him 10 miles away, in a dumpster scavenging for food, and turned him in to the SPCA who found the HomeAgain chip and called me. Tonight he is eating and lounging around the house like nothing ever happened.

Penny Is HomeAgain

Found Pets Home — Thursday, July 15, 2010 4:55:54 PM

Due to confusion while on vacation, our dog Penny wandered off during the night. Many hours of calling for her, miles traveled on foot and by car, lost and found ads posted and Lost Pet posters distributed produced no results. But thanks to Kevin, the kindhearted man from Bristol who found her and promptly contacted HomeAgain, Penny is safe at home after being gone for 8 days. The HomeAgain staff was so helpful, both at the time of reporting her missing and when she was recovered. This is the first dog we have ever microchipped but we realize it was what brought our puppy home. It is definitely worth the cost and will be routine for us with any future dogs.

Kisho is HomeAgain

Found Pets Home — Thursday, July 15, 2010 12:23:10 PM

I had just about given up on ever finding our beloved pet, Kisho. Four days had gone by and not one response. However, I decided to print out a few more of the posters HomeAgain supplied for us and started to place them in pet supply stores in the area. At the third store I went to, a man at the checkout counter who after looking at the poster said that he had our dog at his home. What were the chances of walking into that store exactly at the right moment?

Thank You HomeAgain

Found Pets Home — Thursday, July 15, 2010 2:09:49 AM

I really want to thank HomeAgain. When our cat first disappeared it was such a relief to know one phone call and the word went out to over 100 people, within 15 minutes. My job was to canvas the area and talk to neighbors, there were so many kind people offering to lend a hand. The Lost Pet poster download was a great template and we hung 25 color posters all over the neighborhood. I do not know what I would have done if HomeAgain did not help me. The money on microchipping was the best money and the best piece of mind I have ever invested in.

Far From Home, But a Runner Found Him!

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, July 14, 2010 5:09:37 PM

Three days after he escaped from our yard, our dog Luke, was spotted by someone who called the HomeAgain lost pet number. Unfortunately, after we got there he had disappeared again. The next day, he was seen about a mile away in the opposite direction of the sighting the day before. This time, a runner came across him, and he had crossed a very busy intersection. The runner and someone else, who was also walking in the area that Sunday morning, cornered him, so he couldn't escape. The runner knew she had seen the HomeAgain lost pet posters in our neighborhood about a lost Beagle, so she carried Luke home with her and called us to pick him up. She had seen our number posted on the HomeAgain Lost Pet posters on stop signs all over the neighborhood. I'm now grateful for all the stop signs in our area, as they provide a good location for posters about lost pets!

Missing For Twenty Minutes

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, July 13, 2010 9:24:05 PM

A roofing contractor came by to give me an estimate recently. I did not realize my 12 year old daughter had let the dogs out back when I saw Kofi, our tiny dog, barking at the front door. I then knew that the side gate had been left open and Rambo was gone, for he is a runner! Right then we jumped into our car and off we went, looking for him. We had only searched two city blocks when I received a cell phone call. It was HomeAgain, advising us that Rambo had been found by a young man by the name of Joel. Rambo was only three blocks away from home, the entire ordeal lasted only twenty minutes. Elisa, my daughter with tears of joy was reunited with her little friend. HomeAgain absolutely is worth every penny! Thank you HomeAgain, and thank you Joel for the call to HomeAgain.

Paris Located, Not Far From Home

Found Pets Home — Saturday, July 10, 2010 10:23:02 PM

Thanks to the kindness and loving generosity of two individuals, Paris was safely returned to us today. Approximately, 6 days from the initial day she went missing on the 4th July. Two remarkable people found her wondering about 6 blocks from home and very frightened. They took excellent care of Paris until we could be located. Although Paris had a microchip the vet who did the implant did not register her information, making it impossible for these individuals to trace Paris to her owners (they had taken her into their Vet on the same day they found her). The vet detected the chip but no owner information was associated with it. I followed all of HomeAgain’s recommendations and posted flyers and visited every animal shelter and dog rescue within a 20 mile radius of my home. Eventually these efforts paid off. As part of my morning routine I visited the two animal shelters near me, and within 20 minutes of visiting the Dumb Friend League in Denver, I received a call notifying me that Paris was j...

A Quick Recovery

Found Pets Home — Friday, July 09, 2010 1:33:44 PM

Our dog just came home from major surgery and was seriously drugged. We are very certain that someone was in our yard, as well as our neighbors, and left some gates open. Long story short, our very doped up dog wandered out and decided to try to shake off his meds. The good news, he was found due to the HomeAgain Lost Pet neighborhood alert. A very happy ending for sure.

Miracle Recovery

Found Pets Home — Thursday, July 08, 2010 12:41:01 PM

Ty was lost after jumping out of our car window on a gravel road in the mountains of Southern Colorado on our way up to a day hike. When it was realized he was missing, we looked for him for hours. We found out later he had run from a potential rescuer less than 1 hour after escaping the car. He was seen a few times immediately post disappearance, and then 2 days after disappearing. We notified HomeAgain who sent us Lost Posters Posters. We put them out all over the area and spoke to everyone around. The people there were wonderful and dog friendly. Everyone was looking for him, but he is very skittish and would not come around. Finally, 8 days after going missing, a cabin owner was out cleaning and doing maintenance and saw him lying in the lawn. They took him immediately to the vet, and because he had seen his lost posters they called HomeAgain, who contacted me. I was able to authorize vet services over the phone. He was severely dehydrated and hypothermic and had a very weak and slow p...

Runaway Rocky

Found Pets Home — Thursday, July 08, 2010 11:01:19 AM

Rocky has always liked to sit in the front yard of our home and watch the neighborhood in action. We rescued him 3 years ago. Rocky is such a lazy boy and never seemed to be a wanderer. He had never tried to run away or go visiting the neighbors prior to July 4. That day seemed to be no different than any other. He was sitting on the front porch enjoying the view. A half hour later we went to go check on him. His harness was still tethered to the porch, stretched as far as it would go, but no Rocky. We immediately began searching the neighborhood, which is near the intersection of 2 very busy roads. No luck. We contacted all the shelters, rescue groups and online lost dog sites. We also reported him missing on the HomeAgain website. We posted over 250 flyers on doors, community bulletin boards, telephone poles and anywhere else we could put a flyer. We searched an average 10 hours a day for 3 days. We received a phone call that he had been seen, but the caller said she couldn't remember what...

Lost Cat

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, July 07, 2010 11:01:32 AM

Rupert was newly adopted from animal rescue, and had integrated into the family well. He liked his older cat brother, and had begun to be able to go outside onto the patio for brief visits. Unfortunately, he got spooked by a leaf blower next door and disappeared for 10 days...until he was turned found by animal rescue and was scanned for his HomeAgain chip. Rupert is back with us now, and will get to spend even more time with us and his brother. Hopefully he won't run away again. For all of Rupert’s boldness he was only four blocks away when they found him! Thank you for your wonderful product and support team.

Collar Failure, HomeAgain Success

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, July 06, 2010 12:30:41 PM

Very recently, Moose and Grizzly's wireless fence batteries went dead - without our knowledge. By the time my husband said, "I wonder were the puppies are?” We looked outside where they usually played, and they were nowhere to be seen. Then, like someone had been listening to us, we received a call from HomeAgain. The puppies had managed to get half a mile through the dense woods behind our house, cross a major intersection, and were found walking down the street. We didn't pay much attention to our HomeAgain service, since we have a wireless fence, but thank goodness we had it. When I stopped by to personally thank our neighbors they told me that "it was a great service." All they did was make a call and they were connected to us. I'm going to renew my membership for life - thank you HomeAgain.

Found Dog

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, July 06, 2010 12:21:18 PM

My puppy was missing for two days during the holiday weekend. With much loss of sleep and prayers with my 5 year old daughter, we were hoping she would come home safe. 2 days later I received a call from HomeAgain and was connected to the person who found her. She took my puppy to a local vet that scanned her for the microchip and she was identified. I went and picked her up and brought her home to my family. It was the worst 2 days not knowing where she was or what was happening, but to see her little face again was the best joy. If you have not microchipped your pet, please do so. I will always microchip every pet I have from today on. Without it I would not have my baby home.

Bored and Alone

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, July 06, 2010 9:02:20 AM

Brutus, the greatest dog ever, didn't come from the greatest start in life. He was a junkyard dog and they kept in an unheated garage. He wasn't played with, had no toys, no friends, and wasn't fed properly. So when I found him and brought him home to be part of my family, I vowed to give him all the love, attention, and protection I possibly could. I got him his shots, got his weight under control, fixed his skin problem, and got him fixed. At first I wasn't too keen on the idea of getting him microchipped. I was scared it would be painful and didn't really think I would ever need to use a system like that. After all, I was going to protect him and keep him close. But then I learned that the county I live in only keeps dogs for 3 days after being turned in. What if something happened and Brutus got out, or worse yet, stolen? What would I do? How would I prove he was mine? After all there are not DNA tests to prove you're the owner of your pet. I had no protection for him and with him being such a sweet dog I...

My Angel

Found Pets Home — Monday, July 05, 2010 9:48:54 AM

Our Chihuahua, Ginger was hit by a truck 3 blocks from where we were. She was scared because of fireworks, so we assumed she was hiding under the deck. My cell phone rang and it was HomeAgain calling to say someone had found our dog and that she was hurt. We rushed to get her and took her to the emergency vet. If not for the tag with the HomeAgain info we would not have our Ginger back. She is in the hospital as I write, with no broken bones but some head trauma. We are waiting for news on her condition. Once again, if we had not registered our 4 dogs we would not have our baby back. Thank you for such a helpful service.

The Chip Works!

Found Pets Home — Sunday, July 04, 2010 7:35:29 PM

15-year-old Duchess escaped our yard Thursday night (July 1st) after a storm blew down some fencing (which we did not notice, but she sure did!). She was not wearing her collar so we were really worried about her, especially since she is deaf and has multiple medical problems. We notified HomeAgain, printed the posters and received a call today (Sunday, July 4th) from Banfield clinic at our local PetSmart. A family had found Duchess and had her for the past few days. They took her to Banfield today to have her "checked out" and the clinic scanned her and we got the wonderful call that our family member had been found! She is back home, napping beside our bed, and everyone is grateful for a happy ending. Thanks HomeAgain!

Lucy's Home

Found Pets Home — Sunday, July 04, 2010 11:46:28 AM

When Lucy wandered away from home I was sick, she is so tiny and we live in a rural area, I was sure something had happened to her. Realizing that some people may not check for a microchip, I had posters made with her microchip number and the phone number of HomeAgain. That would keep people from randomly calling us or knowing where we live. 4 days later someone called and we were told she was just fine and where to pick her up. They had not thought of a microchip, just as I had suspected! I was thrilled and she literally jumped into my arms when I got out of the car. It was such a relief! I could finally sleep again! Thank you HomeAgain!

Found!!

Found Pets Home — Saturday, July 03, 2010 7:27:37 PM

My dogs can get out of the fence on occasion when we usually leave the gate open by accident. Flapjack was an 8 month old puppy the first time, and he was just following his older friend, our 4 year old Wheaten Terrier. Both dogs were missing for 2 long days and nights. They were thankfully picked up by a concerned person and taken 100 miles away because that person was on their way home from work. I actually made a poster and posted some alerts on different web sites, in desperation to find them. The people took them to their vet the next day and they scanned them for a microchip. They immediately contacted me, and we were reunited!!! We are very thankful for HomeAgain. I am actually a Veterinary Technician who works for a very busy Veterinary practice, and I make sure all of our clients know the importance of this procedure.

Immediate Value!

Found Pets Home — Saturday, July 03, 2010 6:44:17 AM

Our family adopted Clyde from a reputable and well established shelter last summer. We hadn't had Clyde for very long before the value of HomeAgain was realized. Clyde got away from us while visiting our parents (30 min from our home) and while he was only several houses away (in the backyard) the owners called the HomeAgain number on his collar. As we weren't available at home at the time, HomeAgain called the alternate number in our profile--which was our parents! Needless to say we were quickly reunited with our pet. I have to say I am indeed impressed with the HomeAgain service! Thank you!!

Where's Ace??

Found Pets Home — Friday, July 02, 2010 5:57:44 PM

I work as a trucker, so my dog Ace is my co-driver and constant companion. I was having a bad day, I had been up too long. I had to drop and hook a trailer so I jumped out of the truck, left the door and open jumped back in. Traffic was terrible on this day (July 2), and time was short. I was in the middle of Norfolk Virginia when I looked on the sleeper- no Ace. I panicked, looked in all the spots in the cab, no Ace. I was trying to turn around to go back to the shipper when my cell rang. It was HomeAgain. A kind soul had found Ace and called. What a relief and a good end to a lousy day.

Bam Bam Was Found

Found Pets Home — Thursday, July 01, 2010 5:32:39 PM

My wife and I were at a Dennys when I received a phone call from HomeAgain telling me that Bam Bam was found by a city worker in the town over. I call the friend that was sitting my dog in his home to ask him how Bam Bam was doing. He told me he was fine, and that he was in the back yard. I asked him to go check on him. He did, then he came back to the phone to tell me he was gone. I told him I already knew and a city worker had him. He told me he was sorry and that it would not happen again. I said it’s o.k. but not to let him out of his sight, he's my baby boy!

WOW! This Actually Works!

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, June 30, 2010 6:47:58 PM

Our family dog got out during a storm on a Saturday night. We were at a park stuck waiting for my son's all-star t-ball game. When we got home we noticed she had gotten out. We looked that night, as well as on Sunday with nothing to be found. We sent out a blast email to the neighborhood. On Tuesday, I went to the local shelter to see if they had her, I was upset when she was not there. I then decided that I needed to get her microchip registered. So I had to call Austin, Texas where we first bought her to see if the they had records of the number from back in 2000. They called me back that night and told me the number. I then registered with HomeAgain and put out the ad that she was lost. That very next day at work I got a call and could not believe that someone actually found her! I talked to Wanda and she was telling me all about my dog and then sent me a picture and sure enough it was Hailey! Apparently Wanda put up posters too, but the wind blew them all away. She then talked to h...

We Only Left For Work

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, June 29, 2010 5:53:54 PM

My girlfriend was watching Jackson while I was on a business trip. When she left for work, and got in her car Jackson followed her without her knowing he was behind her. Little did she know, she drove off with Jackson looking for a way back in the gate. Once everyone realized he was gone the frantic search was on. We immediately notified HomeAgain and called all of the local shelters to see if anyone had turned in a black lab or called. About 4:30 the same day, a neighbor a few blocks away called to turn in a lost black Labrador, and the connection was made. Jackson is HomeAgain and safe.

Visiting the Neighbors

Found Pets Home — Monday, June 28, 2010 11:20:36 PM

My indoor cat, Imp, escaped through the garage one Saturday. Worried, sick, I scoured the neighborhood and started posting Lost Pet Posters about my lost cat. That Saturday neighbors down the street heard a cat meowing. First they thought he was outside, but then the meows seemed to be inside their house! They didn't actually see the cat for a couple of days, but he kept them up all night with his meows. They thought they were imagining things! Finally, Imp appeared! They called HomeAgain to report him after seeing the postings about my lost cat. Imp is now finished with his neighborly visits and is delighted to be in his "own" house with his partner, Sweet Pea.

He's Back!!!

Found Pets Home — Monday, June 28, 2010 3:50:41 PM

I received a call this morning from HomeAgain. Not knowing who it was calling, I Iet the call go to voicemail. I listened to the voicemail and it was Brian with HomeAgain...OMG, we were so excited. I called back Brian and he gave the person who had found my dog my number. I missed her call, since I was already getting dressed to go pick up my dog. I called back Marie and she told me the story on where she found him and said that others had seen him with a leash around his neck, they took the leash off but still let him roam the area, so that is when she took him in. She took him to the vet’s office and that’s where he was scanned for a microchip. I went to the vet’s office to pick him up and when he saw me he jumped on me and gave me kisses, lots of kisses. He had been missing for a month now. He’s not responding to his original name, so whomever had him, renamed him. We knew all along that someone had to have taken him in as their own pet. All in all, he's back... And we love him just the same!...

Before I Knew It

Found Pets Home — Friday, June 25, 2010 11:08:08 AM

Thank you so much HomeAgain! I was babysitting and my husband was at work when we got the call late at night about our dog, Bella. We hadn't been home for a few hours so didn't realize she had snuck out of our fence. What could have been a stressful night of searching for our beloved baby girl, ended up being a joyful reunion! HomeAgain was so quick at providing us the information we needed while we weren't at home. I cannot say how grateful we are for this service! Thank you thank you thank you!

4th of July Scare!

Found Pets Home — Thursday, June 24, 2010 12:01:12 PM

One year I had asked my mom to babysit my dog, Sunny. I was going to a party and knew that she gets skittish when she hears firecrackers, so I didn’t want her to be home alone. It was already late in the evening (10-ish) when my mom took her for an evening walk. A couple of neighborhood kids had set off some firecrackers. Sunny was so startled, she bolted. My mom couldn't keep up with her. She went back and got in her car and drove around looking for her. When I came over the next day to pick her up my mom told me what happened. I was so devastated. That same day I went and posted up flyers everywhere. I even went up to a few people that were doing yard work. A week later I got a phone call from a woman who picked up Sunny. She said she was driving home and there was Sunny, running full speed in the middle of the road. She said she pulled next to her and opened her car door and Sunny jumped in without hesitation. She knew Sunny was distressed because she sank to the floor and was shaking. She made...

More Than Just The Chip!!!

Found Pets Home — Thursday, June 24, 2010 11:24:46 AM

We purchased a microchip for our dog Joey 9 years ago when he was just a puppy. Recently Joey went missing from our front yard. We knew that he had been taken and were heart-broken. We immediately posted homemade signs asking for his return, filed a police report and started going to all the vets and humane society's letting them know he was missing. I got on HomeAgain’s web site to update Joeys chip info and noticed the Lost Dog Posters that HomeAgain puts together for us. I filled everything out and printed the poster off. I went and had copies made and started handing them out and hanging them up. 2 days later someone pulled up in the driveway and gave us back our baby boy!!! They had seen his picture on the poster and realized that he was microchipped and belonged to us. Thank you so much HomeAgain for providing more than just the microchip!!!!!! The people had seen our homemade signs but didn't think anything of them. It was your professional looking full color posters that finally caught their e...

Hugs is Home After 8 Long Weeks!

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, June 23, 2010 1:15:02 PM

We moved into a new home on April 1st and our kitty, Hugs, slipped out the front door unnoticed on April 9th. She is a 7 year old indoor kitty, so we were very worried about her safety and we were having tremendous rain storms that we knew were keeping her from "smelling" her way home. We called HomeAgain and reported her missing right away. We tirelessly posted Lost Pet Posters and went door-to-door every day. It rained heavily in April and most of May, but we did not give up, we continued our search despite the rain. We got lots of calls from people thinking they had seen her, but every time, it was not our cat. We hired tracking dogs to follow her scent, with no luck. We rented a cat "trap" and put it outside our front door with food, hoping that it would attract her. I think we caught every neighborhood cat but our own. Sorry kitties! On the day that marked 8 weeks of Hugs being gone, we got a call from a wonderful lady that had seen our Lost Pet Poster and she was not sure if it was our ca...

A MOUNTAIN of a Miracle for McKinley

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, June 22, 2010 3:15:54 PM

You will not believe how amazing this story is... I am still finding it difficult to believe myself! McKinley was born August 2001 into a puppy mill. I got him weighing barely a pound and bottle fed him for a month. He was my "baby" and my daughters and I spoiled him rotten. I used to joke that I had a Pekingese with a German Sheppard complex - because he always acted like he was as big and as great as the mountain he was named for... I think we all felt that way about him. After a bath in July of 2005, McKinley managed to sneak past us out the door and make his way into the world; with no collar and no tags. He disappeared without a trace. Months of endless searching and posting hundreds of posters brought no response, heartbreak set in. McKinley had vanished. That was five years ago. I have since moved to another city and both of my daughters have gone off to school. We stopped searching the old neighborhood for him and the posters were long gone, but I never stopped checking with his microchip w...

Nikki is HomeAgain!

Found Pets Home — Monday, June 21, 2010 4:41:45 PM

A family found our dog, Nikki, wandering on a busy street and stopped to pick her up. The brought her home and called HomeAgain. We are so grateful for people like Kathy and her family that took the time to rescue our dog and care for her until I came to pick her up. What a wonderfully concerned family. Thank you. and thank heaven for HomeAgain.

Welcome Home Tinker Bell

Found Pets Home — Monday, June 21, 2010 1:57:00 AM

We lost Tinker Bell at 3pm and by 3:45 we started posting the HomeAgain Lost Pet Posters HomeAgain provides. She was wearing the Home Again dog tag which had the HomeAgain toll free number. We received a call from a HomeAgain representative around 9pm stating someone had called and wanted to return our puppy who is 4 only months old. Without the posters HomeAgain provided and the tag Tink was wearing with the number, I don't know if she would have ended up back home. Thank you so much HomeAgain. To anyone thinking about this chip, don't think, just do it. We are so grateful to have Tinker Bell home.

Thank God for HomeAgain

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, June 16, 2010 1:08:13 PM

Yesterday my family's 4 year old seal point Siberian Husky, Maggie, escaped her locked run and went for a long run around the neighborhood. Thankfully she had on her collar and HomeAgain tag. She was found just a few blocks from home by a young man who was able to get close to her and saw her HomeAgain tag and called to report that she had been found. HomeAgain, in turn, called us and within ten minutes of getting their call we were in the young man's yard where she had been found. He said he was just glad that he had found her and that she happened to have her tag on her collar. I was glad that I had left her collar on her the last time I had brushed her. I will soon be getting my other two dogs and my three cats microchipped as well. Thank God that Maggie’s former owners had taken the time to have her microchipped when they got her.

Home Again After a Year!

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, June 15, 2010 11:45:35 PM

We lost our pet almost a year ago. Two weekends ago our local shelter came knocking on our door. They had found our dog! We had a new phone number so they were unable to reach us so they took the extra trip to our home! Lesson learned - keep your information updated on HomeAgain! We are thrilled beyond words as Beau's sister Jesse was so sad since he ran off. They are so happy to be reunited and their tails wag in unison every time they see each other!

Hopeless Hope

Found Pets Home — Monday, June 14, 2010 7:06:02 PM

Our family member Murphy escaped from our home, yesterday around 7:30pm. Unfortunately we had just moved to a new state and Murphy was not wearing any ID tags so we thought we would never see him again. I then remembered that the shelter we rescued Murphy from equipped him with a HomeAgain microchip! And sure enough by the following morning we had received a call from HomeAgain, from the Animal Hospital in our area that someone had taken our beloved Beagle to! We got our Murphy back!

Pippin Almost Gets A New Home...

Found Pets Home — Monday, June 14, 2010 5:34:18 PM

I was beside myself when I found that Reno's notorious wind had blown open my door and my Pippin was nowhere to be found. To make matters worse, he doesn't wear a collar when we're at home, and it was getting dark. I set out yelling for him, and spent all night and the next day searching for him and putting up flyers. By the time the next day came, I was beginning to fear that I'd never see him again. I ended up at a nearby apartment complex, half-heartedly putting up the HomeAgain Lost Pet Posters in the hallways. Suddenly a little girl I passed minutes before came running up to me shouting that she read the flyer, and knew where Pippin was. She led me to a nearby apartment, where my poor Pip was being left outside on a hot summer day, NEVER a good thing for pugs. They bought him a new collar, and bowl- and he had only been missing for less than two days!!! When I rang the doorbell they didn’t even really apologize for not turning him in, they, also pretended not to live there. It was clear th...

My Baby is Home

Found Pets Home — Sunday, June 13, 2010 8:12:03 PM

My dog, Priya, went missing during a storm. She went into a neighbor’s yard and they just let her out without bothering to see if she was mine. For four days I lived in agony, crying all the time and even sleeping holding her collar. I had just hung up posters in another neighborhood and finished my daily search, and was at home watching a movie, when I received a call from HomeAgain. Never have I been happier in my entire life. My baby was safe and brought home. I can't thank HomeAgain or the wonderful people who took such good care of my baby enough.

Checked for a Chip

Found Pets Home — Friday, June 11, 2010 10:07:14 PM

Hummer wandered off to a local apartment complex. He made friends with the residents, but they didn't want him to come in to their apartments, and they hoped he would return to his home. After about four days of hanging outside the apartments, Hummer decided to chance going inside one of the apartments. The owner did not like that so he took him to the apartment manager. She decided it was time to take Hummer to a local vet clinic to check for a microchip. Within an hour of Hummer being checked out, the vet clinic was able to contact us and return him to us. We were very happy to have Hummer found and returned so quickly.

Best Phone Call Ever!

Found Pets Home — Thursday, June 10, 2010 6:27:31 AM

I was at work one day when I received a call from our vet. They were calling to let me know that they had our toy poodle, Kyra, who had been turned in by 3 young children. Kyra had been found wandering a busy street where she was almost hit by a car! :( These children saw her and tracked her down. They took her in and ended up taking her to the vet who scanned her for a microchip. I was then called--within hours of her loss. After picking her up, I arrived home to find our gate wide open. There had been a thunder and lightning storm, and we guessed that after going out to explore, the storm began and she got spooked. (She is terrified of thunder.) I can't imagine how afraid she must have been to run like that. Had it not been for those children taking her in and checking with the vet, we may never have found her. We are so grateful to them. MIcrochipping works! If Kyra had not had a chip, she would not have found her way home. We are so happy to have her home. We love her so much. Thank...

10 Year-Missing Pug

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, June 08, 2010 3:11:54 PM

We had purchased a puppy (a pug) about 10 and 1/2 years ago for our daughter who was 2 years old at the time. We got him from a pet store. He was already microchiped so we registered the microchip with all our information. After 6 months of owning him he somehow got out. Two years went by and no sight or word of him anywhere. We had moved away to another home across town and our phone numbers have been changed. Recently, a woman contacted us on Facebook asking if we had lost a dog. We replied back, telling her we had about 10 yrs ago. To our amazement it was our long lost dog. She had found him and took him to a vet and they ran a check for a microchip, and our info came up. WOW over 10 years later!! We went and picked him up, but unfortunately my other dog did not get along with him. So we found a friend who was looking for a pet, and she has taken over owner ship of him. I now have peace of mind that he is safe, being taken good care of, and is in a good home.

Thank You Home Again!!

Found Pets Home — Monday, June 07, 2010 2:44:27 PM

Lilly disappeared from our backyard early Monday morning. She had never left the house before. We don't know how she got out. As soon as we noticed we reported her to HomeAgain. We were very worried for her and also very concerned because she belongs to a "special needs child". Our child spends most of her time with Lilly. We were worry sick that our child was going to suffer tremendously without Lilly. Within hours, an animal hospital contacted us and told us they had Lilly. A good Samaritan had dropped her off there. Our hearts filled with joy! And the best part is that my child didn't even notice the whole ordeal because she was in school. Thanks HomeAgain, for this successful and quick recovery!

The Day My Best Friend Went Missing...

Found Pets Home — Friday, June 04, 2010 1:40:54 AM

One day Tommy was at Grandma Jean’s (she lives two drive ways down from us) while I went to stay at my Aunts. When I came back the next day Tommy was not at grandmas. I made mom take me to the house but Tommy was not there either. I called and called for him. He always comes when he hears me, but I waited and waited and he did not come to me. I was very upset. My mommy drove around the neighborhood and we called for him but we did not find him. Mommy called our neighbors but no one knew where Tommy was. I was so scared and sad. What if I could never find Tommy? My mommy logged on to the HomeAgain site and reported Tommy missing. They told my mommy to recheck the neighborhood, and we did but still no Tommy. They also gave tips on making flyers and getting help to search for Tommy. They told mommy to call the vets office and the human society. Mommy did this and reported Tommy missing. We went to the human society and the woman took one of our flyers and let us look at all the dogs. It was sad, I wante...

In A Neighbor's Garage!

Found Pets Home — Friday, June 04, 2010 12:11:41 AM

My cat, Olivia, had been missing for over 5 days! I placed the Lost Pet Posters from HomeAgain all over our neighborhood and under the doormats of our neighbors’ houses. Last night, my next door neighbor told me that she was talking to the elderly (and hard of hearing) neighbor next to her and said that she thought she heard a cat in her yard. Guess what?! Olivia was locked in their garage under their house! My neighbor and I jumped up and down and hugged with joy! The minute Olivia heard my voice she was meowing like crazy! We are HomeAgain and she is enjoying a large bowl of milk and her favorite treats. :) Thank you HomeAgain!

Thanks HomeAgain

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, June 02, 2010 1:20:28 PM

My dog went missing on June 1, 2010 and on June 2, 2010 at 11:39 am I got a phone call from the HomeAgain people saying a lady called who thinks she found a dog matching the Lost Pet Poster description. They gave me the lady's name and number and I was able to go pick up my dog! Thanks HomeAgain, I'm happy that Gucci had a microchip, now my baby is home.

HomeAgain Success Story

Found Pets Home — Monday, May 31, 2010 11:25:24 PM

Ellie's story is a true testament to the success of microchipping and HomeAgain. On May 29, 2010, Ellie received her microchip as a result of her 2 hour adventure through the neighborhood the previous Thursday. Since it was a holiday weekend and she was the last appointment of the day her information was not entered into the HomeAgain database by the vet. Two day later, she managed to escape from her fenced in yard and decided to go on another adventure. This time she was armed with her microchip and the yellow HomeAgain tag attached to her collar. For the next 5 hours, while I waited for that call to tell me she was found, I searched up and down the streets of our neighborhood and all other neighborhoods in the vicinity. Feeling as if I couldn't just sit and do nothing I picked up the phone can called HomeAgain. I figured the least I could do is report her as lost. When they searched for her information there was nothing on file yet. So the operator searched for any pets found in the area ...

Reunited After 18 Months Apart

Found Pets Home — Monday, May 31, 2010 10:10:23 PM

18 months ago I lived in San Diego when my dog ran away. I posted signs in the neighborhood, local stores, used a pet amber alert that called a radius of 10 miles and 500 calls, called all the shelters, and posted numerous ads on craigslist.org, but after 4 months of searching, there was still no sign of finding him. Two months later, I moved back to Washington, DC, praying my dog had found a home with a loving owner. Two weeks ago, I get a phone call from the San Diego shelter, they scanned his chip and they found ZEN!!!! He was well taken care of, had recently been groomed, did not have any wounds and was as friendly as ever. He must have ran from the people who had found him originally him, a neighbor found him, turned him into the shelter, they scanned his HomeAgain chip and.....boom after 18 months missing...Zen and I are reunited and it feels so good. I had to have him shipped from California to DC, but ultimately, we haven't skipped a beat. It took him 10 minutes to walk in the hous...

Dog Returned

Found Pets Home — Monday, May 31, 2010 8:56:28 AM

I put up so many of the HomeAgain Lost Pet Posters that someone in the area had to recognize my Bailey. Someone picked up my dog right on my street but did not call the police or animal shelter- they bought him a collar, bathed him, and bought lots of food. Someone else, living two blocks away, recognized that they had found my dog when he saw one of the 100 posters I put up in the area. I knew someone was bound to recognize him. That family's child cried that they had to give my dog back! Now we are back together and I am just happy he is home.

Restored Hope

Found Pets Home — Saturday, May 29, 2010 11:14:58 PM

Today was a day of high and lows. I received a call last night, that my dog was Kiki found. I got so excited I could not sleep at all. My dog was found from the description on the Lost Pet Poster provided by HomeAgain. However, when we went to pick up the supposed Kiki, the dog came out it was not Kiki. My heart sunk again and there was uncontrolled sadness afterwards. I got on-line again and added her to other sites: ebay, craiglist, fidofinder and others. It was after seven pm I received a call, asking for me by first name, “speaking” I said, she replied “This PetSmart and someone turned in your Kiki.” I shouted with excitement off the chart! Off we went to pick up my Kiki. Now we are reunited and she is safe at home after two weeks missing today. I will recommend the microchip to all my friends and relatives. Thank you HomeAgain

When I lost Graham

Found Pets Home — Friday, May 28, 2010 4:36:28 AM

It was a nightmare, I was at work and my boyfriend called me saying that our dog, Graham, had escaped and he was nowhere to be found. I went home after work and searched and didn't find any sign. After a few short hours I got a phone call from the animal shelter and they addressed me by my full name, address and told me that they had found Graham. It was amazing how they had all this information. Without HomeAgain I wouldn't have Graham again, it's one of the best investments.

Flash Home Safe

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:08:10 PM

Flash is an indoor/outdoor cat. He always comes in at night. Two nights ago when we called for him, he didn't come. It was so tough to go to bed that night without him curled up on our chair. I felt sick! We had lost a cat a year and a half ago when he disappeared and never returned. I felt hopeless. Yesterday, when he didn't come back after calling and calling for him, I decided to go on the HomeAgain site and report him lost. I was in despair. I truly had no hope. I kept thinking the worst. Later last night, I went back on the HomeAgain site. I started to read the reunion stories. I also read the article about how to be proactive in getting your pet back. Flash was a cautious cat, so I knew he wouldn't just come out of hiding if he was scared. At 10 p.m., after reading the reunion stories, I went up and down our street calling him. I also went to the back of our property and called him for a while. He didn't come. I went in, got ready for bed, cried, and checked doors to make sure ...

We Got Lucky!

Found Pets Home — Monday, May 24, 2010 11:44:40 PM

I found out my Lucky broke out of the back yard on a Saturday morning. Heartbroken, we search the neighborhood and the local pound, with no luck. Then on Monday, I called HomeAgain, to let them know that Lucky was missing, they asked me to log on and create a Lost Pet Poster with his picture. I did this about 2 pm and by 7:30 that same day I got a call from HomeAgain, stating that someone has found our dog. I contacted Candace and sure enough, it was Lucky, he got away from her, but we chased him down the road and caught him. He was hungry and scared. We brought him home and gave him a bath and fed him. We were so excited! Thank you to Candace and HomeAgain. We are so blessed and "Lucky!"

Runaway Dog

Found Pets Home — Monday, May 24, 2010 10:33:55 AM

My dog wandered out of the yard on a Saturday and didn't come home for the next few days. My fiancé went to the animal shelter to look for her, and at the same time the shelter left me a message saying they had scanned her microchip and had her! I had just updated her registration for her microchip the day before and was so glad I had so that we got her back!

Buttercup...Here Kitty Kitty

Found Pets Home — Friday, May 21, 2010 1:21:39 AM

It was Saturday morning about 6:00am; Buttercup had gotten out the slider screen door by opening it with his claws. He ended up wandering away and was gone about 4 hours before we called HomeAgain. They were on it right away. They had sent out a Lost Pet Alert along with a Lost Pet Poster to download of him. We instantly made copies of this poster and hung it everywhere we could think of. 3 days passed when HomeAgain called us after someone called them and reported finding Buttercup. HomeAgain WORKS! It’s so wonderful! Thank You HomeAgain for getting BC back to us safe and sound!

Wonders of Homeagain

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, May 18, 2010 6:58:22 PM

Our 3 year old cat got out one morning and we spent several hours calling him with no luck. My Wife got on the HomeAgain website and printed out the Lost Pet Poster that you provide and we place them throughout the area. The next day our children went door-to-door with some more flyers, and several people took the phone number and said if they found him they would call. On the third day, when we were starting to lose hope of ever getting him back, the phone rang and it was HomeAgain with someone that said they had found him. They placed both of us on the line together and after finding out where they lived we went down to their house to pick up our cat. We are now all back together and are very impressed with the service. It was because of the flyers that HomeAgain provides. They had seen the flyer and they saw him in their back yard and knew he was lost and got him and called it to get him to us. Thank you for a wonderful service.

I Once Was Lost, But Now Am Found!

Found Pets Home — Thursday, May 13, 2010 6:19:14 PM

My biggest love is my Yorkie, Tessa. At age 47, she is my first dog EVER. My husband and I got her in July of 2008 and, six months later on a nice sunny afternoon, we lost her for about three hours. I had let her out in our fenced back yard to go "potty" and went back to check on her ten minutes later, only to discover that she had somehow gotten out of the back yard. I became so concerned because she had just undergone minor surgery (spaying) a few days prior so I hadn't put her dog tags back on yet. I searched the entire yard, house, and neighborhood but to no avail. I tearfully called my husband and told him to come home from work and spilled the bad news about losing Tessa. As soon as I hung up the phone with him, I called HomeAgain to report Tessa missing and to give them a description of her. Incidentally, I had just had her microchipped and registered with HomeAgain less than a week prior to this incident. As I was speaking to a representative at Home Again, he surprisingly said "I think we...

A Happy Return

Found Pets Home — Thursday, May 13, 2010 3:09:28 PM

My son, his Border Collie Bones, and our Corgi, Penny recently moved in with us. When we were getting settled into our new place we had cable installed. When the cable person left, they left all the gates open. When our dogs were let out Bones wanted to discover, and mark, his new neighborhood. He wandered away and headed home but to our old home. Someone found him in the street and Bones hopped right into the car. The person's first instinct was to keep this mellow mannered pup, but saw the HomeAgain tag. She also saw where he received his shots and took him to that veterinary clinic. Within hours I received a phone call letting me know where he was and that he was there waiting for me to pick him up. The reunion was a happy one, he jumped up to me and kissed me over and over. He has calmed down now and is settled in his new home. Thank you HomeAgain, as Bones is now homeagain.

HomeAgain Chip Reunited Our Family

Found Pets Home — Thursday, May 13, 2010 2:37:25 PM

Roxy is a small medium-length coat Chihuahua. She had been alone on our gated porch more than once so we did not think she could escape – however, she could and did. Unfortunately, I took her collar off in the morning because she was scratching at it and I thought it couldn't hurt as long as she was inside or on the porch. I called animal control immediately when I found out she was gone and they told me a man reported her in a Target parking lot across the street from where we live. The street is a very busy four lane connector. I went to the parking lot and surrounding areas searching for most of the rest of the day. A tow-truck driver hauling away a car in the parking lot confirmed that he had seen Roxy and that he was not the person who called in the sighting. My two children, as well as my spouse and, I were devastated. The next day I made 100 posters with color photos, placed an announcement on Craigslist, and made two trips to one shelter and another trip to a second. I posted all of our ...

My Escape Artist

Found Pets Home — Thursday, May 13, 2010 12:51:22 PM

Bella is an accomplished escape artist. She can wiggle through the smallest of holes and looks for ways to get under the fence all the time. We have only had her a few months, and decided to have her microchipped when we had her spayed. Usually when she gets out I can find her within a few minutes wandering around in someone's yard. Last week, she got out and had been out about 30 minutes before we knew she was gone. I walked the entire neighborhood and the large field behind us several times, and even drove my car through the neighborhood, too. No sign of her, and no one had seen her. She is small and not used to being on the street. I was terrified she would be hit, plus it was supposed to storm that night and I knew she'd be afraid. After walking and searching for almost 3 hours non-stop, I was on my way back to the house to call HomeAgain to report her missing. About halfway home, my cell phone rang. It was HomeAgain! Someone had found her and called HomeAgain to report it. I was so relieved I...

So Relieved!

Found Pets Home — Thursday, May 13, 2010 2:19:40 AM

I'm currently having some work done in my house. This afternoon, the workers left the front door open and my dog Suzy wandered out. She is 15 years old and very arthritic but that didn't keep her from exploring (although you might think that it would!) I was completely beside myself when I realized she had escaped. I put ads on craigslist and searched my neighborhood in my car. Then at 9:00 in the evening I called HomeAgain who sent out a Lost Pet Email Alert. Within 2 hours I received a call that someone had found my Suzy. The number I had on her tag was outdated but the people who found her knew to contact HomeAgain because they had received the Lost Pet Alert in an e-mail. What a great service!! I went to get Suzy and I was so happy to see her! Thank you neighbors and HomeAgain!!

Dog from Michigan Found in Illinois

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, May 12, 2010 6:54:19 PM

A Long Way from Home

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, May 12, 2010 6:50:53 AM

My dog Frankie went missing in January 2010. We contacted you at that time to report him missing, ran ads in the papers, put signs up, and offered a reward. We heard nothing. As the months went on we became more and more discouraged. I thought I would never see my dog again. On May 10th I received a call from Wheeling Animal Hospital saying they had my dog. He was 203 miles (a 3 hour and 52 minute drive) away from home. We went and picked him up. Thanks to our HomeAgain chip they were able to see he belonged to us. My most sincere gratitude to this service and recommend it highly to any pet owner.

Benjamin and Cosmo Return HomeAgain

Found Pets Home — Monday, May 10, 2010 9:53:13 PM

We had just moved to the mountains of North Carolina with our 2 adopted pound dogs- Benjamin and Cosmo, who we adopted together in Norfolk, VA. They "let themselves out" of my house yesterday on Mother's Day while I was napping and took a hike up into the mountains. I was sure we'd never see them again. I updated my information on the HomeAgain site and waited for the next day to come. This morning before lunch I received a call at work notifying me that someone had found Benjamin. When the HomeAgain operator connected me with the hero who found my 'boys', Cosmo was right there with his buddy Benjamin as well. I am so grateful to HomeAgain for your service and to my neighbor across the hill who took the time to take care of my boys and even delivered them home to my house as I was at work 35 miles away and secured them in their fenced lot- from which they do NOT escape.

HomeAgain

Found Pets Home — Monday, May 10, 2010 8:16:29 PM

Layla escaped from our backyard, we searched the neighborhood and couldn't find her! Within 20 minutes of calling HomeAgain to report her lost, we received a call that she was a few streets away playing with the neighbors children. I have never been so grateful! Thank you HomeAgain!

WOW - What One Email can Accomplish!

Found Pets Home — Sunday, May 09, 2010 12:10:53 PM

A couple days ago I got this email for a lost lab and noticed it was the same neighborhood my best friend lives in (Dr. Philips, Florida). So I immediately forwarded the email to her and her husband and she had a look at it while checking her morning email. She called me and said "Hey - I saw this dog yesterday in the guard shack where I just took my daughter's friend home after school!" Someone had found the dog wandering on a main road, picked it up and dropped it off at the guard shack to the community before they went in. He told my friend it wasn't his but he'd keep it hoping someone recognized it until he got off work at 6 a.m. and then he'd take it to animal control because he lived in an apartment and couldn't take it home with him. She gave him her number to call in the morning and told him she'd come get it if he didn't find the owner and take it to a vet to be scanned so it didn't have to go to the shelter ... It was about 10 a.m. and she hadn't heard from the guard when she received m...

Found!

Found Pets Home — Thursday, May 06, 2010 9:18:04 AM

Our cat, Pax, disappeared April 1. An indoor-outdoor kitty, he never failed to come home at night, so we knew something was wrong that evening when we called and called for him and he didn't come running up. My daughters, distraught, made signs and posted them around the neighborhood. My husband and I contacted HomeAgain and listed him as lost. We were heartened the following day when our pet sitter came by and told us she had seen the Home Again alert and would keep her eyes peeled. Sadly, though, there was no trace of Pax, and as the days and weeks passed, we began to prepare our children for the growing possibility that he wasn't coming back. None of us could walk past the window where Pax loved to wait to come in (his own version of a pet door) without casting a hopeful look. So I couldn't have been more surprised on May 5 -- more than a month after Pax had disappeared -- to get a call from a veterinarian's office saying that they had Pax! I ran to get my children from school and we traveled ...

One Exhausted Dog

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, May 05, 2010 8:48:34 PM

Our dog, McLaren, was missing for 4 days. I hit the road, and my wife worked the computer. She set up our HomeAgain account and after 4 sleepless nights driving, it was not my hard work in the field, but her setting up the account that lead to our reunion. A nearby business that returned to work on Monday found Mclaren. They went online, found Mclaren on the HomeAgain site, called us, and voila - we were reunited with Mclaren - we are now lifetime HomeAgain customers.

He's Back!!

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, May 05, 2010 1:19:53 PM

Thank you HomeAgain for providing the Lost Dog Poster. I know I went on the site 6 or more times yesterday, updating my information to the poster and submitting photos. The pre-made posters were very helpful as I didn't have much time on my hands to make them myself. The wait time for the approval of the posters was not long, and I am glad there is not a limit to how many times we can edit the poster. After I distributed and hung up 50 poster in my neighborhood, I got a call about 12 hours later saying they had my dog. That was the happiest moment for both of us. Thank you, Thank you, and Thank you!

We got Niki back!

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, May 05, 2010 1:56:42 AM

I was at a convention when I got a call that Niki had gotten out. She was found at our local park and someone took her home and found out she was chipped. They called HomeAgain and then HomeAgain called us. We were able to leave immediately to go pick up Niki. Unfortunately, one of Niki's dog pals also got out around the same time and he was not so lucky. He was hit by a car and had to have one of his legs amputated. Thank you HomeAgain for returning my dog safely to me!

Holly Found!

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, May 04, 2010 11:06:18 PM

My daughter had our dog, Holly, on the front porch, and she took off toward the highway. She chased after her, but couldn't find her. Six hours later, we got a call from the SPCA...the microchip did its job! Holly had been found on the Interstate and had almost caused an accident, but thankfully, she was okay.

Zak is Home

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, May 04, 2010 10:40:17 PM

On April 11th, Zak our pointer mix ran away. It was a very sad day. Just less than a week earlier our family had agreed to take guardianship of two sweet children we knew from church to keep them out of DHS custody. The four year old boy is the one who let Zak out. My three children stared to really resent this poor little boy since he lost their dog. Zak was wearing a collar and a tag when he ran away. We put up signs all over so someone might be able to help us. It wasn't until today, May 4th, that we heard something. Our sweet Zak was found about 30 miles away, without a collar or tags. However, a friendly lady named Deborah saw him running down the road so she took him to the local shelter. They were not willing to take Zak but they did scan him. Through his HomeAgain microchip she was able to get in contact with me. Zak is a Pointer mix, so that makes him a dog that loves to get out and run. We never voluntarily let him, but he sometimes finds a way out to the woods behind our house...

Two Months Missing

Found Pets Home — Monday, May 03, 2010 7:22:31 PM

Two months ago Rocky was inadvertently locked out of the house for a period of five hours. We could not find any trace of him and were very concerned. After 3 days we put up the HomeAgain Lost Pet Posters in the neighborhood. Days turned into weeks, and weeks into months. Rocky was presumed to be a casualty of the fox and coyote population in the area. But, today the call came after 59 days missing that a nice person had turned him into the local humane society who promptly scanned him and called us at work. We are thrilled to have our beloved pet back home. If you have lost a pet and have given up hope you may be surprised to get that phone call someday. Microchipping your pet works!

Thank You HomeAgain

Found Pets Home — Sunday, May 02, 2010 3:04:32 AM

April 22, our cat got out. We called HomeAgain, they were very friendly and helpful. We created a flyer from HomeAgain website and posted them all over the area. We searched the neighborhood day after day, along with help from our wonderful neighbors... May 1st the phone call came that we had been waiting for. One of our neighbors found our cat and put her in their house until we were able to go get her. Our Angel is HomeAgain. Thank you to the professionals at HomeAgain, and our wonderful neighbors that helped!!!

A 33 Hour Adventure

Found Pets Home — Saturday, May 01, 2010 7:51:49 PM

My fiancé and I go out for dinner every Sunday night to a local restaurant, and last Sunday was no exception. We got home at the usual hour of 9:30pm. We didn't notice that our cat had slipped out of the apartment until Monday morning. Sophie is an indoor cat only, the only outside time she has is going out on our balcony when we are home. When I noticed she wasn't anywhere to be found in the apartment, my friend and I searched for her all morning outside. I was so distraught at work that I took off at my lunch to continue the search. I went to the local animal shelters and different vet clinics nearby to see if she was there, she wasn't. I picked up my fiancé early from work and we went to a printing shop and printed off 200+ HomeAgain flyers. We called up our friends who live in the same complex and canvassed the apartment complex with the "lost cat" flyers and knocked on the doors of our neighbors. I found out that my down-stairs neighbor heard Sophie howling and scratching at his window until 3am....

Help From Good People

Found Pets Home — Saturday, May 01, 2010 6:19:36 PM

My yard was recently broken into and my dog was nowhere to be found. Our 10 month old loves our dog, Quinn, and they would play together. Quinn was great with her. The next day she looked around and kept saying “dog dog”. She was looking for Quinn and didn’t even care about the other dog we have. It broke my heart. We were looking everywhere we could think of. Someone had taken Quinn and gave him to a person who lived in Richmond, 2 hours away from where we live. Luckily, they didn’t know he was chipped. She took him to Banfield, which is the same company we take him to here, and they found the chip. Because of the chip my daughter has hardly noticed he was even gone.

Long Way From Home

Found Pets Home — Friday, April 30, 2010 11:43:53 PM

I work at our local hospital where I feed and care for a colony of feral cats, all spayed/neutered and vaccinated. One day I saw a different cat eating at the food bowl and when I walked up to her, she rubbed on my leg, it was obvious she was someone’s pet. I thought she might find her way home but she was still there the next day. I put her in a carrier and took her to the local vet where they scanned her and as it turns out- she had a microchip. Her home was over 3 miles away so I think she must have come to work under someone’s car or back of truck. The owners were thrilled to have gotten her back which would never have happened if it were not for the microchip. She would have joined my feral colony and lived out her life only 3 miles from her home.

Thanks to HomeAgain!!!!

Found Pets Home — Friday, April 30, 2010 8:01:36 PM

Although Rocky was only gone a day, I know it would have been MUCH longer without HomeAgain. We live in a rural area with lots of woods and wildlife, which can be both good and bad. I was so worried because he is a small little guy, and so much could happen to him. Rocky was found quite a ways away from home, wet and cold from being in the rain all day. A wonderful lady found him and called the 888 number on his HomeAgain tag. She received our vet information and was able to call them and get our information. She brought him right to our house. I have never been so happy to see Rocky!

My 2 Labs 3 day adventure

Found Pets Home — Friday, April 30, 2010 9:17:33 AM

My dogs got out of our back yard early on a Tuesday morning (sometime between midnight and 5 am). My 2 daughters, wife, and I looked for more than 2 hours for them in the rain hoping they had stayed close to the house. We have coyotes around the house and hoped they had just chased them off and stayed close. We contacted HomeAgain and reported our dogs lost. Within 30 minutes there was a mass email sent out to all HomeAgain pet owners within the area. Long story short- a wonderful lady was out walking her dogs on Thursday morning and saw my 2 dogs coming towards her. She had just read my customized HomeAgain email on Wednesday afternoon and realized these may be the 2 dogs missing. She contacted HomeAgain who connected my wife and this wonderful lady. One of my dogs had been shot in the back, narrowly missing his spinal cord and femoral artery. The other dog had not a scratch on him. Thanks to HomeAgain my dogs are both still alive. Thank you so much HomeAgain for the awesome network that you have...

HomeAgain To the Rescue

Found Pets Home — Thursday, April 29, 2010 11:46:43 PM

We lost our beloved dog 10 days ago. Someone took her to the Pasadena Humane Society last night and my wife got a call this afternoon from them that our dog, Pookie, was at the shelter. My kids are thrilled to have her back as are we. Thanks HomeAgain, and thanks to all the good people who care for these lost animals.

Holiday Tragedy Averted

Found Pets Home — Thursday, April 29, 2010 4:32:37 PM

I had gone to meet my extended family for Thanksgiving and brought my 4 Maltese dogs along. We were in the midst of cooking and preparing for the big feast when the phone rang. My niece looked at me with big, surprised eyes and told the stranger on the phone that she would be right there. Seems one of our dogs, June, had slipped out and no one had noticed in the hullabaloo. A wonderful gentleman had picked her up from a busy street and found the HomeAgain tag. He called the number, they called me on my cell and June was back in my arms before I had really missed her. Being over 200 miles from home, I would have lost her forever if it weren't for the kindness of strangers and HomeAgain.

Happy Reunion

Found Pets Home — Thursday, April 29, 2010 12:35:44 PM

My indoor cat Emelio, or “Em”, got out of the house while I had company. I tried to catch him but he found another cat friend and kept running from me. I decided he could just spend the night outside- not a good decision on my part. Two days after he went MIA I contacted HomeAgain on line and immediately began working on my lost pet poster. I am very impressed with how easy it was to produce and update this poster. I rode my bike around the neighborhood talking to people and posting flyers at each corner below the stop signs. Everyone told me he would be close but too afraid to come out of hiding. I did like HomeAgain told me to, and did not panic. I have to admit, the night time was the most difficult. I called HomeAgain on Sunday afternoon and was thoroughly impressed with the help I received. I did not know I had to call Pet First to set up the insurance policy or what the ID card was all about. Now I have all my pets registered and ID cards on the way. It will be nice to have a picture ID of t...

Found 20 Minutes After Reported Lost

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, April 28, 2010 12:34:17 AM

Around 7:00 p.m. I realized my dog wasn't in the house, which is common since she has a doggie door and spends a lot of time outdoors. I went to look for her in the back-yard only to realize someone had left the gate open… my heart dropped. I spent the next hour searching my neighborhood. After it got dark, I went back home and logged into HomeAgain to report her missing. I didn't think it would work, but within 20 minutes I got a call from a shelter. Someone found her wandering in a busy intersection, picked her up and took her to the shelter. The shelter had a scanner, found the chip and contacted me immediately. Thanks to HomeAgain, my precious girl didn't even have to spend an hour in the shelter.

Fraidy Dog

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, April 27, 2010 1:28:03 PM

Lilli is very loving to us, but afraid of strangers. She escaped from the backyard when a strong gust of wind blew open an unlocked gate. We discovered her missing within 15 minutes, but were unable to find where she went. We thought she was hiding close, but could never seem to spot her. After a few days we thought maybe someone had managed to catch her and had decided to keep her. After three weeks, we got a call around 8 p.m. from a man who thought he had seen her at the local water treatment plant, about 2 miles away. We couldn't find a trace of her, but the man identified her from the HomeAgain Lost Pet Poster we had printed. Given her history of hiding, we went back the next morning at 4 a.m. and waited… Sure enough, she came wandering out, and came to the car when called for a treat. She seems to be in good condition after 3 weeks on her own. Amazing!

Lost In The Neighborhood

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, April 27, 2010 8:10:03 AM

When our cat went missing we were not sure if she would come back because we had just moved. We went to HomeAgain and reported her missing, printed out posters and put them up around the community. Two day later we got a call from HomeAgain with a woman down the road who had seen our Lost Pet Poster. When we went to the area she said she saw her around we called her name, but no luck. After an hour we started to walk home, as we were walking away we heard a meow and sure enough it was out kitty cat KIKI! She was a little startled, but in good health. Without the poster we would have never known where to look. But now KIKI's home safe and sound thanks to HomeAgain.

Answered Prayer!

Found Pets Home — Monday, April 26, 2010 9:09:00 PM

Our dog Brittany went missing on 4/23/2010. She can sometimes be a roamer, only this time she didn’t return. We are her 3rd owners and I never re-registered her tags. In fact she had been chipped, but her original owners never even registered her. We spent the weekend calling shelters and posting lost fliers, hopeful of a reunion. No luck! The next Monday morning, 4/26/2010, I spoke with a gentlemen at a shelter, who explained the importance of registering her. So I dug out her original paperwork and found the phone number along with her chip ID number and called Home Again. The gentleman on the phone made a temporary lost file and said I should get her registered online through the website and then make a lost report. And so I did. Much to my surprise, HomeAgain.com really was a cool website. I didn't realize that they would be sending out email alerts to everyone in our area. At 5:45 on 4/26/2010, the very same day I registered her, I got the call from Home Again. "I have someone on the ...

Good Posters, Good Neighbors

Found Pets Home — Monday, April 26, 2010 3:30:24 PM

Our cat, Anna, disappeared after a windy, stormy night. We were afraid something had been knocked over by the wind and spooked her or that she was trapped somewhere after trying to get out of the rain. Two days passed, and I was hoarse from calling her name all over the neighborhood. It wasn't until we put up our HomeAgain Lost Cat posters that things turned around. Our neighbor had found her and sent her to the animal shelter. We had our cat back before I was even done putting up the posters. To celebrate, Anna got tuna. I got piece of mind. Thank you HomeAgain!

Found My Lost Dog

Found Pets Home — Monday, April 26, 2010 10:17:28 AM

My dog was stolen from me about a year and a half ago. I went to every animal shelter and pound, put flyers up and all. I even went to gas stations and put the flyers in the stores. I waited and waited. Then one day my mom and I were up early one morning and my sister called. My sister asked “Do you have all the dogs?” and we said “Yes, why? Whats up?” My sister said the Walter M. Crowe animal shelter has called. My mom and I were puzzled. So we called them up, they said they had found my dog Zeus, from a year and a half ago. We jumped up and down, got in the car and went as fast as we could out there. When we got there and saw Zeus, he remembered who I was instantly, I was so happy. We took him to a groomer and she gave him a bath and he loved it. After we picked him up, we gave him a nice juicy hamburger. He is back home now, gaining all his weight back. Thank god for the HomeAgain microchip, and thank you again HomeAgain pet recovery service.

Reunited in Less Than An Hour!

Found Pets Home — Saturday, April 24, 2010 9:42:22 AM

I was very ill with the flu, but I had taken my daughter home from school to our house. One of my dogs, Smorz, unbeknownst to us, had managed to wander off. In less than an hour, a neighbor had recovered Smorz, phoned in to HomeAgain, and HomeAgain Recovery Service callers had phoned my work, cell, and parent's phones- so we were able to recover our dog, all in less than an hour! HomeAgain is Amazing! Thank you so much!

Lost My Dog On Sunday

Found Pets Home — Friday, April 23, 2010 1:40:22 PM

We opened our garage door, but we forget that our dog, Tini, was around. Without paying attention, we accidently let her get out. About 20 minutes later, we discovered that my Tini was gone. We ran around our area about 2 hours for searching my Tini, but no signs of her. We remember that Tini had a HomeAgain Microchip, so we went online and registered it. 2 days later Petsmartt called me to tell me that someone returned my Tini to their shop. I am so happy to have Tini back. Thanks a lot HomeAgain. Without HomeAgain, We would have lost Tini.

3 Years Apart

Found Pets Home — Thursday, April 22, 2010 10:37:51 PM

Three years ago, I came home from a day out to find that my cat, Lady, had torn through a window screen and escaped. Many weeks and many posters, calls, online classified ads later, we thought Lady was gone forever. Today I received a call I never thought I would- it was HomeAgain, telling me Lady had been found! She had traveled almost 30 miles in 3 years. Lady looks a little worse for wear, but is happy to be home, and I'm happy to have her home!

Found My Dogs!

Found Pets Home — Thursday, April 22, 2010 4:58:43 PM

Both of my dogs recently escaped out of our fenced yard- only one of the two was microchipped, and of course, neither was wearing a collar! We immediately called the local shelter to report them missing, posted signs, and talked to neighbors and co-workers who live nearby. Right at a week later, I received a phone call from the Animal Services to say they had Charlie, and had identified her by her microchip! I didn't even think to ask if my other dog was there, since I had reported them missing together, and they hadn't said anything about it... I just remained hopeful that when I arrived to pick her up, that maybe her "sister" would be with her. When I arrived at the shelter, the first thing I did after identifying myself, and who I was there for, was to pull out the picture of my other dog, and they said YES!!! Both dogs were there. Both dogs are now safe and sound, and microchipped, at home. I just wonder how much longer it might have taken for the shelter to call me if I hadn't had one of the...

Missing For Only Minutes

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, April 20, 2010 8:14:32 AM

I just wanted to share how happy I am with HomeAgain... My children left the front door open and both dogs made a break for it! In less than 10 minutes, they had been found, reported, and I was called by HomeAgain. What a wonderful service you have! Thank you so much!!

Reunited After 6 Years

Found Pets Home — Saturday, April 17, 2010 5:20:06 PM

In March 2004 after moving to a new home our beautiful cat, Chopper, went missing. We searched tirelessly for him for months, putting up posters, visits to the animal shelter every three days, calling pet hospitals, etc. Our family was devastated to say the least! We never stopped thinking about Chopper and wondering where our beloved pet may be. On April 14th 2010 I received the call of a lifetime, a wonderful woman working with a pet organization called "PAW" had found Chopper, and brought him to a local vet's office! They scanned Chopper and discovered his microchip! We are so grateful to PAW, the vet's office and HomeAgain for making this reunion possible and making our family whole again after 6 very long years!

Sebastian Returns

Found Pets Home — Friday, April 16, 2010 4:57:36 PM

Sebastian is an indoor cat that has never been outside until he got out of a front door that was blown open while I was at work on 3/31. I live in a farming community and to most people he would just be a lost barn cat, and a lot of people thought he may never return. I frantically looked for him every day, but to no avail. I called the HomeAgain Pet Service to report him missing and upgraded my service so I could produce my "Lost Pet" posters which I distributed all over town and at the local vet clinics and shelters. Because of your service and the availability of making the posters to distribute, someone called me directly after seeing him walking next to a busy road. I searched the area where I was told he was seen and found him laying in the weeds, trying to keep warm. Sebastian had been gone for 11 days without food and water and was found about 2 miles from our home. I feel that because of the posters, someone could identify him and care enough to know what he means to me. He is back in hi...

Peggy Goes Home

Found Pets Home — Friday, April 16, 2010 10:12:38 AM

During Christmas 2009, I found a little dog in front of my house while walking my own dog. She came towards my dog for a sniff. I rescue strays all of the time, and took her by the collar to my house (after putting my dog safely in the house). After some investigation, I discovered my neighbors had left for Arkansas for five days without taking the dog. My usual routine is to take strays to the Vet to have them checked for any conditions that may be passed to my dog and then try to locate the owner. Lo and behold! She had a chip! She had been lost in Mississippi. HomeAgain was crucial in her return; I was amazed at the tremendous work these people do. "Peggy" had been missing for four years. The original owners' son was so happy to have her returned, he drove from Mississippi the next day. This story is priceless. By the way, I have had my dog chipped. Thank you, Home Again.

Safe At Home

Found Pets Home — Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:48:00 PM

We just had our septic lines replaced in our backyard - it was all muddy due to the rain soon after, and we were throwing grass and hay down so we could get some grass back again. It was a week before our vacation. We were covered in mud - a real mess. With all the commotion, we failed to lock the backyard gate. My other dog, DJ, a mixed breed beagle, knows how to get out if the gate is not secure. At the time my boxer, Charlie, was only a year old. We let them out to do their business just before bed, but when my son called for them they did not come. It was then that our hearts sank to our stomach’s as we realized the gates were not secured well. I immediately contacted HomeAgain (both dogs are chipped), all my neighbors and friends in surrounding subdivisions, and the local vets and shelters. Three agonizing days later I get a call from a woman who said she found DJ, but Charlie was not with her. Extremely worried about Charlie, I called the local shelter but they said he was not there. ...

A Happy Reunion

Found Pets Home — Thursday, April 15, 2010 7:36:40 PM

My 4-year old black lab escaped from his kennel, and dug out of our backyard. It wasn't until the evening when I realized that he had gotten out. He was there when I got home, and when I went out to change his water, he was gone. Since it was already getting dark, I didn't have much daylight left to look for him. To make it worse he found a way to remove his collar so he had no ID tags to help identify him. To make a long story short, he was gone for 2 and a half days, which meant I had 2 sleepless nights. Finally, I got a phone call from a vet's office that my dog had been found a few miles from my home by a good Samaritan who took him into the vet. With the help of his HomeAgain microchip, the vet was able to contact me and let me know that my pet had been found and turned in safely. Thanks again HomeAgain, I appreciate all that you do.

Lost At Grandma's

Found Pets Home — Thursday, April 15, 2010 1:41:52 PM

One afternoon, my family drove to pick up my parents at their house to head to a family dinner at my mother-in-law’s. While at my parents, Coco, our 2 year old shih tzu jumped out of the car to sniff around. After dinner, and packing our 4 kids and 4 adults in the van, we drove off. Approximately 15 minutes later we realized Coco wasn't in the car. We immediately turned around and spent over an hour looking for Coco. She was nowhere to be found. Sadly, we headed to my mother-in-laws hoping she would find her way back to my parents, where she visits frequently. About an hour later, my husband received a phone call stating that Coco had been found by a woman right around the corner from my parents. The woman called HomeAgain and gave Coco's ID number. HomeAgain gave us the woman’s number and we made arrangements to pick Coco up. While there, she was treated like a queen. Thank god for HomeAgain or we may never have seen Coco again. Thank you HomeAgain!!!!!!!!

Three Degrees of Separation

Found Pets Home — Monday, April 12, 2010 10:12:43 PM

We were horrified to realize that our beloved Mikko had recently gone missing. We believe that someone opened the gate of our fenced-in backyard while the family went out for an ice cream. I assumed the dog was inside, but when we realized he wasn't, it was clear he was already gone for a couple of hours. We put out an alert with HomeAgain this morning and this evening around 9 pm we received a call that Mikko was safe and sound! Turns out that the person who saved him from heavy traffic had a co-worker who was updating her pet's information on the HomeAgain site, and received the alert which she passed on to the person who rescued our dog. The Pet Rescuer network was enough to return Mikko to us. Thanks to HomeAgain (and locks that we will put on the gates), we hope to have Mikko with us several more years to come.

Family Reunited

Found Pets Home — Sunday, April 11, 2010 11:31:01 PM

When I found that the gas company had left the gate open when reading the meter and my 13 year old dog had gotten out- I was devastated. I've had her since she was 5 months old and she's a part of my past that helps to keep the memory of my parents alive. As soon as I realized she was gone I searched the neighborhood as well as placed flyers on every stop sign in a quarter mile around my house. I called animal shelters, vet offices and talked to neighbors. I had given her a bath and she was still drying off in the back yard without her collar when she escaped, so without the chip it may have taken longer to find her. Getting the call she was found allowed me to sleep again. The chip is one of the best things I could have done for her. Thank You.

Wishing Upon A Star Really Works

Found Pets Home — Sunday, April 11, 2010 7:45:24 PM

Lola is 2.5 month old Rottweiler who recently went missing. The next day I paid an agency almost $100.00 to help search for her. All they sent me was a poster and a bill. For 3 agonizing days I put this flyer up, checked vets, shelters, and dog shops, but to no avail. I even put an ad out in the local paper. What made things worse, is that grocery store chains and stores will not allow you to advertise a lost beloved family member. I was at my wits end, and running out of options! I figured I needed another plan. I had to do more. Then someone mentioned HomeAgain. I looked at the very low price and thought “you get what you pay for”, but I didn’t have many options left. $100.00 dollars got me nowhere; let’s see if they will step up to the plate for $16.99. On the 4th day I called HomeAgain and Registered Lola, gave them all the information and hung up the phone. Feeling deep in my heart that HomeAgain really cares, I now have a really good chance on finding her. Higher powers were with me that day...

Loki Found by Microchip!

Found Pets Home — Sunday, April 11, 2010 11:01:54 AM

Loki was missing for 8 months. He was hit by a car in a city 20 miles away and we have no idea how he get there. A Good Samaritan took him to a vet, who scanned him and called us. We were amazed to get him back after so much time. He still had his collar but the tag had long since fallen off and only the microchip could have brought him home. He lost an eye due to the accident but has been back home for 3 months now and couldn't be happier.

Mickey is HomeAgain

Found Pets Home — Saturday, April 10, 2010 3:32:27 PM

My indoor cat Mickey escaped from last September when a repair man came to my house. After months of looking and putting up posters I finally and sadly gave up. Six months later, in March, I got a call from a local veterinarian. Someone had found MIckey a few months earlier, brought him to the vet, and the veterinarian scanned him. My name and contact info came up and he was home a few hours later! I am so thrilled to have my Mickey back again, and that even though he was indoors only, I had him chipped. I am also thankful that this hospital scanned him. I feel so lucky this story has a happy ending!

Hoover Came HomeAgain Alive!

Found Pets Home — Saturday, April 10, 2010 12:20:11 PM

Hoover sneaked past my husband when he went into the garage on Thursday night, and escaped when I opened the garage door from my car. He had never been outside in about 6 years, except in a carrier. I contacted HomeAgain, and made up fliers for my husband, Ed, to distribute, since I was leaving for an out of town meeting the next morning. Hoover eventually came back, but charged off again. At 10 p.m. he came back and was coming up to Ed, but was blocked by our dog, who Ed was taking out for her walk. She blocked Hoover's way, confused, and in the melee, Hoover took off again. Ed walked the dog and saw Hoover in the yard when he got home. But Hoover ran off again! Ed took the dog in the house and got a bowl of dry food and went out to see if he could find Hoover. Spotting Hoovie next door, Ed waved the food dish and baby-talked the cat, who came up and started to eat. Ed then picked him up and brought him home, unscathed. He must have smelled different, from being outside for about 28 hours, becaus...

Good Neighbors

Found Pets Home — Friday, April 09, 2010 11:29:24 PM

Lilly is an indoor cat. Because the weather has been so nice lately I had a window open for her. She must have spotted something outside because she popped the window screen out. I didn't know this right away but my heart sank when I saw the screen-less window. I posted to HomeAgain and created flyers. It was late in the day and getting dark but I went around to all of my neighborhood houses and left flyers. At a little past 10 in the evening one of my neighbors called to say she came home, saw my flyer in her door and showed it to her husband. He said he'd seen my lost kitty in their garage. She was calling to tell me they would leave their garage door open in case she came back and they'd keep an eye out for her. I decided to go out and take another look around since the phone call made me feel better. There she was! Right outsdie my back door and happy as a lark. I've learned a valuable lesson -- no more open windows, even if the screens seem tight fitting. I recommend using flyers wit...

Happy Ending

Found Pets Home — Friday, April 09, 2010 4:50:37 PM

On March 31, I came home from work and let Beasley out of his crate. My back door was not shut tightly and he trotted out the back door and took off. I adopted him from a Rescue about 2 and 1/2 months ago. He spent his early years in a puppy mill, so he is very anxious and shy. I tried to get him to come to me, but he just kept running. I reported him missing within 1/2 hour of his running away. Within 1 hour, I received a call from a local animal hospital where he had been taken by a Good Samaritan. He had been hit by a car in a parking lot and after 5 people patiently tried to corner him, he was caught and taken to the animal hospital for treatment. The good part is that because of microchip, I received a call from the animal hospital within an hour of when he went missing. He is home and doing well but still has a slight limp. I want to thank the kind people at HomeAgain for their help and wonderful service. I have told so many people about your service since we had this happen to us!

Welcome Home Baby Girl...

Found Pets Home — Thursday, April 08, 2010 11:30:43 AM

6 months ago my family was going through a crisis and I needed to move into an apartment. Considering my circumstance, a $500 pet deposit was hard to come by. So someone I thought I could trust offered to watch Bayle for me just until I could gather up my deposit. Not even 2 weeks later I called her and said I will be coming by to pick Bayle up tomorrow around 1:00 and to have her and her belongings ready. Well she turned into a different person and put a no trespassing warrant on me and my family. So I had to have the police escort me to her house. She would not budge and the police told me that they could not make her give Bayle back even though I had her folder with me, stating she belong to me. The police said that I would have to take her to Civil Court to get custody of Bayle. So now the pet deposit that I had saved up now has to go on court fees. March 2nd was the court date, and of course she didn’t show up, I thought “YES I get Bayle back,” but the court stated nowhere that will happen. So I ...

HomeAgain Once More

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, April 06, 2010 8:50:09 PM

I just wanted to tell you how glad I am that I got the chips installed in all my dogs ears. Since I have now moved into a city, I have had to call HomeAgain two times to help me find dogs that had wandered away. As a hunter, I have lost dogs,seen them run over, shot, snake bit and a multitude of other mishaps over the years. HomeAgain recently helped me find my pointer for the second time this year and both times of recovery were within three hours! I would recommend that anyone who cares about their dog or cat get them chipped at a vets. I have had nothing but good experiences with HomeAgain. Thank you!

South Philly Kitten Goes Surfing

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, April 06, 2010 8:46:02 PM

My kitten, more like a cat (at 9 months he weighed almost 11 pounds), Lobo a DLH, all black, became a member of my household in South Philly. In fact his twin sister, Lulu, did the same in Northeast Philadelphia. I was in a chat room for DJ's when I found myself discussing cats with someone in New Haven Connecticut. On July 4th weekend 2009 I drove to New Haven to get the kittens. Both could fit in my palms... little furballs! Lobo had made several dashes out the front door...quite daring ones I might add as his big puffy tail was almost clipped by the storm door (he was NOT allowed outside!) He was scolded but like everything Lobo comes upon, his nonchalant, "ok - COOL" attitude prevailed. But on the night of March 19, 2010, and it is STILL beyond my knowledge when he got out, but he got out!!! I was out of the house for several hours and when my roommate and I returned, there was no big black fur ball waiting at the door (a very common place). PANIC PANIC PANIC, SEARCH, NO LOBO, and then just CONSTANT ...

Champ Goes For A Run!

Found Pets Home — Monday, April 05, 2010 8:03:32 AM

It was such a beautiful day we decided to leave the back door open with just the screen closed. Champ, due to his separation anxiety, decides he's going to break through the screen to find me. During his search for me he sees people jogging all over the place and thinks, "Hey! They must all be running towards my mom too! I better follow them!" and starts chasing a couple of them. Now, Champ is no small pit-bull. He is a big lovable mellow sweetheart. But he is very intimidating when you see him running towards you. So the joggers call animal control, and Champ was picked up and brought to the shelter. We could not get a call because no one was working due to the Easter holiday. Luckily, HomeAgain does not take vacation time from pets, and they called us on Easter to let us know he was at the shelter! Unfortunately we had to wait until Monday to get him, but at least we know he is safe! I'm waiting patiently (kind of) for animal control to open right now so I can get him. I really want to thank eve...

Pixie's Adventure

Found Pets Home — Friday, April 02, 2010 6:30:33 PM

Rizzelli's Adventure: We Will Never Know

Found Pets Home — Friday, April 02, 2010 12:56:54 PM

One evening, I got home at 9:30PM from work, and discovered that my boxer had figured out how to open the side gate. He was in the backyard, but my 12 year old Boston Terrier, Rizzelli, was nowhere to be found. I walked around until about 3:00AM yelling for her (visiting spots we used to walk, houses we had lived in, talked to police and other walkers). One of my co-workers asked if she had a chip. She did have one, but I had not activated it! So I rushed home to activate the chip and continued my search by walking/driving around with a squeaky toy and yelling her name. I also re-called shelters, vet offices, and the police. Nothing. I had probably never felt so helpless, and I thought my eyes were permanently swollen from all of the crying. To make matters worse, a storm had escalated with high winds and rain. The next day, I printed 100 flyers created from HomeAgain. But later that morning, a shelter thirty miles away that called and said the police had picked Rizzelli up in Junction City. We suspe...

Sold Twice and Found Her Way HomeAgain

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, March 30, 2010 1:31:33 PM

Our 10-month-old black lab, Folly, was missing this past Sunday, March 28, 2010. She did not come home that night or the next, and we feared the worst. My husband received a phone call this morning from Home Again letting him know that Folly was at a vet's office in the next state! As it turned out, she has been snatched up Sunday and sold at a flea market. She was purchased by a boy whose mother would not let him keep her. She then sold Folly on Craig's List to someone in North Carolina. That person took her to the vet today to be checked out and, luckily for us, that vet scanned her for a chip. We were called immediately and picked her up. I can't believe what all she's been through, but at least she's home safe and sound now!!

Hope Prevails

Found Pets Home — Monday, March 29, 2010 12:44:29 PM

I lost my dog when she slipped from her collar when she was going for Pet Therapy, at Wayne View Care Center, where I work. A well intended man tried to catch her, which only scared her more. After submitting my lost pet to HomeAgain, Karen Philhower, from SafeHound Rescue Service, where I adopted my Mia from, contacted me. She told me everything to do. I left food and an article with my scent on it to get her to continue coming back to the same spot. Then she set up a humane trap and within six hours we had her back. But the most important thing that Karen did, was she made sure I NEVER lost hope. She kept me going the entire week she was gone. She never allowed me to give up hope. God did a humongous favor to me when he put Karen in the rescue business. Without her I would not have my Mia back. THANK YOU, KAREN!!!!

Welcome Home Hercules and Carly

Found Pets Home — Sunday, March 28, 2010 2:10:51 AM

We would love to thank HomeAgain and our wonderful new friends: Veronica and Ashley, who without their love for animals, out dogs might have been injured or still lost. We registered both of our Saint Bernards online and included their photos. Veronica and Ashley did a lot of the legwork by taking the dogs to the vet to have the microchip read, notified Mrs. Rutledge, whom is another blessed angel who sent out emails and special alerts. We are so appreciative for HomeAgain’s wonderful service and their exhausting work our new friends did to reunite our babies with us. We had lost a previous Saint Bernard caused by strangulation with his collar and were against the use of collars from that point on. Yet still fearful of the consequences should the dogs be lost. HomeAgain made a believer out of us that microchipping is necessary. Thank you all of for your help.

Home At Last

Found Pets Home — Friday, March 26, 2010 10:29:58 PM

My beloved Gigi was lost since 3/5/2010. All along I thought that whoever would find her, would return her to her family. However during the whole ordeal, I found out that her chip was never registered. I went about finding out how to do the registration and where. This is when I came across HomeAgain, which happens to be the chip's manufacturer as well. I sent an e-mail to customer service to find out if I could still register the chip. When HomeAgain replied they told me that Gigi had been found on 3/13/2010, and I was given the clinic information that reported her. I called them right away, but they weren't able to give any info since it was already past hours. I went next day to the clinic to find out who had found Gigi. They gave me the person's name and phone numbers. When I called the person, she confirmed having Gigi, but that we could meet until the afternoon, after she gets out of work. In the afternoon, she called me to tell me that she no longer had Gigi, Gigi had run away. I f...

HomeAgain Where She Belongs

Found Pets Home — Friday, March 26, 2010 7:49:45 AM

When my dear Juno got away from me during our nightly walk, I registered her with HomeAgain. HomeAgain operators connected me with another member who saw a found ad on the website www.perfinder.com. That call resulted in the return of my Juno. The HomeAgain team is compassionate and professional. If you haven't already joined, do it now!

Police Rescue Dog

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, March 23, 2010 2:07:34 PM

Cooper went missing after a bird watching event one Sunday morning. I kept watching for her to come back home but she didn't. The police saw my German Shorthaired Pointer, Cooper, and picked her up on a busy road. They took her to our local Animal Control, in the county that I live. I was reunited with Cooper and have the Officer and HomeAgain to thank! Cooper was glad to be home again, and I am very blessed to have her back with me, safely!!! Thanks to the microchip, I have my dog back!!! All animals should have this wonderful chip, so if they are lost from their owner they have a great chance being returned to the person that loves them. Thanks to HomeAgain, I have my baby back.

Jasper Came Home!

Found Pets Home — Monday, March 22, 2010 12:50:58 AM

I signed up for the upgraded service with HomeAgain. A few days later, I received a call from Home Again with a person on the line stating she saw a cat matching my cats description. She was also enrolled in the service and received alerts when cats in the general area were reported missing. We talked for several minutes and the more she spoke, I was sure it was him with the behavior, looks, etc. She stated she couldn't catch him and would take him to a vet to have his microchip scanned if she could. I wasn't surprised, because he doesn't come to strangers easily. This person was 3-4 miles from my home. We spoke once more, and she had another sighting. We didn't speak for a week and I called her to let her know he had come home! She stated she hadn't seen him since our last conversation a week ago. We will never know if it was definitely him that she was seeing, but I am very glad she was involved and also a cat lover who was willing to help. After 22 days missing, my wonderful Jasper came hom...

Found Two Years Later

Found Pets Home — Sunday, March 21, 2010 3:17:37 AM

Background info: he was stolen twice. We got him back a few months after he was stolen the first time. That time, his chip was scanned and LA Animal Control confiscated him from that family. Then we started training him, taking care of him, and shared the responsibility with my Dad (Noodles, my dog, originally belonged to my sister before they moved to Philippines for school). He left him outside for a few minutes to run around the gated yard and he got stolen... again! Flash forward two years to the present. We get a call from a pet hospital that they found Noodles. I paid for premium service on his microchip after the first time he got stolen. With that it lets out an alert that says the dog or cat has been lost. The alert was still active, that pet hospital scanned him for a microchip and called me. I received the call and they asked me if I wanted to get my dog back, or let the other family keep him. I wanted Noodles back regardless of the lost time. A family had him for two years; I guess the...

Don't Assume...

Found Pets Home — Sunday, March 21, 2010 12:50:12 AM

I opened my garage door and my dog got out. I didn't realize he had left. He was adopted from a shelter last year and has a tendency to wonder off. I waited for a person who might have spotted him to call, but no one called after a couple of hours. I called HomeAgain and they put out the word that Winston was missing. I was going to put up the Lost Pet Poster HomeAgain had sent me the next day. By that time, I was thinking that if the people who found him were going to return the dog they would have called already because he has a tag. So I started to think the worst. Maybe no one found him and he is out freezing...maybe a Coyote got him...maybe some kids were torturing him...I began to think that maybe he wasn’t coming back, but hoped that someone would take care of him. I almost didn’t put up posters but something told me to do it anyway. I went around town and put up 30 posters...I even went to the local animal hospital but they already had his poster up due to HomeAgain. I had a feeling that...

Long Night With a Happy Ending

Found Pets Home — Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:51:09 AM

Getting off work at 11:30, I was shocked when my wife told me that our dogs had gotten out and had been on the loose for the past couple hours. We have a six foot privacy fence that someone somehow got in and opened the gate, because we never use those doors. We searched long into the night, driving every street and alley in town. They were nowhere to be found. We went home and slept for a couple hours before heading out again early in the morning. Not 15 minutes into our new search, we got a phone call from a HomeAgain representative, telling us that someone had found our dogs, and called the number on his tag. They connected us straight to the person, who told us where they were and we had our boys back just minutes later.

Never Give Up!

Found Pets Home — Thursday, March 18, 2010 11:30:27 PM

I've only had my Betty for about two and 1/2 weeks. She's a 5 year old brown tabby that I adopted from the local vet. The vet shaved her because her hair was so matted, so for now she looks like a lion. She darted out of the house last night, as I was emptying the kitty litter box. How ironic! I spent about 45 minutes trying to catch her but she kept darting away. I was really discouraged. I felt like we didn't have the time to really bond enough and she wouldn't come back to me. I spent some of that time in front of my neighbor’s house searching for her. He has a lot of bushes that she likes to play in. After becoming completely frustrated, I decided to call it quits for the night. I searched again in the morning before work, and again when I got home, but to no avail. I then decided I better register on your site- I'm so glad I did. I was so discouraged about ever seeing her again. But some of the tips on your site said to never give up and to not wait for the cat to come to you. I ha...

Not Lost For Long

Found Pets Home — Thursday, March 18, 2010 1:14:22 AM

While waiting for jury duty, I received a call from the Tuolumne county animal control that they had my recently lost pup named Bindi, who was brought in by the city police. Thankfully she was uninjured. I called my husband to have him pick her up. “How did she get out???” we thought, we have a 6 ft fence in our backyard. Letting her go in the yard, with our supervision, we found out in no time. She climbed up on a stack of concrete blocks, stepped over to a garbage can, and stood to reach the top brace of the fence- then scale the rest of the way to the top. We quickly fixed that. We are very thankful to animal control for checking to see if she was microchipped and for contacting us right away. It was only a matter of a couple of hours before Bindi was back with us. Having Bindi microchipped certainly made her return relatively quick. Thank you for such a wonderful service!!!!!

Found My Angel

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:14:45 AM

Angel our English Bulldog is hard of hearing and has limited vision but gets around pretty well. We normally just let her out and she comes back in by herself. This time she did not come back and we "assumed" she had. That was a Friday, and we looked all day for her. She normally will find the first door she can and sit and wait. We searched all day Saturday and Sunday for her. It rained the whole weekend so putting up posters was futile. I reported her missing on HomeAgain.com that weekend. On Monday at 3:30, Carrie from HomeAgain called me to ask if we had found our dog. Since I hadn't found Angel yet she said she may have my dog. She conferenced in a person from the Blount County Animal Shelter in Maryville, TN and I confirmed that the dog they had was Angel. :-) I left immediately from work and contacted them by phone to see what time they closed. They normally close at 4:00 p.m. and I would not make it there by that time, but the sweet lady on the phone said, "come on" so I did. T...

Chewy is HomeAgain

Found Pets Home — Monday, March 15, 2010 8:01:35 PM

A late Friday night, Chewy was in an unfamiliar fenced yard. The following Sunday morning we reported chewy missing. By that Sunday afternoon a person found Chewy in their backyard and from the tag ID called the number and found out that chewy had been reported missing. I can't think that every story has such a happy ending but what a great service for all pet owners that gives the opportunity to recover their pets. We can't thank the staff and services of HomeAgain enough for their friendly, caring help to get our family member back home. Thank you so much. Now I am out of the dog house.

Finding Baxter

Found Pets Home — Sunday, March 14, 2010 12:43:33 PM

My wife and I were eating at Denny's. I saw a dog running around the parking lot. He came up to the window like he was looking for someone. I noticed he had a collar tag. He followed the next group of people to come to Denny's in. My wife was worried he had been running in the street so we decided to take him home. The waitress was holding him in the entry way and said knew he had been chipped by the tag on his collar. We took him home and called the 800 number on the tag. The operator connected us with Baxter's owners and they hadn't even known he had gotten out. We met Baxter's dad back in the parking lot of Denny's. All I can say is it couldn't have been easier to get Baxter back HomeAgain!

Duffy and Cobalt Found

Found Pets Home — Saturday, March 13, 2010 4:34:26 PM

Duffy (Elkhound) and Cobalt (German shepard/Husky mix) were recently lost when they ran off chasing deer in our neighborhood. They were gone almost 24 hours in the pouring rain. A young girl found them about 3 miles from the house. She called the HomeAgain 800 number on their tags and we were subsequently reunited with our dogs!

Thanks to HomeAgain Tiffany found!

Found Pets Home — Friday, March 12, 2010 7:38:29 PM

After we realized that our little Tiffany, who is only 2-1/2 lbs., was missing during one of the worst rain storms in South Florida, we immediately went online and registered Tiffany missing. It was midnight, and I was prepared for an all-nighter to try and find her. After 20 hours of searching and crying, we received a phone call from HomeAgain at 6:30 PM the next day that one of our neighbors found our little girl crying at their door in the rain. He brought her in, gave her a bath and dried her, and he fed her. He took her to work with him, and then called HomeAgain after he got out of work. She is now safe and sound, and we could not be happier about having her and our Maltese, Marley, registered with such a great organization! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Wild Night Out

Found Pets Home — Thursday, March 11, 2010 7:25:08 PM

My boyfriend and I had gotten in late one night on a Friday night after going out with friends. When we got in around 1 AM we let Allison out, after about 15mins we realized she was gone. She had somehow jumped the back gate. We looked around all we could, but it was dark and cold, and after an hour we decided it was best to start looking in the morning. We notified HomeAgain that she was missing, and we began to hang out posters around the neighborhood. We also drove around talking to anyone we could outside. After a couple of hours we decided to just go home and wait for any replies. We told everybody we had talked to that she had a microchip, and she also wears her HomeAgain tag with her id. No sooner than 30mins after we got home, we received a phone call from HomeAgain saying Allison had been located and gave us the contact information for the couple who had found her. It was a couple we had talked to who was having a garage sale. They said not long after we left they saw a Rottweile...

Augie Goes Home

Found Pets Home — Thursday, March 11, 2010 4:30:03 PM

This is the story of a little dog that I FOUND. I came across little Augie on a rural road in Virginia about 5 miles from my home. He was filthy, dirty, and running loose up the middle of the road. I stopped my car, opened the door and in he jumped. I happened to be on my way to my groomer with two dogs of my own and I asked her to wash him which she gladly did. It took 4 baths to get him clean and under the filth was an adorable little mixed terrier, probably Yorkie-Shitzu. He had a collar with a tag reading: Augie, I belong to so-and-so, and a telephone number only. I tried and tried to reach someone at the number, to no avail. I called the local shelter - he was not reported missing. The next day I took him to my vet to see if he was microchipped. He wasn't. I finally got out the phone book and cross referenced the phone # with an address and name. After much searching and detective work, I found out the owner was dying in the hospital and the caretaker had let Augie out by mistake. I would not return ...

Lost Yorkie in San Diego

Found Pets Home — Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:46:40 PM

I was visiting San Diego, CA and my Little Female Yorkiele got out of the yard and was picked up by one person in the road driving her son to school. When she got to the school she was going to call the number on her tag, but a lady drove up behind her and came up to her and said that was her dog- so she gave it to the lady. I did lots of postings on websites with a reward for her return. Yesterday someone dropped her off at a vets office, she was microchipped so they were able to contact us. Someone had taken her collar off with 2 id tags that were on collar. Had she not been microchiped I probably would not had gotten her back. It makes me a true believer in micropchipping your pet.

Max Is HomeAgain

Found Pets Home — Monday, March 08, 2010 8:28:12 PM

Max went missing in early December 2009. We don't know if he went away on his own, or if he was stolen. A nice couple with a 5-year old boy took a chance and purchased him from someone on Craig's list. They realized he must have been someone's pet and had a vet search him for a microchip. We received a call from HomeAgain, spoke with the folks who had him and agreed to meet and return Max home. Oddly enough, both familes lost pets last March (ours to old age, theirs to cancer). Although we are happy Max is home with us, we feel for the family who fostered him the last couple of months.

Come Home Loki

Found Pets Home — Monday, March 08, 2010 7:17:38 PM

On Saturday March 6th 2010 about 7PM, our dog, Loki, got out of the backyard while we were in the house giving the kids showers and getting them ready for bed. We have a security camera, and were able to see what location he went out. We spent the night driving around until about 12:30 am, and the next day hanging up flyers and going to the pounds around town to try and locate him. He's a good looking dog, so I thought maybe someone would keep him instead of turning him in. Then next day I decided to call HomeAgain to see what the status was on my Lost Pet Poster, the representative was helpful and helped me out. After about 15 minutes of getting off the phone I get a phone call from HomeAgain, saying Loki was at an animal hospital that we visited yesterday. The person that I talked to remembered me from the previous day and held Loki there until I arrived. Now he is back home with his family and my kids couldn't be happier. Thanks HomeAgain!

Rascal Finds a Home

Found Pets Home — Sunday, March 07, 2010 8:25:51 PM

Rascal disappeared the day before the unusual December snowstorm. I was uneasy, but still hopeful. He is a smart cat. As the snow melted, I spent more and more time looking for tracks and calling for him. It was about 10 days after he disappeared that my mother (the alternate contact number) got a call from a vet about Rascal. But when I called, I found out that he had chosen a wonderful young couple to move in with. He had just walked into their apartment like he always had lived there. The young lady was so upset that he belonged to someone--they thought he was feral. When they took him to the vet for a checkup and shots, they found the chip. The vet trip and all of the supplies for Rascal were supposed to be the young man's Christmas present to the young lady. I was overjoyed to hear Rascal was alive, healthy, and had found another home--I had been looking for a new home for him for months because of the pet limit where I live. I told the young lady that she could keep him, and she nearly cried because ...

Kane's Big Adventure

Found Pets Home — Sunday, March 07, 2010 1:17:40 PM

Kane came up missing on 3/3/10, in the early evening while I was at dinner with friends. Fortunately, or unfortunately, we live in a rural area right off a very busy 2 lane road - complete with tractor trailers. We went out that night and called him and called him but to no avail. I printed off the HomeAgain posters and posted them at the little stores 2-3 miles both ways from the house. I made up my own flyer with a color picture and distributed it to all the neighbors and then started going door-to-door. We probably put out 200 flyers. We had several reports of him being seen but he would not come to anyone. We drove down all the roads and put flyers in people's mailboxes and talked to people directly. We had several calls about his being seen as far away as 2 miles but by the time we arrived, he was no where to be found. Then today, 3/7/10, the call came in that they thought it might be him running around behind the local elementary school that was just 1/2 mile away. With high hopes we rac...

Cat Door Fiasco

Found Pets Home — Sunday, March 07, 2010 9:06:42 AM

There is a cat door that was installed in our garage by the previous owner. Our cats (and dogs) have been fascinated with it and in the recent past one of our cats, our Houdini if you will, learned how to flip the switch that allowed him into the garage whenever he wanted to go out there. My husband works frequently in the garage with the door open and since our cats are all indoor cats, you can imagine the problems we have recently run into. We rigged up a piece of wood that slid into place over the door to keep the cats out when the garage door was open. Well our Houdini figured out how to pop the piece of wood out of the screws that were holding it in place. My husband came downstairs to find 3 of our cats in the garage or outside. Schroeder, our Houdini, was missing. He searched for him for 6 hours before I came home, but to no avail. I went around the neighborhood with food calling his name with no result. We put the dogs in the garage for the night (with the newly installed piece of wood that comple...

Missing since 5/09

Found Pets Home — Thursday, March 04, 2010 4:54:57 PM

Cece has been missing since 5/26/2009, she got out from our fenced yard in Rialto, Ca. We put up posters all througout our neighborhood in hopes that we would find her. Well time went by and we never found her, we had pretty much given up hope, It was a sad lose for our family since we had her since she was 4 weeks old. 3/3/2010 - we received a phone call from the Animal Control in Adelento, Ca stating they had found our dog, not only was I surprised, but I was so excited, I screamed, “THEY FOUND HER , THEY FOUND HER!” We then called the animal control and jumped in our cars and drove a hour and a half to pick her up. At first she didnt really recognize us but as we got her home and played with her, she was back to her same old self, now she follows us around the house and as we lay watching TV she doesnt leave our sides. I am so glad that I invested in having her microchipped, otherwise we would have never got her back. I am so Thankful for HomeAgain for providing us with posters and regular up...

Wishes Come True!

Found Pets Home — Monday, March 01, 2010 11:50:29 AM

MIRACULOUS NEWS ... To everyone reading this story, if you take nothing else away with you, please remember this (applicable to so many things in life): even when all seems lost, do not give up hope, even the most unlikely of wishes can indeed come true! After two horrific snowstorms and one of the worst February winters in New York City history, we feared the worst for Wishbone, a Jack Russell Terrier rescued by Abandoned Angels (www.nyabandonedangels.com) from Animal Care and Control in Brooklyn. He had been surrendered on Christmas Eve (of all days), with his family requesting euthanasia of this completely healthy dog. Fortunately, Santa had a heart, and rescue placement was found for this spirited Jack Russell (oddly enough, with Cocker Spaniel Rescue!) But within days of his leaving the Brooklyn pound, things went horribly wrong. Wishbone escaped from his foster home on 1/17/10 when, unbeknownst to the foster family, the mailman left the gate to the front yard open. During the first few days of h...

Charlie Comes Home

Found Pets Home — Monday, February 22, 2010 7:17:13 PM

Charlie is not the smartest cat I've met. he doesn't really have any "classic" cat skills. For instance, he NEVER lands on his feet. He's always been an indoor cat so when he jumped off our deck we were worried. Very worried. We remembered that he had been microchipped as a kitten so I called our old vet and got his microchip number. I went to Homeagain.com and registered online. Within a few hours a notice of Charlie's missing status was sent in an email. The next day we recieved a call from a nearby vet clinic saying they had Charlie. Someone had called in saying they found a cat and the vet clinic had received the missing cat poster from Homeagain via fax the day before. They had the person bring him in, scanned the microchip, got the match and called us right away. We were thrilled! Charlie is now home safe and sound, and we'll be keeping him off the deck. Thank you Homeagain!

You've Got to be Kidding - How Long?

Found Pets Home — Monday, February 22, 2010 10:15:17 AM

There was a message on the answering machine two days ago from the local animal shelter, specifically looking for me in regards to a cat. I thought for a moment before I picked up the phone and said to myself...no way. When I called the shelter my first question was, “are you calling about Kitty?” “Yes”, she said. “You've got to be kidding” I replied. The gal said “No, how long has he been missing - a few months?” I paused and said “no, Kitty has been missing for seven (7) years.” Silence on the other end. Kitty is home now at the ripe old age of 12. Some medical issues are being addressed but he will be fine in the long run. A little past history: After we moved to our new home in February 2003 I kept our two cats in the house for three weeks before letting them out for a few hours a day in the back yard to get them used to their new surroundings. One day he was gone. I spent three months going to two shelters on the opposite sides of town as we are on the border of two jurisdictions. To be f...

Rambo Is Back!

Found Pets Home — Sunday, February 14, 2010 2:36:56 PM

Just yesterday Rambo jumped out of the back driver's side window of my car on Federal Highway, in Fort Lauderdale Florida, while we were in traffic. As I discovered later, which was too late, the child locks were not engaged and Rambo must have stepped on the button... I was at a red light when I noticed other drivers trying to get my attention. They told me that my dog had jumped out of my car about two blocks down and was picked up by another driver. I doubled back and searched the area for a few hours, then called the Ft. Lauderdale, VCA, Humane Society, etc. to no avail. I finally came home and got online and called HomeAgain. It was later discovered that the chip number on his tag and at HomeAgain were not the same. Rachel, the HomeAgain Rep. found that someone had reported finding a dog at the same time in Ft. Lauderdale, placed a call and left a message with the gentleman. In the meantime, created a missing poster and uploaded a picture of Rambo at homeagain.com. I called back several hours and ...

Only in Silicon Valley

Found Pets Home — Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:55:13 PM

I had just adopted my newest dog, Gohan, the day before, when Jon and Chuck Jusle of Huskycamp in Phelan, California drove him up to Fresno. I was on my way to San Jose. The next morning I looked in my sister's backyard for Gohan, and my other 2 dogs Tala and Indie, but only Indie was in the yard and the gate was ajar. I immediately jumped into my car and began a frantic ever-widening circling of the neighborhood, but with no luck. And the morning traffic was getting busier. I received a phone call that a man had Tala, who was found on the southbound lanes of the 280 freeway! But where was Gohan? Again searching the neighborhood, I received another cell phone call. A homeless man had caught Gohan as he was walking up a on ramp to the northbound lanes of the 280 freeway! Within less than 45 minutes I had two almost road rashed pooches in my custody. It really helped having Blaine county, Idaho licenses with the local shelter number on them and a HomeAgain tag on Gohan. Gohan has gone on to surpa...

Tags Are Very Important

Found Pets Home — Thursday, February 11, 2010 6:33:28 PM

Due to the bad reputation that Pit Bulls have, I make sure that my dog, Cooter, always wears his rabies license, HomeAgain, and address tags. Four tags in all. One night while I was out of town, he escaped from the back yard. My son spent the entire night searching for Cooter, but couldn't find him. I was extremely upset and was ready to hop the next train home. The next day, the police called my son and said that Cooter had been found sleeping in someone's garden about 1/2 mile from our house, that they normally charge $250 for an owner to retrieve their dog, but because Cooter was so well tagged and was micro-chipped, the animal control officer would just drop him off at the house. You can't believe how relieved I was to hear that my buddy was back home, safe and sound! It's important to not only have your pet micro-chipped, but also to have them properly tagged.

16 Days in the Cold

Found Pets Home — Thursday, February 11, 2010 5:17:58 PM

A story about my nephew dog, Bailey (that is, my brother's dog), Bailey is a rescue dog - and when my brother rescued her from a shelter in Bethesda, Maryland, she was about 6 months old and had spent most of her life on the streets after Hurricane Rita. Late one evening in January, 2009 - on what was at the time the coldest night of the year (8 degrees was the high that night), Bailey got spooked by a garbage truck during a walk and shook herself out of her collar and took off running. My brother chased her as fast as he could, but he was no match for the very fast, young puppy. Devastated, my brother searched the streets of Bethesda for hours on end, with no luck. Spending days putting up signs and calling local animal shelters and police stations, there were no sign of Bailey. Two weeks passed - and these were two of the coldest weeks in the mid-Atlantic region in 2009. Finally, after 16 days - and after everyone in the family had given up hope of seeing Bailey again - the local animal shelter ca...

Bella Is HomeAgain!

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, February 10, 2010 8:12:35 PM

Gone and Found

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, February 09, 2010 10:51:19 PM

I adopted out my beautiful Akita puppy. Just before adopting her out, I had all of her shots updated and had her microchipped with Home Again. Here I am a year later, awakened by my ringing cell phone. I answered and was a bit surprised to find that it was Animal Services calling about a "9 year old chow mix" that they had just picked up. I had never owned a chow mix and didn't have any dog of that age, but I still made the 30 minute drive to the shelter to take a look. I searched the kennels for a familiar face and was shocked to see my baby Akita, now grown up, in one of the kennels. Not only was she scared and shivering, she was EMACIATED!!!!! My poor baby is actually 2 years old and is a pure Akita. She had been lost for months! more than likely roaming the streets feeding only on what little she could find. Thankfully, because I had her microchipped with HomeAgain, I was able to take her home right away. She is now on the road to recovery and doing great! Had she not been microchipped, w...

We Were Blessed...

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:54:01 PM

Romeo was my 2009 valentines present. We adopted him from the Durham Shelter. We nursed him back to health and he has become the love of our lives. When we went out Christmas shopping this past year on Christmas Eve, we were devastated to found that he'd gotten outside while we were away. It took weeks for me to stop thinking of him daily. I had reported him missing here and after 1 1/2 months I had given up, thinking he couldn’t have survived the freezing cold and snow. On top of that, my cat refuses to wear a collar so he was out in the world with no identification. I got a call today from my 14 year old sister who lives hours away, saying the shelter had called her. I had changed my phone number weeks ago so I never received a call. When I arrived at the shelter I expected the worst. We recently received 7 inches of snow and several of freezing rain. What if he had been attacked? Was sick? To my surprise my baby was in perfect condition and looked very comfortable with his old buddies at the same she...

Sepia's Adventure

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:55:36 PM

My cat Sepia is a purebred Persian rescued from a Kitty Mill. She's mostly an indoor cat but likes to go out and smell the flowers once in awhile. Sometimes she wanders off and gets lost... This time she was gone for 15 days and was out in some real bad weather. I checked with the Humane Society every day, and printed out the posters from HomeAgain and put them up around the neighborhood. I also asked everyone I saw if they had seen her. One of my neighbors saw the poster and recognized Sepia as a cat that had been coming around her yard to eat with her other cats. She figured it was my cat and came by to let me know. She said she couldn't get too close to her because the cat was shy. I went over to my neighbor's yard around feeding time the next day and called Sepia and she responded. She is now safe at HomeAgian.

Jake Comes Home

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, February 09, 2010 2:32:14 PM

Jake came home on his own after being gone almost 24 hours - he's usually only away less than 2 hours. I was printing out the lost pet posters from the website when he sauntered up to the door. Even though I didn't have to use the posters or rely on the microchip, I was comforted by the fact that I had these ways at my disposal to start my search. I'm so glad he's home!

Mad Eye Moody Spends a Night on the Town

Found Pets Home — Saturday, February 06, 2010 1:54:45 PM

Last night our one-eyed two year old cat who has never been past the porch got outside in 10 degree weather. We walked the neighborhood looking for him but gave up about midnight. This morning we called Dr. Ragone at Animal Health Center in Scottsbluff, who was very informative on the behavior and instincts of indoor cats. He suggested checking in and around bushes and shrubs, and call Mad Eye's name frequently. He said that strictly indoor cats will likely not venture far but will find and remain in a hiding place where they feel safe. They won't come if called but may vocalize if they hear their owner. Sure enough, we located him hiding in ornamental grass at a nearby vacant building not two blocks from our house. He would not come out but meowed to let us know where he was. Even after we got close enough for him to see us he stayed hunkered in place, but didn't run or resist us coming into the grass after him. Scared, cold and hungry but no worse for wear, we hope he won't try "a night on the to...

Finally Back Home

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, February 03, 2010 7:36:16 PM

Arriving home from work I found a Lab in my garage, it was dark so I fed her and housed her for the night. The next day we took her to get scanned at the local shelter. Luckily she had a microchip, we left a message with HomeAgain, and about 30 minutes later got a call from the family. We arranged for the Pet Parents to come to my house to pick up "Chevy". Awhile later a woman shows up saying thank you for finding my dog, and takes her home. Not 2 minutes later a couple drives up and says, "I talked to someone on the phone about my dog". We drove to the house of the girl that picked up Chevy and it turns out this couple lost their dog around thanksgiving (about a month and a half ago) in the next city over. Someone had found Chevy and gave her to her daughter that lived down the street from me. When we found Chevy and had her scanned we called the original family. So Chevy was finally returned HomeAgain.

My Daughter Found a Dog

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, February 03, 2010 6:31:02 PM

I just wanted to pass on an amusing and inspiring story to you at HomeAgain. My dog is registered with HomeAgain and I get the "lost pet" e-mails for my area. Since I was in Florida at the time of receiving the most recent alert I forwarded it to my daughter who also has a home in the same area. The dog "Bear" that was lost was last seen relatively close to her home and my daughter (also a dog owner) might keep her eyes open for him. Well, before she even saw my email you will not believe what had happened. The dog had shown up on her front doorstep. Because the dog had a HomeAgain tag (no other identification tag was on the collar) she immediately called the 800 number and was able to reunite the dog with his owner. All this was happening at the same time I was sending her the e-mail alert! Here is the e-mail response I received for her today... Oh my gosh... You'll never believe this... We found Bear in our front yard yesterday! He is super cute. He was wearing his tag with the 800 number, so ...

We were so surprised!

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, February 03, 2010 8:52:42 AM

We got a phone call from a local vets office that a neighbor had found Oreo and brought him in to see if he was lost. They scanned for a microchip and found our information. We were so surprised and happy to have Oreo back home!

Found!! The Day After Halloween

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, February 02, 2010 7:18:40 PM

A Cold and Snowy 6 Weeks

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, February 02, 2010 12:12:03 PM

My cat Sen Sen is my baby, he was my first pet and a true love. This cat has unfortunately gotten out of the house 2 other times. The first was in AZ. Though the HomeAgain site I got my lost pet posters printed and hung around our apartment complex. A neighbor called me, as they had seen a large white cat coming in and out of a storm drain right near our apartment. I went and looked, and there he was... home again after 5 days gone. Sen Sen once again got away when we moved into our new apartment. I got my posters from HomeAgain once more, and posted them all over the apartment complex and the buildings at the complex next door. Keep in mind this was early May in the Rockies Mountains. Bears are all over the place, it's still freezing at night and it can snow at any moment. About 2 weeks after he had been gone I woke up one morning to a text message. A neighbor at the apartment complex next door said he had seen him the night before. I met up with him and he walked me over to the farthest cor...

Harley's Return!

Found Pets Home — Sunday, January 31, 2010 11:01:25 PM

Harley had been missing for 26 hours when a neighbor 5 blocks away returned him. He had gotten himself trapped in the backyard of a family that was out of town. The poster I made through HomeAgain was what got the ball rolling! The family that returned him was walking their dog and saw the poster and started putting two and two together. They had heard a dog barking all night last night and it sounded as if it was coming from their neighbor's yard but they knew that the neighbor didn't have a dog so they thought they were mistaken. Today as they walked their own dog, they saw our HomeAgain poster and decided to check their neighbors backyard and there was Harley!! They read his tags and walked him home!!

Collar Tags

Found Pets Home — Sunday, January 31, 2010 9:01:02 PM

We got a call from someone that found our dog. Thank goodness he had his collar on with our telephone number. Thanks to that great human being our dog is home with his family which was indeed sad without him. If you don't have collar tags- get them, they're well worth it.

Gracie May, Dad and Prayers....

Found Pets Home — Thursday, January 28, 2010 2:14:36 PM

My parents’ dog gave birth to Gracie May on May 17, 2007. At the same time my Mom was home helping deliver the pups, my Dad woke up after being unconscious for 3 weeks after surgery. Gracie's name comes from her birth month of May and because of the Grace of God that my Dad woke up and was okay. Fast forward 2 yrs. My Dad passed away this past Thanksgiving. During all the commotion around the house during this stressful time, a door didn't get closed and Gracie took off on her adventure. This happened right at dusk. We searched frantically to no avail for about 2 hrs but had to stop our search and leave to go pay our final respects to my Dad. Gracie didn't have a collar or tags as she was always in the house or we with her when she was outside behind our fenced yard. Before we left I saw the HomeAgain magnet on the fridge and made what felt like the saddest call of my life. I feared it was a waist of time because I just knew whoever found her would keep her....if she survived the elements and wild anima...

Graham Found His Way Home!!!

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, January 27, 2010 10:57:06 PM

Graham came home tonight after being out in the wild for about 24 hours. We are so thankful for all of the prayers that went up on behalf of Graham. Thank you, Lord! This whole ordeal has taught me the importance of keeping a current picture on hand and having my pet registered on HomeAgain. I thought getting him microchipped was enough...how wrong I was. You must register them and pay a yearly tracking fee. HomeAgain had a fax to my vet before I even got the posters up in my neighborhood. Thank you HomeAgain! Sincerly, Melissa Welch Proud HomeAgain member since today!!!!

Colt Bolts

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, January 27, 2010 5:22:41 PM

While on our morning walk with Colt on a leash, my wife tripped over Colt and dropped the leash. Colt got spooked and bolted, thinking she was trying to hurt him, we've only had him for a week. We couldn't catch up to him and lost sight of him in the neighborhood, so we went home and called HomeAgain, they were wonderful as they walked us through the procedure to go online to report Colt lost. After updating Colts profile and uploading a picture so HomeAgain could create a Lost Dog Poster for us, we were able to have posters placed in the neighborhood within an hour. A neighborhood resident spotted colt lying under a tree, and after reading one of the Lost Dog Posters, she realized it was Colt. The resident called the Toll Free phone number for HomeAgain on the Poster and the Customer Service Rep conferenced me in with the resident so I could be given directions to where Colt was. Thank you so much HomeAgain! My sister in Northern California has a 1 yr old dog that has a chip installed as well but doe...

Lost Through the Holidays

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, January 26, 2010 12:03:15 AM

6 months after rescuing my cat, I discovered that I was severely allergic to her. I tried to find her the best home possible. I dropped her off Thanksgiving morning. She went missing 2 days later. I was worried sick about her and cried for 4 hours straight one day. She was having difficulties protecting herself outdoors and that's why I brought her into an indoor life. I kept telling myself eventually she'll end up in a vets office or the shelter and she's microchipped, so they'll have to call me....I kept my fingers crossed. Jan 4th, after all the holidays had past, a lady called, "Are you missing your gray cat?" I was at work and screamed in the phone, "You found her?!!" Apparently it had taken that long for her to climb into her lap and see her tag with my number and the Home Again tag, so she knew someone loved her. She was living in a hole in the wall at a nursing home for approx 6 weeks. Without those tags I never would have seen her again! Thank God for this service!

One Long Night....

Found Pets Home — Sunday, January 24, 2010 1:21:21 PM

Around midnight, my fiancé took our Pug, Vivian, out back as we usually do before bed. We live in a rural area, but there are lots of houses all around, as well as lots of woods! We have about 1.5 acres of land and Vivian has always just gone out without a leash, relieved herself while we wait for her on the porch or top of the yard. Something caught her attention and she ran out front of our house as my fiancé chased after her. She went down our street and disappeared into a neighbors back yard about 1/2 a mile away from our house. He continued to go after her, but lost sight of her quickly as she is a jet black, small dog and it was pitch black outside. No street lights, very few porch lights even on. We searched for her almost all night- walking through the neighborhood and through yards with flashlight calling for her to no avail. The ironic thing was- I had gotten an email about I week prior notifying me that Vivian's Home Again membership needed to be renewed. Busy with work and my recent e...

Delightful Reunion

Found Pets Home — Saturday, January 23, 2010 5:13:29 PM

Spring Valley Lake in Victorville, CA is a wonderful neighborhood with great citizens. Someone found my toy dog wondering in the dark yesterday night. He picked her up and brought her to one of the numerous pet shelters in town. After not being able to locate Nikki on a foot patrol through my neighborhood, I started calling local shelters, but did not locate her. I contacted HomeAgain to put out the alert that she was missing. I contacted the Community Patrol Office for Spring Valley Lake and was informed that a man reported that he found a dog that fit Nikki's description. He also reported where he had taken her. After contacting the Dog Days Inn shelter and with a lot of hope, I went to the shelter and quickly identified her. HomeAgain had also reported Nikki and the shelter was in the process of identifying her before I called. My family has been reunited with our wonderful pet! We're thankful for great citizens in our neighborhood. We're also thankful for HomeAgain because had we not found her ...

My Baby Came Home!

Found Pets Home — Friday, January 22, 2010 7:08:17 PM

The weather was bad all week with heavy rains, winds and thunder storms. Our dog, Shiba, doesn't like the thunder and lighting and I know this is what caused her to get scared and run off on Tuesday night. I immediately called the Humane Society to report her missing and also to see if they had nay dogs that had been found. I also called HomeAgain notify them as well. I spoke with Allison, who was so caring and nice to me in my time of need. I was so upset and could not focus on anything except for my baby wondering around out their in this stormy weather. I checked the Humane Society's lost and stray dog’s website all day long, but did not see Shiba's picture listed. I also must have called them at least 6 times. Thru my tears, I did what I do best and that was to pray to "God" for me to find Shiba safe and bring her back home. "God Is So Good"!! I found Shiba on Wednesday late afternoon in my neighbor’s back yard on the other side of a fence that separates our back yards. She's super smart ...

A Great Investment

Found Pets Home — Thursday, January 14, 2010 11:00:03 AM

My dog had been microchipped less than 6 months when he decided to go roaming on a Friday. We looked high and low for him all weekend with no results. My children were heartbroken. Monday morning I got the call. A wonderful lady had found him and called in to the recovery center. My dog was HomeAgain that day! The microchip was well worth the money!! Just ask my kids.

Freedom Break

Found Pets Home — Thursday, January 07, 2010 11:17:07 AM

I have (or should say had!) a service crew that would come and mow my yard every week. I normally leave Kaia in the back yard to roam and get fresh air as I work all day. My yard guy knows this, we have had several talks about him being careless and leaving the gate open for not only the dog to get out but allows others easy access in! I had been sick so after work stopped to pick up some soup. I got home about 30 minutes later than normal. When I walked in the house Kaia did not run up to the back door excited to see me. I thought it odd, but continued to use the restroom and do things before I went outside to let her in only she wasn't in the back yard. I noticed the gate wide open. I ran into the front yard and started scouring the neighborhood. By the time I got back in the house I was a wreck! I grabbed my phone (which I had accidently left at home all day) and noticed several missed calls and messages! I listened to them and it appeared a man found her wandering down the highway. He picked her up an...

Storm Scare!!

Found Pets Home — Sunday, January 03, 2010 3:52:04 PM

We got our dog, Bunny, a microchip at my husband’s insistance. He goes just about everywhere with me including work. And he really isn't in the habit of running off. One day my husband wanted him to stay home to keep him company while I was at work. There was a pretty bad storm and it must have knocked a fence over. About 4 hours into my day I get a frantic call from Tyler (my husband). Bunny was no where to be found. And of course, it was the one time I didn't have his collar and tags on!! Needless to say we panicked!! We looked everywhere. Friends came over and helped us cover the area. No luck. I was utterly heartbroken!!! Six hours later we received a call from Home Again. Some nice couple found Bunny wandering around and was able to catch him. They took him to the local vet where they scanned him and called in the number! By that evening he was home and we couldn't have been happier!! Thank you Home Again and Thank you Tyler for insisting on the chip!!!

2 Young Boys on X-Mas Day

Found Pets Home — Sunday, December 27, 2009 1:28:23 AM

On Christmas Day, days after a snow storm that brought us 19 inches of snow, our 2 young canine boys enjoyed playing in the snow. Well, my daughters came to give us a surprise visit from out of town. As the girls were creeping to open the door slowly, our dogs stood behind the door quietly. The girls opened the door wide enough to get the infant car seat through the screen and then in the door, but also wide enough for the dogs to believe that it was playtime in the 19 inches of snow once again. Well, by the time we heard the screaming and yelling too get them back inside and as one person scrambled for boots and the other running to the door to give the command that they would follow to get them to come back inside, they decided to jump over a mountain of snow and gallop...yes gallop on a X-mas Day Marathon through the woods. I immediately got on the phone with HomeAgain. Of course, it was good to hear a sympathetic person on the other end that you think knows all of your concerns. After the first minute...

Terrified Runaway Foster Saved By A Chip

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, December 23, 2009 12:42:57 AM

I foster animals and sometimes they are puppy mill rescues. Last summer I drove all the way to Clermont, FL from Fort Lauderdale (10 hours round trip) to pick up a puppy mill foster that had been transported from North Carolina. He had been in another foster home, but the owner had to be hospitalized so they moved him to me. He had been SO abused in the puppy mill that that the mill owners were prosecuted for animal abuse. I had been warned that he was a snarling mess and an escape artist. So, I bought him a harness and put it on him when I met his transport. He was wearing a collar with the name and number of his previous foster mom...a woman in North Carolina who was in the hospital and not home. I got home about 1 a.m. from the transport and I was SOOOO careful getting him out of his crate in the back of my SUV. But not careful enough. He slipped out of my arms and ran under my SUV. I tried pullling him out with the leash and harness, and he slipped the harness and ran off into the night!!! So now...

Steve's my dog, not my husband...

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, December 22, 2009 4:50:29 PM

My husband and I went away for the weekend and had a friend house and pet sitting for us. We got the call Sunday morning that Steve, our lab/coonhound mix was missing. Steve loves to run and jump fences, which is why we have an invisible fence around our wooden fence. I realized that I had forgotten to put his invisible fence collar on him before we left! We searched for Steve for hours through multiple housing developments. I drove with my windows down, yelling out, "STEVE, STEVE!" I saw people looking at me somewhat puzzled, but didn't think much of it. Finally, we got the phone call from a vet's office that someone had found Steve and brought him to them to see if he was chipped. I was so happy, I couldn't stop crying until I realized the vet's office thought Steve was my husband and not my dog! Steve is just adorable! He's my 90 pound, not so smart, huge bucket of love! THANKS for bringing him HomeAgain! He slept for hours on the couch after his expedition.

Our Little Christmas Presence

Found Pets Home — Friday, December 18, 2009 9:02:31 PM

Our 9 month old Lab puppy, Lickens, got away from home one day. Of course this is the day after I'd put on her new collar which did not have her ID attached, they don't give you the tag holders w/new collars by the way. Lickens had been gone for 2 weeks when I received a call from HomeAgain. The very nice people who had her took her to an animal clinic and they discovered that she had a HomeAgain Chip implanted. HomeAgain connected me with ‘Stephanie’ via a 3-way conference call. We got the information we needed from each other and tonight Lickens is HomeAgain! Having the puppy back tonight has made the week before Christmas a lot less stressful for me. Thank you for all that you do HomeAgain!!!!! Thanks to everyone who takes really good care of 'stray' animals.

Never Lost A Dog Until Today

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, December 01, 2009 6:47:32 PM

It only took a moment for our schnauzer, Max, to run out the garage door and disappear. In 20 years, I've never felt the panic or loss of a pet gone missing. We were lucky because we were smart enough to have Max micro chipped. A kind person picked him up and took him to the nearest vet. An hour and a half after Max escaped, the call that he was found came in and it was one I will cherish forever. THE CHIPS WORK! The vet even thanked me for having it put in because too often the stories don't have happy endings. THANK YOU HOME AGAIN! Max is home again thanks to you!

A Hunting We will Go

Found Pets Home — Monday, November 30, 2009 2:52:15 PM

While hunting for Grouse 3 hours from home, I traveled deeper into the forest than I should have. I had a GPS and as I was finding the route out, my dog caught scent of a flock of wild turkeys and bolted down a creek bed. Despite my frantic calls, use of a strong whistle, and e-collar, he didn't return to me. I walked back to my friend's truck and told him the dog was lost. We drove up and down the road calling him but couldn't find him. He took me back to where we started and left me there to see if the dog would return. Coincidentally it was on a hilltop with the only cell phone reception hot spot within miles. Meanwhile, my dog found a hunting camp populated with deer hunters ready to start the season two days later. They took him in but the camp had no phone service. The hunters flagged down a runner out with his dogs. The runner offered to call the HomeAgain number on my dog's tags from his house (we had cancelled our home phone, relying on our cell phones so our home number on his collar was of no u...

A Lucky Thanksgiving!

Found Pets Home — Thursday, November 26, 2009 8:49:25 PM

After a full day of eating Thanksgiving meals, visiting with friends, neighbors, and loved ones... we came home to find a message from Home Again stating that they may have info regarding Lucky. We immediately called to discover it was. Lucky had wandered into a neighborhood a few blocks away, and the lady that called had seen the posters we had printed offline and posted! The entire family will never forget this very special Thanksgiving! The HomeAgain investment was the best money spent!

Lost Without You

Found Pets Home — Monday, November 23, 2009 2:56:57 PM

We were recently planning our vacation and we decided that our dog, Justice, wouldn’t do well on such a long drive being so young and needing the exercise. So we left her with some friends that enjoyed her. I called a few times a day to check in on her because she wasn’t eating much after the second day away from us. The morning of the day she got loose, I called and she was doing better. Just a few hours after I received a call from HomeAgain saying they had someone on the line who had my dog. They connected us. He found her running around the town, thankfully the gentleman who saw her wasn’t afraid to approach her and call HomeAgain. She chewed through her rope and jumped the fence. We believe she was going to try and find her way home. I never thought I would need this service and almost didn’t get it. I’m glad I did and I will never have another pet without it. I will always stress the importance to fellow pet owners how much it will help. I now know that when I "leave" her behind she won’t be com...

5 day adventure!

Found Pets Home — Monday, November 23, 2009 2:30:36 PM

We took our first vacation since getting Spike and his sister in April of 2009 and went up to New Jersey for a long weekend to visit friends and family. A friend in Tampa (the next city over) was to watch Spike for the weekend so that he could play with her Boxer. We dropped him off at 10am on Friday and by 7pm, Spike made his way through their catdoor and out to the neighborhood. My friends and family went searching for him all weekend, posting signs up, talking to strangers and came up empty handed. We arrived in town on Monday and started the search right away. We even went to the local animal services building but did not find him and called it quits Monday night. We expected him to be dead... On Tuesday morning, at 10am, I received a phone call from HomeAgain telling me they had a woman on the phone with information about Spike. We were connected and I found out he had been spotted about a mile away from my friend's house. I jumped in the car with a work colleague and, with the help of good Samari...

Happy Reunions

Found Pets Home — Friday, November 20, 2009 2:36:38 AM

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 do. I told them to bring the dogs in and I would scan them for microchips. The dogs arrived and I scanned them. Each had a chip but only one of the dogs chips had actually been registered with contact info. It was a HomeAgain chip. I called HomeAgain and received the utmost quality of customer service while remedying the situation. Within minutes the person who had found the dogs was speaking with the owner of the dogs and arranging a place to meet to reunite the happy owner with his pups! Those dogs had travelled about 15 miles during busy LA commute hours, and it probably took them a couple of hours to do so. We reunited them with their family within minutes thanks to HomeAgain.

HomeAgain Even After Four Months

Found Pets Home — Thursday, November 19, 2009 5:43:38 PM

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. One of my neighbors saw a cat matching the description on one of the posters and called me. She was able to take a picture of it but it was somewhat grainy and I couldn’t be sure. I got a live trap and it worked the first night- except that it wasn’t my cat. I was devastated. For the next week or so I continued leaving food in the garage and it would be eaten nightly. One night my son came home and as he pulled onto the driveway he said a cat ran out of the garage that he was sure was Kelly. So I tried the live trap again but with no luck. It was at this time that I was pretty sure that I would never see him again as now, over two months had passed. For some reason though, I couldn’t b...

Brindle Came HomeAgain!

Found Pets Home — Friday, November 13, 2009 5:05:50 PM

Lost on My Wedding Day

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, November 11, 2009 9:28:53 PM

My dad and stepmother were dog sitting for me when I went on my honeymoon to Disney World. The night of my wedding, my blind dog somehow managed to find the only open door in the house and escaped. My dad lives in a heavily wooded area full of coyotes - and they were out howling. My dad and step mom were out all night long looking for Lilly. The next morning I turned off my phone when boarding my plane to Florida. Upon landing I turned it on and found a voicemail. It was from a man who had found my dog on his porch that morning. He called my home number with no luck - although he was very confused because he was in a different state and couldn't understand how this little dog ended up at his house. He then called HomeAgain and they were able to give him my dad's phone number. My family picked up my dog thinking I was none the wiser.... until I called my dad and said "We're here in Florida - hey, heard you lost my dog!" Thankfully Lilly was found safe, and I was able to enjoy the rest of my honeymoon!

Escapee

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, November 10, 2009 4:13:39 PM

April 2008, my kitten, Ziggy, got out of the house by accident. My boyfriend, not being used to having pets, left the screen door open. Before I knew it, Ziggy had bolted out the door. I tried to catch her but she just took off running and turned the corner of the house. By the time I got around the corner she was no where to be seen. I called her and looked for her for days, called HomeAgain and reported her missing. I was devastated but the other cat in the house was even more upset than I was. Skeeziks started to attack and tear apart his teddy bear I had gotten him as a kitten. The vet said he was suffering from anxiety after Ziggy 's disappearance and I should get another kitten. So after 7 months I decided to adopt a shelter kitten. About 1 week after I adopted the new kitten I got a phone call one Monday morning in November. It was a vet’s office telling me that someone found Ziggy and wanted to adopt her. So the vet scanned my cat, and low and behold they called me to inform me Ziggy was in anoth...

Get your pet chipped TODAY

Found Pets Home — Monday, November 09, 2009 6:45:40 PM

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, I contacted HomeAgain in the hope that Sophie would eventually find a human being in the vast landscape. I didn't hold out much hope, especially when we heard the pack of Coyotes as night fell. But, much to my surprise and delight, as it got dark the clever girl wandered towards the lights on a house - 3 miles away to find a wonderful family who fed her pizza and contacted HomeAgain. Eight hours after her adventure began, Sophie was back with us with little or no knowledge of the stress she caused. I would like to thank the staff at HomeAgain (they know who they are) who were so kind and understanding. This service REALLY WORKS, home or away! If you haven't chipped your pet do so today!

Never Give Up

Found Pets Home — Friday, November 06, 2009 5:38:52 PM

Did you ever wonder what you would do if somehow your pet came up missing, how desperate you would feel? What you could do to find it? If so, then you need to read this. I live in a rural area so I had many fears about wild life, but it wasn't the wild that I live in that caused my loss. We were just returning home to Northern Ca. from an extended stay in Seattle and upon my desire to give Smoky, my cat, an airing. I did a foolish thing, I held her in my arms as we walked though the rest stop in Southern Oregon. Suddenly she darted out of my arms into the rugged mountainous terrain. We called and called and called for hours to no avail. The rest stop was enclosed with heavy fencing that couldn't go over or around. Did she catch her collar on a limb in the brush thereby disabling her movements? We didn't know. All we knew was she was lost to us, maybe forever. We could not dare hope that she would find her way home. After all it was 363 miles to home across many mountains and a very long river, not to ment...

One Year Later

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, November 04, 2009 6:09:34 PM

When my mom moved away to Texas I let her have my Pomeranian, Little Bear, so she wouldn't be alone. She was overjoyed and Little Bear loved the move. He had a big yard to play in and was spoiled even more. Then one day he was gone. Posters went up everywhere, weekly shelter visits, and months later nothing. After many tears we just hoped he found a good home. A year after he was lost I received a call from HomeAgain that Little Bear was taken to a shelter in Arlington, Texas. I immediately called my mom and she went straight to the shelter. There was Little Bear who was just as happy to see her. A few months later he's back to being happy king of the castle where he belongs. Thanks to the microchip and HomeAgain it was all possible.

Safe new home thanks to HomeAgain!

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, November 04, 2009 1:01:06 PM

I bought my puppy Kelsey from the Toledo Area Humane Society in March of 2009. We had her for about four months when we left her in the yard with our other dog (as always- large fenced area) while we ran some errands. When we returned, the gate was open and our other dog was a couple houses over in the yard. However, Kelsey was no where to be found. We searched for a few months with no responses. We started to lose all hope but still kept an eye out. I received a phone call just yesterday November 3, 2009 from a family who had her. They had bought her from some lady in Swanton, Ohio who said the dog was hers. She was bought as a birthday gift for a little 5 year old girl. We arranged a meeting so I can see my dog few times a week, but I'm letting them keep her. We plan to get more information on the lady they bought Kelsey from and possibly press some charges. After buying the new dog they took her to the vet where they discovered she was already fixed and microchipped. I got the phone call the day of the ve...

"HomeAgain" after 8 days!

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, November 03, 2009 8:16:10 AM

We had our corgi and our calico implanted with the chip about 20 months ago. We didn't intend to let Precious (cat) go outside but had her implanted anyway. The dog promptly removed Precious' collar/ID tag and we didn't give it much thought. Precious got a taste for the outdoors this spring and loved it; on 10/25 she left on her morning excursion and never returned. Heartbroken and feeling extremely guilty about not having a collar and tags on her, we did all we could; radio station, canvassed the neighborhood, checked vets/shelters, etc. On 11/2 I received the call from HomeAgain, saying Precious had just been brought to a vet clinic outside of town. She had shown up at a farm 7 miles away four nights earlier. "Shelbi" took excellent care of her, trying to find us, when a friend of hers suggested getting her scanned in case she had a chip. God bless Shelbi and everyone at Home Again for bringing our kitty back to us! First thing this morning, I will be buying a new collar for Precious!

Thank You HomeAgain!

Found Pets Home — Friday, October 30, 2009 4:14:20 PM

One morning Niko took off chasing deer on our morning walk. After two hours I was beside myself with grief. He was only one year old and had never been away from home. I walked miles in the woods yelling and looking for him. By night time I was practically hysterical. I slept in the basement with the back door open, so he could get in if he returned. We put up fliers, called the radio station and the vet, and talked to neighbors - no Niko. The next day, he still hadn't come home, and I was inconsolable. When Home Again called late the next morning to say they had located Niko, all I could do was cry with relief. I can never thank them enough for their help. My baby dog was returned to me thanks to his rescuer calling HomeAgain and Home Again placing me on a three way call with them.

A Mistake Corrected -Thanks To HomeAgain

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:39:49 AM

We had an issue with our two female dogs. One was a rescue and had been ours for two years, and the other had been with us since she was a puppy. We got in touch with the "rescue" and learned they would be glad to take her back. They came at night, and we cried for the next week, hoping we had done the right thing. Two weeks after giving her back, I got a call from a vet asking if we were missing a dog. Turns out the people we gave her to didn't really want her, they dumped her that night, keeping her cage, and her Heartgard. HomeAgain gave us one of our babies back, and gave us a chance to fix a very bad mistake! Thank you! She ran around loose for a week, before a good Samaritan caught her. Nursed her back to health, and got her scanned at a vet. Thank you! I wish I could say more. Thank you.

Hundreds of miles from home

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:54:38 AM

I left the cold month of January in Santa Cruz CA and went RVing in Arizona. While having some repairs done in Tucson, Lucky (age 11) was wearing a bandana and collar. He slipped out a gate when a truck exited. After a week of searching, posting Lost Ads and checking the shelters a Post Card was received at my home in CA from the SPCA. They identified Lucky from his chip placed in him 10 years ago. The phone number was bad because MaBell changed my fathers area code and Lucky's HomeAgain file was not updated. Fortunately my son visited my mothers home, checked the mail and sent me a copy of the notice to my PC and voice mail. My father passed away in 2002 and I had no memory that he followed my advice and chipped his dog Lucky. I contacted the Tucson SPCA and got Lucky out of Jail. I would of had him sooner if they responded to my PC and telephone inquiries. Their web site failed to post a photo of him which made things more difficult. The chip saved Lucky from an unhappy fate.

Gone over 2 months

Found Pets Home — Sunday, October 25, 2009 12:51:40 PM

Lilly Mae had only been at our new house in the mountainous area in North Carolina. She must have lost her bearings in the area. For weeks, I put her picture in the newspaper and had ads running on their little radio station. Nothing. Weeks went by. I had thought a mountain lion or something got her. One morning I got a call from the local shelter. Lilly mae was there! She had been scanned and we were found! She had gone over 20 miles in the direction of there we had rented. A nice man brought her to the shelter. I was amazed to have her back. Thank you HomeAgain!

My Daschshund is Back!

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:17:40 PM

Rain storms, lightening and thunder make my little brown dachshund run . He just takes off with no idea where he is going. Pushing the gate open with that long nose and running like crazy to who knows where was instinctive on this Tuesday morning. We waited for him to return, but the rain and thunder continued throughout the day. We walked the streets in the rain, but no sign of that dachshund. Worry and fear enveloped us. He's getting up in years and needs his rest. What a break. We got that telephone message from HomeAgain giving us clear information that we needed to locate and drive to pick that little rascal up. How fortunate we were to have him cared for while he was gone by a nice family who took him to the vet to see if he had the HomeAgain microchip implanted. Buddy is once again able to take his daily naps and we are happy to provide the love and care he deserves. We're happy to know that HomeAgain is here if we need them again when the thunder or lightening strikes. Thanks for your...

Rescued Chihuahua Found Twice

Found Pets Home — Monday, September 21, 2009 1:47:09 PM

Even though our yard is dog proofed, it is apparently not chihuahua proofed. Our pup just rescued in the end of July from the Humane society has escaped twice and has been promptly found by your agency. Thank you for your prompt and courteous service. It saves many heartaches and shortens the anxieties.

Sadie Thanks HomeAgain

Found Pets Home — Sunday, September 20, 2009 12:43:58 PM

After two weeks, our dog Sadie was located 63 miles away from NYC in Trenton NJ. A man found her and decided he wanted to keep her so he never tried to find us. He tied her up outside a store and someone called the local animal control center who picked her up. The tech decided to scan her before leaving work for the weekend and contacted HomeAgain who in turn called us. Thank you to John at the Hamilton Township Animal Control who not only came in on his day off to open the shelter and let us retrieve Sadie but also kept in constant contact with us during this rough time. There are no words to thank HomeAgain and John for their kindness and diligence in finding our dog. For anyone considering microchipping their pet, we can only say that this story would have probably not had the happy ending it did if it were not for this invaluable service.

Amazing Microchip

Found Pets Home — Saturday, September 12, 2009 10:46:34 AM

We got Shadow from the shelter two weeks before he got lost. We were trying to teach him that his name was Shadow since he was a stray dog brought in by the shelter. My husband was out of town and my only companion is Shadow. One night, I was about to take the garbage out when he followed me out before I could notice that he ran away. I tried my best to find him, called his name, but to no avail. The following day, I found his tag in our yard. I was really upset and knew my husband would be upset if he knew that Shadow was gone. I immediately went online and registered his microchip, and in less than 24 hours after Shadow got lost, I got a callf rom HomeAgain. The customer service representative helped me hook up to the person who found Shadow. I dropped everything and went to meet the lady who found Shadow. Her daughter was emotional when she knew that Shadow found the real owner but I promised her that I would bring Shadow to her once in awhile. My husband arrived two days after without any idea that Shadow...

On Route 6

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, September 08, 2009 4:01:01 PM

Miracles Do Happen!

Found Pets Home — Saturday, September 05, 2009 7:24:34 PM

We currently own 4 dogs, Siberian Huskies and Malamutes. Last week we came home to find a tag on our door from the County Animal Shelter telling us they had one of our dogs and to contact us. We thought it was a mistake since all four are kept inside while we’re at work. We thought possibly one was caught in the neighborhood and someone assumed it was ours. We came inside; made sure they were all accounted for, and went to call the Animal Shelter. We noticed there was a voice mail, again from the shelter, stating that a dog microchipped with our information was at the shelter, and we needed to come and claim it. Still in disbelief, we called the shelter, and they confirmed that the records on the HomeAgain microchip matched our address and phone numbers. We then asked if it was a male red and white Husky with blue eyes. They said it was, and we lost it! See, Tanner ran away not long after we adopted him from a rescue group near Indianapolis, but that was OVER 5 YEARS AGO! We quickly grab...

Gone With out a trace

Found Pets Home — Friday, September 04, 2009 6:02:20 PM

My cat is a beautiful orange tiger, who is just as inquisitive as can be. She is normally an indoor cat, but when the warm weather came she wanted to go outside. So, we let her out. She stayed in the yard, mostly followed my dog around who was caged with an invisible fence. One day, I notice back in July that her food had not been touched. It became festered with bugs, so I cleaned out her dish and refilled the food and water. Again it was not touched and the litter box was not used. I had no idea where my cat could have gone. I got on my bike, and rode around asking neighbors and searching for Tink. No such luck. After about two weeks of missing my cat, the family started to accept the fact that she was missing, someone cat-napped her or who knew. I took down all the signs around the neighborhood that I had put up, deleted the ad on craigslist asking for her safe return. One day, last week, while I was sitting in my garage minding my own business a young couple pulls up to my home, and walks up my driveway. ...

Very quick and joyful reunion

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, September 01, 2009 9:06:06 PM

Less than 15 hours after I reported Kenzie lost, Kevin from HomeAgain called to say she was found. WOW!!!!!! I can't believe it. We are so thankful for HomeAgain..the look on the kids' faces when they got home from school and saw that she was home was priceless.. thanks for all your help!!!

Barely even missing

Found Pets Home — Thursday, August 27, 2009 10:20:26 PM

Coral is very afraid of air compressors. We were doing construction on the house and had a compressor running. She was in the house all day with our other dog. Throughout the day we saw both dogs in various parts of the house. Towards the end of the day we noticed we were only seeing one of our dogs. I'd say we were outside calling for Coral for no more than 5 minutes before my phone rang and it was HomeAgain telling me Coral had been found. Thankfully she was only a mile down the road on my neighbor's porch. I am very grateful for the 24 hour phone service.

My Scottie found w/in hours

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:49:06 PM

This morning my boyfriend realized our Scottie, Cassie, was not around. We live in a wooded area. He looked for her everywhere he could--on the highway near our home and in the woods behind our home. He called me at work about 11 a.m. to tell me Cassie was missing. About 30 minutes had passed when I got a call on my work phone and it was an agent from HomeAgain telling my a woman had found my dog, Cassie, and then she immediately had the woman on the line with me. I was connected with a woman who had seen my dog wandering on a state highway and she stopped and Cassie got in the car with her. What a relief! What a service! Thanks to the woman, Stephanie, who went to the effort to save my dog's life and call HomeAgain. Thanks to HomeAgain for connecting us. Cassie had a bad day--she was full of stickers and came close to getting hit by cars on a highway. Thankfully, Cassie is back home and has had a haircut and a bath to get the stickers out of her hair. The little hole in the fence is secured. Thi...

Humphrey found in less than a day!

Found Pets Home — Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:54:31 PM

My cat, Humphrey escaped from my in-laws home 10-12 days ago. I was NOT informed of this until 2 days ago, when I returned from a different state. For some reason, they chose to keep my cat's disappearance to themselves and instead stated, repeatedly, when asked how the cat was (via telephone conversations my husband had with his parents), "Oh, Humphrey is fine." It was only when we returned home on Monday evening, August 17, 2009 that they stated our cat had been missing for at least 10 days and they didn't think "there was anything we could do", thus, they withheld the truth. Well, I immediately called HomeAgain, gave all information requested including contact numbers for us--hoping that little Humphrey might be found and reported. I also spoke with a customer care representative at HomeAgain in the late evening--she was a calming presence and assured me that I should NOT give-up hope. She was certainly right! This morning, at 9:45 am, I received a telephone call from HomeAgain--my cat had been foun...

Out with the trash...

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, August 19, 2009 7:17:22 PM

One night last September my fiancée went to throw out the trash, little did he know that our beautiful dog Trixie followed him out the door. The next day we had plans to spend the morning with family. We thought it was a little odd that Trixie hadn't come to bed with us but it wasn't unusual. In the morning my fiancée went downstairs looking for her and realized she was gone. Needless to say we were frantic and immediately started searching the neighborhood. We looked everywhere and nothing. It was only 7AM so we made up a flyer with the most recent picture we could find and waited for the copy store to open. We must have put a flyer on every immobile object within a mile for the house. Our family encouraged us to go on with our plans but we were miserable, missing our baby and wishing that we had just stayed home to wait for a response to our flyer. Then low and behold at 2:30PM I noticed a "missed call" on my cell phone from a number I didn't recognize and then my fiancé's cell started to ...

We just moved into a new town...

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, August 19, 2009 6:26:49 PM

We had just moved into a new town and our new yard had a hidden fence installed. After training our 2 dogs, we thought everything was fine. Then, Stewart saw a rabbit run out of the shrubs. He ran out of our yard and into the brush. Our 2nd dog followed, but returned on command. Stewart kept chasing the rabbit. After looking in the entire area for hours, until 2 am, we stopped looking. I notified HomeAgain, through the website, about our loss. The next afternoon, I received a call from HomeAgain letting us know that Stewart was fine. A neighbor 1/2 mile away from us found Stewart in her yard. She noticed his hidden fence collar, but no ID. She took care of him for the evening and took him to a local vet for help. His microchip helped us get our dog back! I am so thankful to get Stewart home. He is a rescue dog and we've only had him 6 months before our move. We have peace of mind knowing we have the support of HomeAgain!

Losing your dog on vacation

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, August 19, 2009 5:28:51 PM

We visited the beach this past weekend staying with friends who welcomed our 2 Golden Retrievers. Our youngest let himself out of the screen door and was roaming the neighborhood! Fortunately, we had walked the dogs the day before and the other residents recognized where he might have come from and brought him back thankfully. Moral of story is that it never hurts to have other people see you with your dog when you're on vacation.

veterinary technician found home for dog

Found Pets Home — Saturday, August 15, 2009 12:40:30 PM

I am a veterinary technician that used to work at an emergency clinic, many times lost/stray animals are brought to our facility to try to find it's home (after hours when shelters are closed) Most of the time the pets do not have a microchip or collar with id on it. Many times collars can fall off. One night a pit bull was brought in, like usual I scanned it for a microchip immediately and it had a micro chip. I looked up the owner's information for the micro chip number and contacted the dog's owner. She was thrilled that her "baby" was found and was safe, she had been looking for her for the past 2 hours. It wasn't long before I gave her directions to the clinic and her and her dog were happily reunited. The dog normally has a collar on she said, but it must have come off somewhere along the way. Without the micro chip, the owners may have never been found. I, as a veterinary technician, recommend that ALL animals be micro-chipped, whether they are indoor or outdoor, microchips save lives and reun...

Reunited After Eight Long Years

Found Pets Home — Friday, August 07, 2009 10:15:23 PM

The dog, ironically renamed Chip somewhere along the way, was reunited with us at Ashland Police Station. The story starts in April 2001, when we went to the Nebraska Humane Society in Omaha to get a puppy. We found an energetic six-month-old German shorthair pointer and named him Luther. He caught my eye and I said, "I’ve got to have him." A couple of months later I was moving back to my hometown from Elkhorn. I asked a friend in Ashland to watch the dog during the move. We got a call from the friend that Luther got loose, was hit by a car, and escaped. I thought he was dead. Given that news, I didn’t think I’d ever see the dog again. Here’s where the story gets a little mysterious. It’s hard to make heads or tails of Luther’s whereabouts for the next couple of years. He made his way back to Ashland where he ended up living with a new owner - Tracy - who named him Chip. Derrick Schneckloth thought he was doing Tracy a favor by keeping Chip for a few months, but Tracy moved again, and Schneckloth ...

Found after a MONTH over 200 miles away

Found Pets Home — Saturday, August 01, 2009 9:17:23 AM

My Bengal cat, Mr. Boo, went missing from our home on the 4th of July and was missing one day short of a month. We got a call from a vet in Austin, TX that my cat had been found. That is over 200 miles from where we live!!! We don't know where he had been for 3 weeks but a lady found him crying on her back porch wanting in and she took him to her vet and they scanned him. I could not believe he had been found! I drove to be united with him and he is home safe and sound now! Thank you HomeAgain! I'm telling everyone about your services.

3 hours away?!?

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, July 29, 2009 8:38:19 PM

My husband went up north with Daisy, leaving me and the girls at home. I got a call from Hom Again saying that they found Daisy. I didn't even know that Daisy was lost! After a frantic call to my husband and then to HomeAgain, I was connected to the man who found my "baby." He told me that he had taken Daisy for a ride, thinking that one of the houses down the road was Daisy's home. After finding out it wasn't hers, he called the number found on her HomeAgain tag. HomeAgain contacted me immediately with the information of where she was found, and Daisy was returned safely to my husband. What a blessing that HomeAgain was able to bring our dog back to us, even 3 hours away from home!

A Christmas Blessing!

Found Pets Home — Saturday, July 25, 2009 4:26:00 PM

It was last November when we left Louisiana to visit family over Thanksgiving in Arkansas. We placed our dogs in a kennel owned by vets for safe keeping. While in Arkansas our worst fears came true. We received a call from the kennel that our dogs had escaped. One of our labs was 13 at the time and was deaf and had limited vision. The other lab was only 2 years old and had no street smarts at all. We were frantic and over 7 hours away and could do nothing. We felt hopeless! Upon arriving home we made fliers and put ads in the paper. We did not have HomeAgain at the time and oh how i wish we did! About a week later a family found our ad in the paper. They had been keeping our dogs for several days. It was a miracle they were alive and had not been run over or picked up. They had traveled far and the weather was very cold. The family was very kind to our dogs. They had five kids which played with them and had grown quite attached. The owners of the kennel offered a $500 reward. It was nice to give each of the...

My best friend

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, July 22, 2009 4:39:49 PM

On Oct 3, 2008 my dog Dale ran away when I was at job interviews all day. My boyfriend was home and somehow the door got left open and Dale darted out. My boyfriend didn't think anything about it because we live in the country and he always goes out. When I returned home I asked where Dale was and he said outside somewhere. Well I went out looking for him and could not find him. I immediately called my friend at the animal shelter and made a report. My nearest cross street is a highway that leads to the ocean so it has a lot of traffic on it. I called every animal shelter within a 100 mile radius. I went down and made posters and started hanging them on every telephone pole and store window that would let me. A couple of days later I received a call from the man at the bait shop that was about 8 miles away. He said that one of his customers saw my dog running down the highway. I went out in my slippers and pj's and started going up and down the highway. I wasn't given a direction and the customer at the bait ...

A Car Wreck and A Disappearance

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, July 22, 2009 1:02:03 PM

Our Sheltie Miracle!

Found Pets Home — Monday, July 20, 2009 3:36:24 PM

Our Shetland sheepdog takes anti-anxiety medication because he is so skittish. Last Tuesday night (July 14th) he was terrified when a neighbor set off some leftover firecrackers while we were away from home. He broke through his electric fence and no one had seen him since. We were heartbroken and worried- we had our HomeAgain posters up within a few hours and posted them everywhere! We were so worried one night when there was a huge thunderstorm, knowing how fearful he was. For encouragement, we would read reunion stories on the HomeAgain website. This morning, six days later, a worker about two miles away called HomeAgain after seeing our poster and then seeing our dog! We were overjoyed to get him back, though he was covered with dirt, ticks and burrs. After a good clean-up and being checked by our vet, he has slept all afternoon, being spoiled rotten and treated like a prince after his "Outward Bound" wilderness experience. We are so thankful for how God used HomeAgain to help us bring Lachie home again ...

2 1/2 Day Freakout

Found Pets Home — Monday, July 20, 2009 12:30:24 AM

Thursday early afternoon was a hot one; so we had the doors open with screen doors keeping the pets inside. Hector and his sister Graciella like to hang out by the screen doors to "enjoy the outside" since the are indoor only cats. The side screen door wasn't fully closed and the cats both escaped outside with nobody noticing. I left for work and came back home to Graciella crying outside; I brought her back into the house. I didn't see Hector and assumed he was somewhere in the house hiding as usual. When I couldn't find him in the morning I contacted HomeAgain and they immedietely sent out alerts which helped to relieve some of the stress. The Lost Pet posters were a great resource as well; I put signs up everywhere. After two and a half days of constant worrying, Hector finally came back home late-late on Saturday evening. Thank You to the HomeAgain company; any help to get a pet back is great.

Pepe's Independence Day

Found Pets Home — Saturday, July 18, 2009 8:49:46 PM

On July 5th, my husband, the kids and I anxiously drove back home from our annual 4th of July vacation. Pepe, our little Chihuahua, was on our mind. We could not wait to get home and see him. Driving up and jumping out of the car, we waited for his cry, but he was not around. Pepe was gone. We quickly made phone calls, made fliers, and checked for him everyday at the shelter. We were at a loss for words. Days passed by. Remembering HomeAgain, I gave them a call. Thirteen days later, we still could not believe it. July 18th at 9:30 am, a call came in from HomeAgain. They had a gentleman on the line who had my little Pepe baby. This gentleman took my dog to the vet and had them scan him. Sure enough, there was my information. THANK YOU HOMEAGAIN...you brought our family member home.

She's back home

Found Pets Home — Friday, July 17, 2009 9:30:17 PM

On 07/16 I lost Emma by some fluke in the neighbor's fence. Emma had never wandered off before. I was worried because she is a Rottweiler and they have such bad reputation. I used a Rottweiler blog list to find and contact my breeder and from there find Emma's chip number and find Emma after 24 hours. HomeAgain was very helpful and assisted me in leaving a message with the family that found Emma. We were reunited after one sleepless night. I cannot thank you enough .. God bless this service.

Jasmine's Story

Found Pets Home — Monday, July 13, 2009 2:34:58 PM

On July 1st 2009, my baby Jasmine got out of my van at the Food Lion Shopping Center. Within minutes of her disappearance, I had my husband, brother, sister-in-law, and 3 nephews all on the hunt for her by foot and car. We were unsuccessful. The next day we got a call that she had been picked up by the Humane Society. However since the call came in after hours, we were not allowed to pick her up till Monday because of the shelter being closed over the July 4th holiday weekend. Come Monday morning my husband went to pick her up only to realize it wasn't her. We were heart broken. Since we lived 2 hours away in Sumter, SC, we both had to return to work. All week long I sent emails and flyers to every shelter, animal clinic, vet office, and groomer I could find in Myrtle Beach. I updated her profile on HomeAgain website as well. On Friday after work,we drove back to Myrtle Beach, and as Saturday morning dawned we passed out flyers to everyone we saw on the streets and to every business that would let ...

Lost in Lost River

Found Pets Home — Monday, July 13, 2009 8:59:06 AM

While on holiday in the Laurentians last August 2008, my 10 year old Jack Russell terrier Digby went off with my 3 other dogs, all JRTs (Jack Russel Terriers) and she did not come back. I had visions of her either stuck in a hole or having fallen in the nearby swamp and not being able to get out. All winter long I wondered what had happened to her. The others had come back all covered in black mud. In June of this year while in South America, I got a message on my cell phone from HomeAgain that my pet had been found. I did not believe it and thought there was some mistake. I called the number of the vet that had information and she told me that she had scanned a Jack Russell that matched my description of Digby. She had been found on the road last summer. The people had just taken her into the clinic to have her shots and did not realize that she had a microchip. They were reluctant to give her back as they had gotten attached to her but thanks to the vet, I was able to get her back. We had a tearful reunion...

Thank You HomeAgain

Found Pets Home — Friday, July 10, 2009 9:44:24 PM

We just moved into our new house and the 1st day we were here our dog got out of the yard. He didn't know the neighborhood, so he got lost. We were so worried and the kids were devastated. I remembered getting him micro-chipped but wasn't sure the name of the company. I just typed "bring my dog home again" on Google and this site showed up. I called and the lady was so helpful and caring. I wasn't aware of the full membership but she explained it to me. So of course I did it. Money well spent. Five days later I get a call from HomeAgain with good news, Harley was found. He had been 8 doors down but we worked opposite shifts. If it wasn't for HomeAgain we would have lost a big part of our family. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

" O HAPPY DAY"

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, July 07, 2009 5:16:51 PM

It was a warm Friday night around 10:00 p.m. we had just let our little Susie out to go to the bathroom, before retiring. It was then that the fireworks started. Susie is only 9 months old and was scared to death and started running, her being black she blended into the night. We searched all night calling and riding around our neighborhood in the car calling her name. Around daylight on Saturday a.m. we continued to search, but NO Susie. I called the "HomeAgain" at 8:00 am on Saturday morning to report her lost. When we had Susie spayed about a month ago, we had the microchip put in. We talked about not spending the extra money now but decided it was worth it. At 10:30 a.m. Saturday morning, we got a call from HomeAgain saying they had a lady on line that had Susie. We jumped for JOY. She was 3 blocks away and boy we could not get there fast enough. To make a long story short, we have never regretted a moment spending the extra money to have Susie w/ the microchip. If we had not had that we might have...

When All Hope Was Almost Gone

Found Pets Home — Monday, July 06, 2009 10:39:48 AM

Saturday June 27th, we realized that our wonderful dog Lucy was nowhere to be found. We searched everywhere, put up lost dog signs, called the police, animal shelters, rescue organizations and had no luck in return. Nearly a week had gone by and we still heard nothing. I began to believe that my sweet 9 year old best friend was gone for good. Then I received a call from a vet's office nearly 4 hours from home where I used to work. Someone had picked up Lucy and took her to a vet. When the vet scanned her, the HomeAgain chip came up and my information was outdated, but I placed the vet as my emergency contact and they received the call. The vet's office called me to let me know she was found. We traveled about an hour to pick her up. I was in tears when I saw her sweet face again. Thank you HomeAgain for bringing Lucy home to us. Without the chip we would have never seen her again!

My stolen best friend!

Found Pets Home — Saturday, July 04, 2009 4:22:39 PM

I came home one night from being with my friends to find that my brother also had a party, and my dog Charlie was missing. I reported him lost through HomeAgain's system. After searching 12 hours in the middle of the night, I collapsed from exhaustion. I recieved a call from animal control who had my information on hand about a lost boxer dog and someone found just that! I met up with my Charlie boy and couldn't have been happier!! My brother had told me that he found out someone from the party stole him, took his collar off and set him loose. If it wasn't for his microchip, I may have never seen my best friend again. Thank you, HomeAgain!!!! It means so much!

Petey Home At Last - 2 1/2 years later

Found Pets Home — Saturday, July 04, 2009 4:56:35 AM

Stolen by chance Return by choice

Found Pets Home — Thursday, July 02, 2009 12:53:31 PM

Nemesis belonged to my friend Richard. He was a very special guy in many ways. Nemesis was stolen one night. Although Richard looked every day for over a month, he just couldn't find Nemesis and he was heartbroken losing his best friend. One sunny Saturday afternoon, Richard heard a noise at the front door. When he went to check, there was Nemesis with a very very heavy chain broken off about two links below his neck. Although it was over a year after he went missing, you could see the level of joy of both of them at their reunion. They haven't been apart since then.

Bad, bad Andy

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:41:47 PM

Bad, bad Andy and his brothers have developed the nasty habit of soiling the neighbors flowerbeds. After seeing a cat trap in the neighbor's yard, I attempted to talk to the neighbors about my cats. No such luck. Two days later, the HomeAgain operator called me to let me know that my bad Andy was turned in at the local animal shelter as a "stray". My neighbor did not know that he was microchipped and I was able to bring Andy home within an hour. As a result of this, I have been able to work through the issue with my neighbor and my cats are here to stay. Thank you for this service. He would have disappeared forever and I never would have known if he was okay or been able to address the neighbor's grievance.

I knew that you were looking for me!!

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, July 01, 2009 8:35:05 PM

Gretel

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, July 01, 2009 4:36:31 PM

My husband and I left Gretel with my husband's daughter while we went to Niagara Falls and she somehow escaped from her fenced in back yard. There was a message on our answering machine when we got back that a woman had our dog. She had called you to get our information and she kept Gretel till we got back. She even offered to watch her for us anytime because she thought she was the sweetest dog.

Double Trouble, Double Love

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, July 01, 2009 4:35:29 PM

Moving from Virginia to Georgia to take a new job, and find a new home, was exciting, and a little stressful. However, my Sweetie is such a good traveler; I knew I did not have to worry about her. We shared my daughter's home for four months until I closed on mine. Sweetie had companionship, my daughter’s Dachshund/Jack Russell mix, named Pepper. I could tell she enjoyed having a playmate. I had considered getting another dog, but with one thing, and then another, it just did not seem like a good idea. I moved into my home, and less than three weeks later, Sweetie got away from my Grandson. I believe she was chasing after the phantom white cat, who taunts all of the neighborhood dogs. I, of course, notified HomeAgain, and all of the shelters in the area. In addition, my grandson walked the neighborhood with signs, posting them, and knocking on doors. We also, went to the local humane societies to see if she had been found, and while at one of these shelters, a very unusual looking, droopy-eared, black and...

A good citizen finding our dog

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, June 30, 2009 8:27:09 AM

It was June 29, 2009 the power had gone off in our neighborhood. The power came on later that night and I hadn't closed a window all the way. Cowboy jumped out of that window during the night and was loose. When I got up in the morning I looked for him and couldn't find him. I reported him to Hom Again and thanks to them we had a call between 8 and 9 a.m. that he had been found. Someone had found him in our neighborhood further away than we had imagined. Thanks to people who care about animals especially the who are lost or stray.

Home Again after 9 months.

Found Pets Home — Friday, June 26, 2009 6:42:23 AM

September 1 2008 was my birthday. I had just returned from the hospital a few days before after suffering the loss of my fiance. Lucille went outside and somehow vanished within minutes. Dunkin and I spent the whole night looking for her. She had been stolen right out of my back yard. I searched for weeks posting flyers at the dog pound, shelters, and stores. Dunkin (my other corgi) and I were lost without her. I seen an ad a few months later for another female corgi that looked just like her on the other side of Michigan. I went and picked her up and named her Lucille. I later had found out that she was from a puppy mill. On June 17 2009, I was having a rummage sale at my house. A lady pulled up and seen my other corgis. She asked me if I would like my Lucille back. The people that took her could not take her to the vet because of the HomeAgain chip. I kept the yellow tag on her so she could be identified easily. It was a happy story to a bad beginning. Now I have two dogs named Lucille...

Lost

Found Pets Home — Thursday, June 18, 2009 2:39:41 PM

We lost our dog Buddy when we left the front door open. It seemed like a life time, but he was only gone for 30 minutes when we received the call from HomeAgain to inform us that Buddy had be found. All we can say is get HomeAgain if you love your pet. Thank You Buddy's Family

Buddy's Home

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, June 17, 2009 4:35:21 PM

I received a call from our city animal shelter saying that they had Buddy in their care. He apparently had been brought in to the city's shelter by our neighbor who was trapping neighborhood cats that came into his yard - and our little Buddy was caught in his (humane) trap. If Buddy did not have a chip, we would have never gotten him back. His collar never stayed on him for very long, but in this situation, it would have not mattered. I am so thankful he had a microchip.

BABY COMES HOME

Found Pets Home — Monday, June 08, 2009 1:31:58 AM

Over the course of dog ownerships, I have had more than a share of losses. Lucy was no exception! Born in June, we a had wonderful summer and fall of training and bonding with the sweetest Parson Russell, runt of the litter, you ever met! She became our 'child', so, she was never untethered, outside. The love that grew between us was unmistakable. Imagine the panic that consumed me, when she, weaseled out of a, slow closing storm door and darted down the driveway! This was rural country-side, over populated with coyote. I went sailing after her, bellowing like a fool, in fear of loosing her to the hungry critters, in the woods! Probably scaring the daylights out of her! The unusually mild temperature, for December, allowed me to track lucy, for hours, in my shirtsleeves. Her trail led me to a pond, lightly crusted with ice. I figure, she must have sensed, this being unsafe, for the trail made an abrupt u-turn. Lucky for me, blind with heartbreak, I went thru the thin ice, only to my knees, when 'I' ...

I didn't know he was lost.

Found Pets Home — Saturday, June 06, 2009 9:57:02 PM

I was driving home from vacation when I got a call from HomeAgain saying someone had found my dog. I didn't know he was lost! He had run away from my brother's house who was watching him for us. The lady who found him called HomeAgain before my brother called me to tell me he was lost. It was a happy ending, he was at a house just 2 blocks from my brother's house. I was really happy that HomeAgain was able to reunite my dog and our family.

Never Lose Faith

Found Pets Home — Saturday, June 06, 2009 2:25:55 PM

My four year old cat Daffy got out of the house one evening, and didn't return. It rained the following three days and the entire family was worried. He had never been away from us for so long. I looked for him every day in a mile radius around our house. My kids asked their friends in school about him. My wife made up fliers and posted them on every mailbox on every road around us. She posted one at our neighborhood store and I posted two at the school. Nobody has seen poor Daffy. There were a couple of calls that turned out to be false alarms. Eleven days later, we went to my youngest daughters softball game that was an away game. Twenty-six miles away. This is where the hand of God comes in. While there, my wife received a call -- Daffy has been found! Believe it or not, he was at a SPCA less than a mile away! Somehow, he had either wandered or hitched a ride thirteen miles away from us, was found by a man who brought him another thirteen miles to the shelter, which was less than a mile ...

Our Dog Comes Home After 4 Years

Found Pets Home — Friday, June 05, 2009 10:43:02 PM

We received a call Wednesday afternoon 06/04/2009 from NCA Vet Hospital. It was peculiar since this animal clinic was neither familiar nor was it our regular provider. It was over 150 miles away from our home! The young woman on the phone named Jenna was calling to say that "Mauley" had been dropped off there as a stray by a lovely woman named Tracy who had the wherewithal to request a scan of her neck. North Coast Veterinary Hospital in Encinitas,CA had easy access to our information from Home Again. The staff was trained on how to retrieve our information easily and accurately. No doubt that knowledge of your product facilitated our miraculous reunion. As you can imagine we were quite speechless during the call and Jenna had to repeat several times on the phone, "Are you there?" We had hoped for this day ever since she disappeared nearly 4 years ago. After one long sleepless night, we were on the road for a 3-hour car ride to bring Mauley home again. She had not only survived but had put on a few p...

He wants to be free...

Found Pets Home — Thursday, June 04, 2009 4:53:11 AM

We had just moved into a new apartment on our military base and the front door sometimes had to be given an extra push to click shut. A couple months ago when my husband came home from work for lunch he asked me if I had just opened the door from him and I said no, I had just gotten up late that morning and first thing I did was got the baby in the bath. We realized that when he had left for work a few hours prior, he hadn't shut the door all the way and the cat was missing. He was micro-chipped, but I had never registered it until he went missing. I printed many many flyers and had them put up in every stairwell of every building on our entire post. I cried the entire time he was missing. Every 30 minutes throughout the day I would check the basement and outside just to see if I could see him coming home, I set up food and some of his kitty litter outside hoping wherever he was, he would smell it, and it was raining for that couple of days so I was pretty worried it would drown out the smell. I had al...

Back Home - Two Hours - No Collar

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, June 03, 2009 2:52:53 PM

Dexter lives in house with a large fenced yard. He was adopted via a Rescue Group starting in Louisiana and has been with me for almost 3 years. He was microchipped within a few months of coming home with me. However, he does not wear a collar in house or in his own yard - but does wear one when leaving the premises. Several weeks ago I let him into the yard about 8:30 AM and went back to get him about 8:45 and discovered that he was gone. Somebody had opened the front gate during the night and although it appeared to be fastened, it was not, and the wind had blown it open enough for him to squeeze through. I immediate began searching the area with the help of a neighbor and was checking back at house periodically to see if he had returned on his own. On my 10:15 stop at house, I discovered that the Waco Humane society had not only called both my numbers, but also my Mothers and said he was waiting there to be picked up. When I got there I was told they could not provide the name of person who picked...

Thank You for Finding My Beloved Cat

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:27:43 PM

When my cat skipped out the front door last night I was devasted and did everything I could do fto fnd him...then I thought of Home Again. I was hyserical when I called you, and the person that answered the phone was so sympathetic and his calm loving voice was just what I needed to hear. Kramer is now home and safe. You are providing a service that has kept my heart from being broken. Thank you so very much...what you did for me is priceless.

Smart Dog.

Found Pets Home — Thursday, May 21, 2009 3:08:18 AM

While at work last night I got a call from my mother that my dog was missing, He is a certified diabetic alert dog that I normally take everywhere with me but he was not feeling well this morning. I got home several hours later and drove around the neighborhood looking for him but to no avail. I was so worried that he was gone. I call HomeAgain and spoke with Dave. I told him that normally when Captain gets out of the backyard (which happen about once a week) he just goes a lays down by our lake. But he wasn't there. Since we live out in the country I did not know if someone shot him, if he got into it with a cow or maybe even a wolf or coyote. So as I was going to bed my other dog starts barking. I went and opened up the front door and sure enough there was Captain and the MP's. They had found him over by the animal pound laying under a tree by a creek. I am so thankful for HomeAgain now I will be able to sleep!

Stolen Dog

Found Pets Home — Monday, May 18, 2009 5:26:29 PM

My dad came to pick my son up around noon to take him to the dentist. He remembers seeing Apollo in the window barking as they left. Something Apollo hates is to see anyone leave without taking him along. It was a beautiful summer day and I had my Delta Dog with me so she could see patients that afternoon. I was just getting ready to go to the hospital when my phone rang and a stranger asked me if I had a little white dog named Apollo. My first thought was "What did he do now?" I stated yes, and she told me they had found him wandering on a country road - pacing back and forth like he didn't know which way to go. They had seem many animals get struck by cars and they called him. He came without hesitation, but he didn't have a collar and they weren't sure where he had come from. She packed her two boys and my dog in the car and ran down to their Vet Clinic to see if he had been chipped. That is how they got my number. I was amazed, because she lived 14 miles away and there is no way he could have ran that far...

New Year's Day Relief

Found Pets Home — Saturday, May 09, 2009 5:53:43 PM

I had only just picked up Ollie, my brand new 3 year old Finnish Spitz ,from the airport five days before. It was December 21st and we walked to the coffee shop downtown. Ollie became spooked by a car. He completely slipped out of his collar and was running free. I chased him along with several other people for hours, but it was 18 degrees that night. I went home after midnight and reported him missing on the HomeAgain site. Ollie had been microchipped in Texas by the breeder. It was my only hope of getting him back as he had slipped out of his collar with the tags on it. We posted flyers all over town. Several people called to say that they spotted him and each time, we would go out looking. I spent my whole Christmas break looking for him in freezing weather. I went to all the local shelters with pictures and my information. Two weeks later, I was beginning to lose hope. No one called in the last week. On New Year's Eve, I stopped by the county shelter and asked again if he had been ...

I think he's home for good now

Found Pets Home — Friday, May 08, 2009 8:20:51 AM

October 2008, I gave Dozer to another family, thinking they would take care of him. Well May 7, 2009 I received a phone call from the Baltimore County Animal Control Kill Shelter, they found him on the side of the road, starved and very sick, missing all his tags and collar. They said "Stated" that I had to come get him or they were going to put him down. Luckily the people I gave him to didn't change the home again information and they contacted me. So I went to pick him up, and he went right the vet, suffering from starvation and and an ear infection he will make a full recovery. I am glad to know that the HomeAgain microchip really does work, and the shelters really do use it to get your pet back home. I am very thankful that I have him back and he can get healthy and never have to fend for himself again. We feel like he is meant to be with us and we are going to keep him this time, and I thank HomeAgain for bringing him back to me. Without the microchip he would have been euthanized at the shelter and I w...

Keep you Information up to date

Found Pets Home — Thursday, April 23, 2009 7:57:07 PM

Shilo is home safe and sound!

Found Pets Home — Thursday, April 16, 2009 12:40:39 PM

We have had our kitty Shilo for over 4 years now. She was a stray that had wondered into our apartment while we were living in AZ. After speaking with the office and finding out she had no home we decided to keep her. Over the years she became an amazing, friendly indoor kitty but still not very cuddly. We are an Army family so we move pretty often. We had been living in El Paso for about a year and a half when Shilo just vanished. We went to bed on Sunday night and noticed that she was gone. She ALWAYS slept on the foot of our bed. We stayed up until well past 2 AM looking. We looked all day and all night for the next 4 days. We put up well over a hundred lost flyers and handed out many more. We asked everyone we saw. People were sick of us because we asked so much but you know what? It worked! A neighbor noticed a cat the engine of her car and recognized Shilo from the flyers. She called my neighbor, who came to my house and got me. My kitty was stuck in a engine, dirty and scared stiff. It took a few minut...

Todd is Home Again!

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, April 14, 2009 11:01:54 PM

On March 25, 2009, our 14 yr. old black and white cat got out about 6:30 at night. He used to be an indoor/outdoor cat but as he got older we kept him in unless we were out with him, so we weren't extremely worried when he slipped out. We figured he'd be back shortly but were very upset when he didn't return, no matter how much we called him! We then spent days looking for him! We were heartbroken as each day slipped by and Todd was missing. The thought of our 14 yr. old cat wandering in the rain and cold was devastating. Then, just as we had given up hope, I came home to find a message on my phone- Todd had been found! A woman feeding strays, miles from my house, noticed Todd and took him in. She contacted the local shelter where I had dropped off a poster and they told her Todd was microchipped. The woman brought the cat to the shelter where he was scanned and the chip was found and the rest is history! I wish Todd was able to talk and let me know what happened to him! I'm telling everyone to get their pet ...

Butch is back!

Found Pets Home — Saturday, April 11, 2009 2:26:40 PM

A friend's son, just home from Iraq, said he fell in love with one of my dachshunds. He and his wife had another dog who seemed well-cared for, and since I had four, I let them take him with them home to upstate New York. I probably will never know what really happened, but the dog was put on Craig's List by someone other than the people I had let take him, who said he had run away. I am so thankful the person who got him from Craig's List was a good person. It could have been someone who would sell him to a lab for experiments or to a dog fighting operation would might have used him to train pit bulls to kill. No one should ever put a dog in a classified ad as "free to a good home" because that is where they might end up. Happy ending! Last weekend my son drove over 1000 miles and brought Butch home, thanks to the HomeAgain tag which was still on his collar. He is healthy and oh, so happy to be home.

May baby got LOST

Found Pets Home — Thursday, April 09, 2009 5:36:57 PM

I had let my dog out in the backyard to run freely rather late one night she had just got into the habit of doing since she had built trust showing that she would listen to all of her calls. But i step in the door for what seemed like only 5 seconds and came back and she was just gone I feel like someone took her being that it happened so fast the next morning I called HomeAgain and update all of my acct info and she was found the same day within hours of my call about 25 miles up the road a nice guy dropped her off at a vet in Cary. Thank God they contacted the HomeAgain system to get Tiyla back home to me before I had to even tell my son she was missing.

Saved by Microchip

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, April 08, 2009 2:02:54 PM

Samson came to me as a stray with no collar and I decided to keep him. He was a 2 yr old , strong in mind and body, male that was uncontrollable. I got him neutered and microchipped ( as he has a habit of escaping out of anything you put him in) and adopted him out to a young couple. He ended up going through 2 homes before escaping and ended up at Animal Control 2 different times over the next 4 months. The only thing that saved this dog's life was the microchip. (He was also dog aggressive and attacked other dogs at the shelter) His "owners" did not want to take responsibility for him so he ended up back with me. This was last summer and since then he is a new dog, rehabiilitated and now really ready for his forever home. Don't trust your dog's life to a collar!!!

Only the chip could return her to me

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, April 07, 2009 7:14:44 PM

On Friday evening, I returned home from work to find that someone had opened the locked gate to my backyard and my beautiful Husky, Addison, was missing. She just recently started spending time in the backyard while I was at work, and I with the fence being locked, I never imagined that she would ever disappear. My heart immediately starting racing, and suddenly went into panic when I found her dog collar laying in the alley. At this point I realized that not only was Addison out, somewhere, but that she didn't have on any noticeable identification either. My heart sank with the thoughts that someone would find her and decide to keep her thinking that she was a stray dog. I immediately contact HomeAgain and reported her missing, In addition I spent the last daylight hours posting missing signs throughout the neighborhood. The next morning was followed by the same routine. It wasn't until almost noon that following day that all of my prayers were answered. It appears that someone had picke...

For the Love of Koko!

Found Pets Home — Monday, March 30, 2009 3:59:56 PM

I had been house/pet sitting for my older sister who was stationed out in Iraq with her husband and was getting started on washing some dishes. Koko was making a huge fuss and wanted to go outside to bark at the other dogs that had been let out next door, so I let him out, thinking I'd be out to look at him in a minute, since I hadn't many more dishes to do. So he was yapping and barking away and having a good old time and I thought nothing of it. I noticed that he had stopped barking and went outside to check on him, I called his name and there was no answer. I could plainly see that he wasn't in the backyard. Even more plainly, I could now see that there was a post on our fence that had come loose and was just enough space for him to have slipped through and gotten on into the neighbors yard. I wasn't quite freaking out yet, I figured I'd just go to the neighbors and pick him up. Turns out that the house was vacant, and what's worse, their front fence had been blown down, allowing Koko access to th...

Miracle!!

Found Pets Home — Saturday, March 28, 2009 11:44:37 PM

My roommate and I lost our dogs through the side gate being left open through some mistake. Both his and mine dogs got loose and were taken by another home a couple blocks away. We both took preemptive actions to try and locate our lost pets and initiated HomeAgain. Through sheer determination and willpower, we posted over 100 flyers and serviced a private service that initiated over 2500 calls throughout the neighborhood. Within a day a friend of the family who had corralled our dogs in their backyard called us with their capture. They walked us over to their friends house where we were able to take back possession of our pets (with some major conflict) and were told later that our dogs were slated to be given away to friends and family of the captors. If not the timely procurement and initiation of our efforts we would have never seen our pets again with the addition of much grief and anguish. Thanks you HomeAgain for the stability and perseverance that your website gave us to find our best friends. Please ...

Stolen, but Found!

Found Pets Home — Saturday, March 28, 2009 8:15:51 PM

My roommate and I let our dogs run freely in and out of the house as well as the backyard. One night, someone opened the back gate of our house and our dogs went missing. We did not realize it until the next morning. We immediately contacted HomeAgain and change their status as LOST. We printed out the Lost Pet posters and plastered them around the area - shopping centers, stores, etc. The next evening, on the way home from the shelter, I received a phone call from HomeAgain. They connected me with a really nice woman who stated that she knew where both of my dogs were. Apparently, they were being locked up in a small yard a few doors down from them. She said that she had overheard the man there saying that he was going to sell them. We raced over to meet her and she took us over to the house. An argument ensued, but we got our dogs back. We thanked the lady who call us and gave her the reward that we were offering. Glad to hear that there are still some people out there that care. We g...

Luck was on our side

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, March 25, 2009 8:20:05 PM

While I was at work one day my boyfriend at the time, Jesse, let my Chihuahua, Pennie, out to potty at my apartment. Since he was not taking her on a walk, she was not on a leash and didn't have on her collar either. Something startled her and she started running away from him. In his pursuit after her, she became even more frightened and continued to run away from him. After he had searched for her for about an hour, he decided to call me at work and tell me the bad news. I left work immediately and went out looking for her for several hours until it was dark. Hope was becoming dim for me at that point because my apartment complex was on the access road to a major interstate. I figured that she would run from anyone who tried to help her or worse, get hit by a car and that I would never see her again. I cried myself to sleep that night (if you could call it sleep) and got up early the next morning. I called in to work (I felt like I'd lost a child), called the vet and advised them of the situation, and also ...

Buster Home Again

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, March 25, 2009 5:51:46 PM

Thank God for my friend "Ceil Dixon" and BCART (Bucks County Animal Response Team, My dog was microchipped at one of their events in Nov. 08, with a HomeAgain microchip. I am so glad she invited me, otherwise today, only 3 months later, I might not have my dog Buster. Let me start from the beginning. I had inquired several times with my own vet about microchipping my dog, but due to the cost I kept putting it off. Then she invited me to this event, the cost was so reasonable. They were organized and made it so easy. I couldn't pass up the opportunity. I really never thought I would need it because I have a fenced in yard. I didn't think Buster would ever get out but, better safe than sorry. So one day last week someone left my side fence open and my dog got out…... he traveled around the streets for several hours. Luckily for me someone in my own neighborhood from 'Wet Nose Rescue" , a local rescue group, realized the dog was lost and was able to get him to come to them. Being a rescue they did the r...

AMAZING!!!!

Found Pets Home — Thursday, March 19, 2009 6:23:14 PM

Our precious Sugar left home when our back gate blew open during a storm two and one-half years ago (not months, years). We had given up on ever seeing her again. The "lost dog" signs we put up on every corner had long since faded. But to our surprise, yesterday out of the blue, we got a call from a lady who just now found her more than 10 miles from our home. She took Sugar to a vet to check for a scan chip. (thank goodness she had one) and the vet got her in contact with us. Sugar, who is in good condition, is very happy to finally be home. Who knows where she's been for two and one-half years, but she's safe at home, now. Sugar couldn't tell anyone who her family is or her name or address, but her chip spoke for her and now a happy ending.

Miracle from God

Found Pets Home — Friday, March 13, 2009 6:39:20 PM

This past June landscapers left an opening and Sammie wandered off down into a large park near us. We searched and searched- no Sammie. I notified HomeAgain, days and weeks past - no Sammie even though I posted reward signs, ads in the newspaper, visiting shelters every other day. I prayed every day that God would protect her and bring her home. Two months later I received a call from a shelter in Mineral Wells Texas that they had Sammie. She was running with a pack of dogs when she was picked up. I immediately left for Mineral Wells, about sixty miles away, and it was a joyful reunion for me and my Sammie girl. I gave the shelter a check for the reward I had been offering . I have no idea how my little girl made her trip to Mineral Wells but because of HomeAgain microchip she is home.

Puddy found after seven months.

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, March 10, 2009 4:57:09 PM

We took Puddy camping every weekend for six years. One weekend she just pushed the door open and left. I searched every day. Drove to camp with food and water. Searched the roads, Web sites and animal rescue facilities in our area. She was coming home. She is 10 years old. She walked 10.5 miles before being trapped and brought to a shelter. I had given the shelter pictures of Puddy and I had gone often to look at the cats, and called weekly. She was actually there for 3 weeks. They never looked at ther picture or folder. Also the vet they used was her own vet. The vet shaved her stomach and found the spay scar. Had they not removed her information from their lost pet wall and looked at the pictures of strays they could have reunited us then and there.The very first thing I did was get her micro chipped with a HomeAgain Chip. My other two cats have one. Back when we got her ten years ago this was not as popular. Every animal should have someone who loves them enough to get them a chip. Small price to pay to re...

Wishes REALLY do come true!

Found Pets Home — Thursday, March 05, 2009 8:47:04 PM

Never give up!

Found Pets Home — Monday, March 02, 2009 5:07:25 PM

Like so many other stories mine starts with my dog going missing and happily ends with her safe return because of her microchip. It's just that her story took 7 months to complete. Nikki got out of a fenced in back yard. She was picked up from her front yard by good Samaritan type people who thought she had been abandoned. Making her long story short she was brought into a clinic for care. They identified her to the doctor as a stray they found several months earlier. As part of the routine examination the microchip scan was performed and the chip was found. Within a few hours I was shedding tears of happiness! At the time of her departure Nikki was 12 years old and on heart medication. We enjoyed 4 more wonderful years together until I lost her again, this time forever. Since then I recommend microchips to all pets, young and old. Thanks HomeAgain for those extra special years!

Lucky Once! Safe Forever!

Found Pets Home — Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:00:10 PM

My story has a different twist. On my birthday, late at night, I realized that my dog was missing. Figuring it had been 2 hours since my last guest left, I had no idea where to search. I never felt so scared for her safety and because there was no ID on her, I really thought she was gone forever. I was so lucky that she had been picked up and brought to my local shelter. We were reunited about 18 hours after losing her. My dog was brought to the vet to have a "look-over" and while there I discovered the surprisingly very affordable HomeAgain program. I immediately told the vet I did not want to leave his office without my dog micro-chipped. Now I feel I never have to fear losing her without hope a safe, quick, and HAPPY reunion! Plus, I have put word out about how we can protect our dogs with such ease!

Our "miracle kitty' story

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, February 24, 2009 8:33:01 PM

We were on our summer vacation in Kaukauna Wi. During our last week at our in-laws, our cat jumped out of the safety of our camper and into the yard. We looked for her that whole week. We used the HomeAgain web page and used their tools for flyers and ways to locate a lost pet. We set traps, food, notified neighbors with no luck. We had to head home to Florida. My children were devastated. She is part of the family. Every night my children prayed for their "Skitty" to come home. Four months later, Skitty was brought to local vet in Kaukauna,WI. The vet had been informed before we left that we had lost our cat and we had notified HomeAgain. So the vet scanned Skitty and saw that she belonged to us and that she was missing. I was on my way home from work on Dec 16th when I received the phone from my vet that Skitty had been found and was ok. My husband and I had the pleasure of telling are children that night at my son's birthday dinner. Skitty went home to my in-laws and stayed with them for 2 months. While we...

Where is my Family?

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, February 24, 2009 7:12:41 PM

Late one Sunday, my husband and I found an adorable little Pekingese on our front door step.....she had a collar but no tags. We took her to our vet to see if she was microchiped. Her chip number led us to the breeder that raised her, then to the petstore that had her, and finally back to her owners! It took a couple of days to find her family, but she didn't mind playing with our dogs in the mean time. And we were able to reunite her with a very happy little girl a couple of days later! Thank you HomeAgain!

Our Baby's Back!

Found Pets Home — Friday, February 20, 2009 6:00:10 PM

We lost our dog, who wandered off from our house, and just 18 hours later, we got a call from the nearby animal hospital that someone had brought her in! I couldn't have asked for a more timely response. When she went missing, I freaked out because I didn't know her tag ID. I called the vet that implanted her though, and they gave me the chip ID and the number to call (HomeAgain). I called HomeAgain, and the lady I spoke with was SO helpful and comforting. She updated my account with all my current information, and instructed me how to set-up the "Lost Pet" posters/notification. I sent everything out and then, just 4 1/2 hours after updating my info and sending out notifications, I was called by the animal hospital. Thank you SO much to HomeAgain and to the gentleman that returned our baby, Roxy. You'll never know just how deeply indebted we feel to you guys!

Reunion

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, February 18, 2009 12:00:54 AM

On January 27th, 2009 I was called by a vet tech at Auburn University's Small Animal Clinic, she advised me that she had my dog I told her "I Don't Think So" I'm home with my dogs: a Jack Russell that is a house and can see my retired drug dog, also a lab and my mixed breed that I took in: they were in there kennel. It was at this time she said "You mean you don't own a black male lab named Ace?" I then said what is this about she then said that Ace had wondered into her yard after having him for about three days with no luck finding out who owned him she decided to bring Ace to work with her to have him scanned to see if he had a chip, which he did. After talking a little while longer with the vet tech I told her that Ace had been missing for almost 5 years and that I lived over a hundred miles from where she did. I was interviewed by tv, radio, newspapers, and also called by a producer with the Ellen Degenrous show, I told all I happy I was to get Ace back and that the purchase of the HomeAgain Chip was the...

The Miracle that Brought Us to HomeAgain

Found Pets Home — Thursday, February 12, 2009 3:25:40 PM

No, this is not a story of how HomeAgain reunited me with my lost dog. It is rather a story of one lucky man and how he came to HomeAgain. The story begins with George, our seven and a half year old schnauzer/cocker mix that, I know now, is my favorite dog out of all the dogs I’ve ever owned. You see, my wife and I are gone for eleven hours a day for work and, to make it easier for George, I arranged for a recently retired neighbor to come over on weekdays to let him out for a “break” and give him some attention. Keep in mind that George had never attempted to break out of our chain-link fenced yard - so this sunny day, the neighbor let him out and ran back to her house for a few moments. When she came back, he was gone! You need to know that not even two weeks prior to this, George spent seven days in the hospital with a terrible case of gastro-enteritis that caused him to lose a great deal of weight; he was very thin. So, with his new, extra-lean physique, George was able to squeeze through a sma...

Mr. Ku's "Horrible Night "

Found Pets Home — Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:35:46 AM

I had my Akitas both microchiped on base in NC as it was the rule for bringing pets on bases though I never thought he'd run off. After bringing him home to FL, my plans to stay with a friend fell through and I had to stay with my parents while the dogs stayed at my dad's warehouse in crates when I wasn't with them. About three days in to the one week stay, I came in to find his office door unlocked and Mr Kubert's cage open. I thought, "Ok he got out and he's wandering around the huge warehouse." Nope, he had gotten out of his cage and opened two locked doors and, as I later found out, ran around the complex looking for me. He made it all the way to a major highway before a women who was scared of dogs saw him and felt so bad for him that she "lassoed" him with a bungee cord and pulled him into her lexus using her leftover Applebee's to keep him busy on the short ride to her house. He went missing about four o'clock, she had him by six o'clock, and if my HomeAgain info had been updated I would have had my ...

Malcolm's Second "Tale"

Found Pets Home — Friday, February 06, 2009 2:32:39 PM

On February 5, I took my two dogs, Malcolm and Casey, to the park. Casey was unleashed while Malcolm was leashed. After 30 minutes in the dog run I thought they were tired so I thought we could go walk around the park. When I started the walk, Malcolm pulled so hard that I had to let him go. Then they started to run and they didn't stop. I called them to come but they continued. They ran so far I couldn't see them anymore. I looked for them but couldn't find them. Inbetween the tears I called HomeAgain. I was expecting a call that they would be found back in the park. The call never came. I cried myself to sleep because my two best buddies were gone. This morning I got a call saying that animal control picked them up at the same dog park where I had lost them. They couldn't read their tags so they called HomeAgain to get my info. They are fine now that they are home. Malcolm just lost his leash while they were gone. Thank you HomeAgain, without you guys my buddies would still be in animal control.

Meant to be

Found Pets Home — Thursday, February 05, 2009 3:50:40 PM

I had my dog neutered and microchipped on Jan 1, 2009. After leaving the vet I wondered why I decided to spend the extra cash, I've never lost a dog in my life. We had only had Harley for about 3 months and decided it would be best if he stayed with my parents until summertime since my dad was receiving Chemo and was home all the time bored. Due to work, I had to drive Harley by myself the 17 hours to Texas. I stopped in Nashville for the night and long story short Harley got spooked at ran away. I looked everywhere. I stayed till checkout the next day hoping someone would see my flyer at the front desk but no one had seen him. I was hoping the microchip I had inserted 2 weeks earlier would pay off but wasn't optimistic. Six days later I was called by the humane society that Harley had been turned it. He survived in the cold weather for 5 days before someone found him. It's a miracle that he is back home with us. I can't stress enough how much I endorse the microchip. In a situation like that, you...

Fast Find for the 2 beagle brothers

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, February 04, 2009 3:34:54 PM

Duncan and Hunter found their way out of our fenced yard and I had to get on a plane to Florida to celebrate our son's birthday at Disney. I called HomeAgain and reported Duncan and Hunter missing by 8AM. By 1:00PM the local ASPCA called to report that Duncan and Hunter were at the Shelter and were fine. What a great investment, while I was in FL my pets were found in PA 5 miles away from our home and my husband was able to pick them up safe and sound. Thanks HomeAgain!!

Found after 3 days!

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:00:05 AM

Sammy, my cat, went missing the evening of January 30, 2009. He was ALWAYS waiting to be let in in the morning on my back porch after a night of outdoors! But, the morning of January 31st there was no Sammy. He did not have his tags on due to the fact that he had been in a fight with a wild animal about 2 weeks prior to this and he somehow slipped out of it. I kept reminding myself to go get a new collar and ID tag but before I could do this he was gone. I put up missing posters and contacted HomeAgain with a lost notice. I waited and searched for three long days until just this morning, Feb 3rd he showed up on my back porch crying that he was hungry! Thank god for HomeAgain and the fact he was microchipped as he did not have his tags. I am just glad he is home safe and sound!

My daughter's prayers were answered.

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, February 03, 2009 1:10:41 AM

On January 2, our cat Han Solo went for an unexpected car ride. He hopped in the open car of someone visiting our house, and our friend was halfway across town before he realized he had a stowaway. He panicked and opened his car door, and Han bolted out, right into a busy intersection! As soon as I found out what had happened I went to search for him. I called and called him to no avail, and went home crying. The first thing I did was log on to Home Again and report him lost, then print our flyers from the website. An hour later I was back in the area where he was lost, hanging flyers in all the surrounding businesses. The worst part of it was, my kids were out of town visiting their father, and I dreaded telling my daughter that her beloved cat was missing. I was praying he would come home or be found before they did, but sadly that didn't happen, and when my children came home they were brokenhearted over his disappearance. Over the next few weeks we continued searching for Han. Every day I woul...

Close to home

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, January 21, 2009 6:31:24 PM

We rescued Smooley from a shelter in late November. He's such a loving, happy boy! The people that we got him from said he was micro-chipped and house trained, something we were looking for. After having a cat with HomeAgain, we wanted our pets to be chipped, just to be safe. Needless to say, the papers were wrong, and our beloved friend wasn't chipped. When we went to the Vet's that week, we had him enrolled in HomeAgain, and chipped for safety. Not a week after that, we had left him in our yard when we ran down the street to the store, and he dug out under the fence and ran off! We hadn't had him very long, but needless to say, we were heartbroken, and called all the shelters in the area, to no avail, diving up the street calling for him. We received a phone call the next morning, some one four blocks away had found our boy! He had been out playing with the neighborhood children, and had literally followed one home. The family called home again, and gave them the number on the little yellow tag. It might ha...

Malcolms "Tale"

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, January 21, 2009 6:23:25 PM

We adopted Malcolm from an animal shelter March 8, 2006. We lived an area that at night we can put the dogs out at and they would come back unhurt in a few hours. We adopted Casey Janurary 2008. Shortly after we adopted Casey we moved to Springfield, IL. We moved into my sister-in-laws house and everything was going go until one morning, when we let the dogs out we didn't know but the fence was open so Malcolm got out. We were sitting inside drinking coffee when the door bell rang. Animal control was outside and they had Malcolm. They traced our address though his HomeAgain tag. We moved again and we moved into a house with no fence so the dogs are on leads. When the dogs pull hard enough they break the leads. So once every two weeks or so we either get a call from someone who traced our information though HomeAgain or someone just brings them back. HomeAgain has saved us so much it is so worth it

A good reason to microchip indoor cats

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:23:42 PM

Tux is my 5 1/2 year old big fat tuxedo cat. I bottle fed him from 2 weeks of age. He was a declawed indoor cat but I had him microchipped anyway. He only went outside a few minutes at a time and with my supervision. He had never left the yard.I never thought I would need it. Boy was I wrong. After dinner one night, my husband was letting our dogs out for their bedtime potty break at 11 pm. I don't know what got into him but Tux barreled out the door as the dogs were going out. It was 20 degrees so we figured he would be ready to come in with the dogs. He wasn't. We immediately began searching. We walked all over the neighborhood calling and shaking treats. We drove around with a flashlight looking and called every hour through out the night. I notified home again and a lost pet alert was sent out. We looked for weeks. I put up signs and went to every vet office and pet store in the area with my own flyers. I hand distributed 450 flyers to every home within a few miles. I posted newspaper ads. I got pl...

Tootsie Goes Home- 5 Years Later!

Found Pets Home — Sunday, January 11, 2009 4:58:29 PM

A male dachshund found as a stray in Pittsburgh, PA has been confirmed as the missing family pet of Elda Arguello of Pleasantville, NJ. "Tootsie", believed to have been stolen from the family's gated yard, has been missing for nearly five years. Through confirmation via an implanted HomeAgain microchip on the dog, the Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania reunited owner and pet in Harrisburg, PA on Monday, November 24, 2008. This incredible discovery was made when Edna Colon, daughter of Elda Arguello, responded to a letter that the family received from the shelter in Pittsburgh. All animals brought to the Animal Rescue League are scanned for an implanted microchip when they are brought to the facility. If a microchip exists, the number is checked in a national database and the owner on file is contacted. In this case, the phone number on file did not yield a response. However, the shelter sent a letter to Ms. Arguello and received a return call several days later. At only six months of a...

HOME AGAIN

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, January 07, 2009 6:10:09 PM

My friend went missing in the early morning ( didnt even have her breakfast). I searched and searched and called HomeAgain. Within several hours my friend Iza was located by a lady who saw her tag and called HomeAgain. She was gone for 7 long hours and I was terrified. Iza had figured out how to unlock the gate in the back yard. Thank you so much to HomeAgain and the wonderful lady who called. My best friend is home safe and sound, I wonder what kind of adventure she had.

Homeward Bound

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, January 06, 2009 4:08:11 PM

A year back, I used to live with some friends about 8 miles from my parents house. At this house, we had a dog with an incredibly hilarious personality. We had friends over all the time. He loved the excitement of the college life and we all loved him. When it came time to move out, I had a friend watch him for a few days so he wouldn't get out while we moved out all of our stuff. An open door was always an invitation to him :) The people who had him lived about 10-15 miles south of the house we were all moving out of. Zye must have sensed the move beforehand or maybe just didn't like who was watching him so he decided he would go "home" on his own accord and went under the fence like a pro, even getting his collar off. I was informed that he was missing and then I drove around sobbing and calling his name, checking the backyard of the old house religiously. I just knew he would come back there. He always had an excellent sense of location. Three weeks passed and it was now Thanksgiving. It turned out to be a...

New Years Miracle

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:11:18 PM

On New Year’s Eve morning, Dec 31, 2008, I received a call from our towns Animal Control Officer. She stated that our male Beagle “Cal” had been found wandering the streets 2 weeks prior, during the horrible ice storm that had hit our area. She brought him to the police station and scanned him and traced him back to us. What is so special about this story, you ask? Well, Cal ran away from our home 2 ½ YEARS (not weeks) ago! Let me let you in on the details… We moved to our town over 3 years ago, 6 months or so after, Cal was out in the yard playing with my husband and our miniature pinscher. All of a sudden, like a flash, he just took off running out of our yard. We searched frantically for him…hours turned into days, weeks, then months. We stressed every resource we could think of. My husband and I came to the realization that we may never see him again. All we could hope is that nothing horrible happened to him because we live in a rural area, where there is a lot of woods and wide open spac...

Overnight Agony

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, December 30, 2008 10:04:10 AM

This just happened yesterday, 4pm exactly....out of town family are visiting, the kids accidently left front door open. Pua meanders on out unbeknownst to all inside. I've had Pua for 10 years and not once had this happened. You don't think about it. I have a 2 year old and a 2 month old, so I'm preoccupied. Additionally, Pua doesn't wear a collar in the house because it makes noise when she shakes and runs around. An hour since door had been left open, we are eating dinner and noticed Pua is not around waiting for someone to drop something. We go looking for Pua for an hour - in the next door subdivisions. I immediately go online to report her lost. But realize, I don't know her microchip number. It's too late to call the vet. I don't know where her paperwork is. Where is her collar that has her HomeAgain tag?? So I call customer service and the wonderful representative updates my information and gets me set to go online. I log on and update Pua's profile, her picture and even upgrade the HomeA...

The Best Christmas Present Ever!

Found Pets Home — Thursday, December 25, 2008 11:28:52 AM

After the Christmas Eve service at church, my husband, Micah, dropped me at the house to start preparing Christmas breakfast while he ran a few last minute errands. I went through the normal motions of returning, which include letting our Akita, Inu, out on the lead. When Micah returned home, he asked where Inu was. I found it odd, then realized she had pulled out of her collar and had been gallivanting the neighborhood for at least 10 minutes. We weren't too worried - she isn't very fast - but Micah took the car and went out looking for her. He returned empty handed. I mourned while finishing the preparations, but we decided to go out again. Two hours later we realized that we couldn't do anymore and decided to sleep on the couches in the living room in the case that she came back in the middle of the night. We were hoping our other dog would be on watch and let us know if she came onto the porch. (Around 3 AM we found Elmer curled on our bed while we slept on the couch.) We had resolved that t...

A Skeptic who changed her tune

Found Pets Home — Sunday, December 21, 2008 11:17:20 AM

This is not a story about my dogs ever having run away for an extended period of time. This is a story about how I got them chipped in the first place. Zoe came into my life a very sick doggie and I had to get her spayed right away (she already had two litters of puppies and was half the normal weight, at 1 year old...with heartworms and a broken leg to boot). She took to her older sister Maggie right away so we always brought her along to the vet for moral support. When they asked if we wanted to get Zoe microchipped I said no way until I saw the needle...I have gotten blood taken many, many times and the needle was just as big...I had no idea how small it was and didn't know it wasn't a surgery...they did it right in front of me and she showed no signs of pain or anything. Maggie was with me so I said let’s do her too and that was also completely fine. Now all of their information is there for if something does happen to them or wants to steal them (they are so pretty...lol). They are my babies and now all...

Finally Free...

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, December 16, 2008 2:01:24 PM

We adopted our little Peanut, who's already 4 years old, from the local Humane Society. At the time of adoption a microchip from HomeAgain was implanted (included in the adoption fee). The first night at our home, Peanut decided that he needed to enjoy freedom to the fullest after being at the Humane Society for about a month. Since he was a very slim little guy, he somehow made his way under our aluminum garden fence. There is about a 3.5 inch clearance and to this day, it is still a mystery how he possibly could squeeze through this very small opening. Birdy, our other Chihuahua, is much smaller than Peanut but she never tried to get away. Needless to say that everyone was heartbroken. We put Lost Dog fliers everywhere, but we were losing hope. After exactly seven days and cold nights Animal Control found Peanut and brought him back home. They scanned him and found out who he belonged to. Peanut was in very good shape. However, he was very hungry and needed a lot of tender-loving-care which, of course, he ...

Shaka Is Home For The Holidays

Found Pets Home — Sunday, December 14, 2008 7:20:24 PM

While we were at our aunt’s house for dinner, our sister realized she left the gate open back at home. We were all very scared about our dog, Shaka. When we returned home, Shaka was gone. We looked everywhere that he could be. Our sister Fiona decided to put a $10,000 reward for Shaka. Since that didn't work, we hoped Shaka was at a good home right then. Thanks to HomeAgain, someone found Shaka and called us right away. We're very thankful we have Shaka back for the holidays. Thank you HomeAgain, from all of us

Pays for Itself

Found Pets Home — Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:29:13 PM

Bob came into our life by chance. Another dog lover who couldn't keep him herself asked me if I could find a home for him. He had a home the moment we met. We took him to our vet for shots and had him microchipped at that time. Maybe a month after Bob was microchipped he jumped our fence into a neighbor's yard. We had no idea until we got a call from HomeAgain that Bob was visiting and where to pick him up. I was so relieved and thankful we had him chipped. Later that evening I went out with friends. My cell phone rang, and a familiar voice said "Bob is at the same house he was at this morning." I was mortified, my husband was frantically searching the neighborhood to find him before I got home. I called and told him where the wayward son was and all was well. I just can't stress how important microchipping a pet is. My pets are my family, and losing one of them is not an option. Thank you for helping ensure that my dogs have a chance to make it home to me if anything happens.

Max's Adventure

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, December 10, 2008 10:11:11 PM

Max disappeared on October 8, 2008 around dusk. After three hours of calling and walking the neighborhoods we gave up for the evening figuring that he would return. The following morning no Max; we figured that maybe a wild animal had injured him, but our searches did not turn up a trace. We followed all of the recommendations including asking neighbors about our cat. Six weeks passed and in a sense we had given Max up for lost; it was about mid day and one of our neighbors sort of franticly came knocking on our front door with a cat in her arms. My wife's first reaction was that one of our other cats had been injured. No, it was the next door neighbor with Max in arm. He had spent six weeks in her basement surviving on mice. Apparently the bulkhead was open the day Max disappeared and he had entered her basement, if not for a plumbing leak he would have met his death, for her basement was not finished and not commonly traveled. The vet indicated that Max had lost a third of his body weight and needed hydrat...

1 Month of Misery

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, December 10, 2008 3:44:18 PM

While driving home from our mountain home we settled the dogs in back as usual in their crates. When we arrived home 2 1/2 hours later her crate was empty. We put up flyers in the city we came from and posted a huge reward for her. Exactly one month from her popping her crate open and jumping from our truck we got a call from a Vet Clinic in Stockton, CA stating they had our baby girl with them. Said a homeless man brought her in stating he found her on the street and she wasn't his and when they started asking questions he left. And the rest they say is a miracle. Once she was lost I called Home Again to tell them and make sure all my information was up to date. I would have never seen her again if I did not have her Micro chipped....I am so thankful she is back home. I urge everyone to get their beloved four legged family members chipped...it does save lives!!! Thank you for reading. Teresa

Zippy's Big Adventure

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, December 10, 2008 11:51:23 AM

I got home from work one evening and discovered that the backyard gate had come open and my rat terrier, Zippy, was gone. Needless to say, I panicked. I called a friend and we started canvassing the neighborhood with no luck. A jogger said he had seen a dog matching Zippy's description headed toward a very busy street which caused me to panic even more. It was getting dark and starting to rain and all I could think about was the fact that Zippy was out there somewhere alone, cold, hungry and possibly hurt. After about two hours of searching the neighborhood, I received a call from Home Again. A lady had found Zippy about a mile from my home, had brought her home and called the number on her ID tag. Zippy was safe and warm and I was overjoyed.

Basset Hounds With Noses to the Ground

Found Pets Home — Monday, December 08, 2008 11:21:51 PM

It was the Summer of 2006. After returning from work one afternoon, I was expecting a loud and excited greeting from my two basset hounds, Lucy and Haley. Lucy suffers from glaucoma. Because of it, she has one prosthetic eye and can't see well from the other. I walked in the front door...and nothing. Silence. I called for them, thinking perhaps they were in the backyard and didn't hear me come in. Nothing out back. I went to the bedroom. Bassets are known to sleep a lot. Maybe they were napping. I walked into the bedroom and looked out the window. My heart stopped. The fence was open. They were gone! I started to panic. I immediately ran out front and started calling (more like screaming) their names. I knew that being basset hounds, they could be anywhere. Who knew how long it had been since they got out? They would just put their noses to the ground, as they are bred to do, and go. I thought I would never see them again. I live on a busy street, so my worst fear was that one or both of them wou...

Found miles away after a Month!

Found Pets Home — Monday, December 08, 2008 4:32:39 PM

Perdita was gone for a month. We posted signs, ran ads, everything. She was chipped, but because she got the chip almost 11 years ago I could not even remember anything about it. I asked the shelter who to call and they said, "HomeAgain." They updated her microchip information with our address and phone changes from 7 years ago and sent an alert to all vets and shelters. Today, almost a month later, a vet called from miles away. They had Perdita. She lost her collar and tags. A family was bringing her in for shots since they could not find her owner. The vet scanned her and it matched an alert. Now, we are reunited. Without HomeAgain, she would have been gone forever. Even almost 11 years later, their system worked perfectly! Thank you Home Again!!!!!

Found Again

Found Pets Home — Friday, December 05, 2008 11:47:36 AM

Millie was gone for three days. My husband and I were devastated. We have no children and she is our baby. It was soon after that HomeAgain called and told me she was found. She had wandered to a neighbor about a quarter mile away. Her collar was not on but their son suggested that they have her scanned for a chip. Prior to this Ron had thought the chips for our dogs were overkill and not really necessary. Now he swears they will always be part of our care for our animals and they will always wear their collars.

Losing An Investment

Found Pets Home — Sunday, November 23, 2008 10:14:03 AM

Smudge got out of his kennel on Nov. 11th due to a malfunction of the latch. We were saddened and desperate to find him. We live in a rural area which makes it difficult. After 11 days of searching--I received a call from a Bonneville County Sheriff's deputy that they had received a call from a woman who had a stray dog. He had lost his collar and all identification somehow. The officer took a chance and scanned him and was delighted to find he had a microchip. It was the ONLY thing that saved smudge. Thank You! Without that microchip, he would have been another sad story at the animal shelter. This is one occasion when my money was well spent.

Wilderness Man

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:50:41 AM

I adopted Mr. Sausage in November as a puppy mill rescue. He came to me terrified of everything-people, objects, other animals; and he was determined to escape from his new home at any opportunity. He got away once in the first week that I had him, and was gone for 6 days, thankfully, someone found him and turned him into the Humane League where I had put in a lost dog report. A few days after getting Sausage back, I took him to the vet and had him microchipped and it was a good thing I did! About 3 weeks later, my terrified little man escaped again-during a snowstorm! I searched the neighborhood and hung signs, waiting for 6 long days again before coming home to a message on my answering machine from HomeAgain! A woman just up the street from me had found Sausage (with his retractable leash still attached) stuck in a small forest of bamboo in her backyard. She brought him to me and said that he had been in the bamboo howling all night for 5 nights, but that she was afraid he was a coyote and so she didn't go...

New Place to Get Lost!

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, November 12, 2008 6:36:15 PM

My wife and I had just moved into a new condo we purchased with our little troublemaker, Taro. We left him in our bedroom with access to a doggy door so he could make use of the patio for potty and air purposes. Around 2pm, I got a call from HomeAgain that someone had found our dog running up and down the street behind ours. Had it not been for Home Again, I don't know what might have happened to our boy!

Hex is HOME AGAIN

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, November 12, 2008 10:36:44 AM

On a very cold night in Denver, our boy, Hex, got lost. We had looked all over town and the neighborhood. We were worried sick! I called HomeAgain and they promptly put out missing alerts and flyers. The woman on the phone was so sweet and understanding about how upset I was. We copied the flyers at the local Kinkos and posted them all over the neighborhood, called the local shelters and emergency pet ERs. No one in our home got any sleep last night. This morning we got a call from HomeAgain! Hex was found right down the street! We had looked there all night. If it weren't for HomeAgain he would not have been found. That and the sweet woman on the other end of that phone, I would have lost all hope. The heroes of this story are the woman who helped me at Home Again (someone give that lady a raise!) and T, the man who took my raggedy, tired puppy in. I am so blessed! Thank you so much!

King Julian Alexander is Back Home!

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, November 12, 2008 10:00:03 AM

Usually Julian is awaiting my arrival from work everyday between 6:00 and 6:15 pm. On the evening of Thursday, November 6th, that would all change; earlier that afternoon, Julian escaped through a metal gate door in our backyard that leads to a busy shopping center. Along with the many shoppers that occupy the shopping center there is a pet supermarket, a beauty salon, and a veterinary clinic. As luck would have it, a beautician from the salon spotted Julian and immediately picked him up. She called friend who coincidently had been looking for a small dog for her little girl at which time he was taken into the woman’s home that evening. The beautician had mentioned to the woman to bring Julian to the veterinary's office in her shopping center for a checkup as he was reasonably priced and had a good reputation. On Friday afternoon at approximately 12:15pm, I received a call from Home Again that Julian was at the veterinary’s office right behind my house with the woman who had taken him in for a checkup. I had ...

Honeymoon Scare

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, November 11, 2008 3:35:53 PM

Two years after the wedding, my husband and I were finally able to take our honeymoon. We entrusted our two dogs to the care of my parents while we were in Hawaii. After the eight hour flight to Honolulu, we were waiting at baggage claim. I turned on my cell phone to check the reception. I had one voicemail. The message was something to the effect of, "Hi, this is Melissa with the Animal Hospital. I just wanted to let you know that we have Doogie, and she is fine. I'll continue calling the names on the Contact list for your microchip." Why does an animal hospital have Doogie?! I quickly called my family, and they filled me on the story. While they were away from the house, Doogie had gotten out. She could have been gone for up to 5 hours. They were frantically searching the neighborhood when they got the call from the Animal Hospital. It was a miracle that she had not been hit by a car, and a bigger miracle that the person who found her went to the trouble to take her to the Animal Hospital to be scanned. ...

Ariel the Wanderer

Found Pets Home — Friday, November 07, 2008 12:51:12 PM

My precious Ariel ventured out while at a friend's house. I started looking for her not even 30 minutes after I noticed she was gone. After countless hours of searching neighborhoods, infinite amount of flyers/faxes, ads in the paper, and visits to the local animal shelters I had just about given up hope. Ariel was not wearing her tags and had been missing for almost two weeks. There were no signs of her anywhere. Fortunately, she had found a good home with some wonderful people that took her into the Vet where she was scanned in and returned to me. I will be forever in debt to HomeAgain Petfinder and to the family that so graciously took care of my baby and found me!

Indie Went Visiting...

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, October 21, 2008 5:04:26 PM

We adopted Indie from Underdog Rescue about 6 weeks ago, and she has been a perfect fit for our loony family from the start. I take her along with me whenever I can, and she loves to hang out with my hubby at his shop. She usually curls up on a chair and snoozes, waking only to hop off and wag her tail when customers enter. She's usually so quiet that you'd hardly notice her presence. One day last week, I left Indie with Fred so I could go pick up some lunch for the shop. When I returned, I didn't see Indie in her favorite office chair. I didn't see her anywhere at all. Fred knew immediately what must have happened. She had snuck quietly out the front door when a customer left. The shop is in an industrial park with heavy semi-trailer traffic. We knew we had to find her in a hurry before something unthinkable happened. I had taken only a few steps out the front door when my cell phone rang. I heard the most wonderful words on the other end - "This is HomeAgain. We've received a call from someone who ...

Blue Lost for 23 Days

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, October 21, 2008 4:45:06 PM

Blue escaped from the house on Sept 23. We talked to the neighbors, put up flyers, called the shelters and no sign of Blue. He was microchipped with HomeAgain. Our neighbor came over to our apartment on Oct 17th and told us he found Blue; he was locked in his garage. Thank God he was still alive. He had no food or water for 23 days. He weighed about 12lbs before he was lost but weighed two lbs when we found him. He went to my sister-in-law’s who is a vet tech to nurse him back to health. He is doing great and putting on weight. I learned a lesson to have my neighbors check their garages and check areas where they can get under their houses. Maybe it will be a shorter time to find him.

Lost Again But Back With A Big Suprise!

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, September 30, 2008 11:00:02 PM

I’m a proud owner of a Yorkie named Pebbles. I take her everywhere I go. While visiting a family member’s home, my cousin and I were running our mouths - not paying Pebbles any attention and not aware the door was left open. One moment, she was roaming the house and the next, she was gone. For days, I looked for her and put up fliers. I notified the police station - they laughed at me for coming in about a missing dog. I was sick for the first few days she was gone. The tenth day, I got a call from Animal Control about Pebbles being found by a lovely family who turned her in. Couldn’t have been happier. About a year later I was given another Yorkie for my birthday which we named Bam-bam. So I was to in love with my Yorkies. One day, I gave a BBQ at my home. After the company left, I sent the dogs to the yard to do their business never realizing that the gate was left open. I came back out and they were gone. Things were the same as they were a year ago. Fliers, newspaper lost ads. It was a mess all...

Microchipping Really Works!

Found Pets Home — Sunday, September 14, 2008 6:16:26 PM

Cricket (a rescue dog from Tennessee) and her friends Darque (another rescue dog from Louisiana) and Tar (a black lab) were hiking through the woods in Portland, Maine. Cricket decided to chase a critter...and kept on running! After an hour of looking for her, I got a call from the animal shelter in Westbrook telling me they have my dog. She apparently found her way to a nearby dog daycare. They called the shelter, who scanned her for a microchip. Within minutes I was driving over to the shelter to claim her! I am so grateful to the daycare, and so happy I decided to chip her! For the small fee it costs, it's a big reward getting your buddy back (esp. in that short amount of time!). Thank you HomeAgain!

People Who Love Animals

Found Pets Home — Friday, September 12, 2008 12:30:02 AM

We are new to Oregon and Harley has been loving the new life in the woods here. Since being a city dog and confined to a fenced backyard, you can only imagine how exciting it is to be out in the woods and really no fences. Well, shucks, Harley says, all I want to do is chase lizards and then off I go chasing and chasing, and yes, Harley hears Sabrina calling and calling, but hey, there is just so many adventures and way too many new smells. Sorry Lady, but really, I be right back-as usual, but wait, I smell fun going on and maybe new friends. Well, the new friends were unsure. Because we had just moved here and hadn't gotten a new vet. Well, from what I was told, most dogs get shot here. But Harley, sweet as he is, just went up and started licking all. As they were able to check his ID it was still Texas tags and they thought for sure he had been dumped off. I am so thankful for having the HomeAgain ID. They all realized he must be loved so, they called the number and were really surprised to find out...

"Home Again" in Less Than 10 Minutes!

Found Pets Home — Saturday, September 06, 2008 2:12:39 AM

I have always believed in the importance of micro-chipping, ID tags on collars and, of course, spaying/neutering. Tonight I became a 100% believer and advocate for micro-chipping and keeping an up-to-date tag on our dog! Here is how "HomeAgain" saved our dog's life! I took Sunny out through the fence gate when we left for our walk - but, we came back in through our back door. Anxious to start a movie, I opened the door to let Sunny outside to enjoy his chewy treat. I forgot that I had not closed the fence gate when we left for our outing. I had just sat down to start the movie when my cell phone rang. I didn't recognize the number and considered not answering. The voice on the other line said, "Is this Doris -----? This is HomeAgain. We received a call about a dog in ------, TX. Do you have a dog named Sunny? Is he missing?" I thought this must be some kind of sales call and was just about to tell them I already had our pets micro-chipped. How could Sunny be missing? I just let him outsi...

"Baby" Home After Almost 2 Full Months

Found Pets Home — Saturday, September 06, 2008 2:11:12 AM

Our cat "Baby" has pretty much always been an indoor-outdoor cat, which is one of the reasons we had her micro-chipped. She is spayed so we were never concerned about adding to the pet population. After recently moving and many nights of loud persistent meowing, we finally let her out. Well, she did not come back. We scoured the neighborhood looking for her knowing that she wouldn't go too far. Up until the past few weeks people did see her in alleys and backyards but she is not a people cat and does not go to strangers at all. No one has seen hide or hair of her in the past few weeks and at one point we just prayed that eventually someone would get a hold of her and call the number on her tag. Well, almost 2 full months later, someone did just that. She must have been just too hungry or too tired to keep on going out there and went up to a family that was sitting outside of their home. They called the number on her tag and HomeAgain contacted us; within a half hour we were both very happily reunited....

Lost For 5 Weeks

Found Pets Home — Saturday, August 16, 2008 12:01:46 PM

Patches is a 10 year old loving cat. One night around 2:00 AM, she ran out of the house on July 10. I looked, drove around and put out a trap. I had given up hope. On Aug 15, HomeAgain called me at work stating a nice young family found her in a drainage dish. They took her to our city's animal shelter. Because of the chip from HomeAgain, I have her back. She lost 4 pounds but she is in good health. Thanks so much.

Lillian and Maggie's Adventure

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, August 12, 2008 10:08:35 AM

While visiting a friend in another city, Lillian and Maggie escaped a fenced-in backyard through an open gate. I panicked because the neighborhood is bounded by two very busy streets. We called the police and mobilized friends and neighbors, knowing that minutes count. Meanwhile, Lillian and Maggie had run across a busy four lane road and were discovered by a woman who happens to do pet sitting. She phoned the number on their tags, but it was my home number. She also phoned HomeAgain, who had my cell phone number. I got a call from Kerry, with the most comforting news I've ever heard - both dogs were safe and sound and apparently enjoying their adventure. Lillian and Maggie are pit bulls (Lillian is a mix). With all of the prejudice and fear that people have about their breed, it is really important to me that they have every chance to be safe. Having them both chipped has always been extra peace of mind for me, but I never expected to need to use it. It was there when I needed it and I've n...

Answered Prayer

Found Pets Home — Sunday, July 20, 2008 8:55:23 PM

My KoKoBean Ran away

Found Pets Home — Sunday, July 20, 2008 3:11:41 PM

I was at my son's house for the night after going to a Bridal extravaganza with my future Daughter-n-law and Koby was left in the back yard. Well as we all know our pets get ticked at us at times as Koby was at me, because I left him. When we got home we fed the dogs for their evening dinner and I left Koby out so he could potty before bringing him in. Well I fell asleep and didn't awaken until 2:30am. I went to the back and couldn't find my Koby anywhere in the backyard. I looked in the garage thinking maybe they had put him in the kennel but he wasn't there either, so I took a flashlight back outside with me and checked the whole perimeter of the yard and checked the pool. No Koby anywhere, then I saw it......The fence had a hole that he had literally chewed off to get out of the yard. I got in my car and started driving this neighborhood which I'm not all familiar with and drove around whispering not yelling out the car window for Koby to no avail. I found my way back to the house at 4:30 am and just pr...

Just in Time

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:16:58 PM

Two weeks ago, just before my husband, baby daughter, and I were to move 1200 miles from Nebraska to Texas, our Boston Terrier, Tabasco, got out of our backyard. He probably was frightened by all of the packing that had been going on during the previous weeks. We searched for him, alerted our local Humane Society and others, and even had it announced on our local radio station. Tabasco has been microchipped with HomeAgain for most of his 6 years. We were very worried but hoped that he would be found and brought to a vet's office or the pound so that he would be scanned and reunited with us. Two stressful, sad days passed. My husband delayed his drive to Texas for fear that we would not find Tabasco and he would be left behind in Nebraska. Our baby and I were just a few minutes from boarding a plane to Texas, with my husband waiting with us at the airport just before he set off on his drive, when we received a last-minute phone call from the local Humane Society telling us that Tabasco had been brought in! ...

He was found. Again.

Found Pets Home — Monday, July 14, 2008 7:03:51 PM

We got Buddy as a stray, but stray he likes to do. We adopted him and microchipped him as well as the rest of our pets. When we walk our dogs, he is the only one that has to stay on the leash, otherwise, goodbye. If any door is open, See Ya, It's been nice. Our other dog, a Lab mix, recently found out he could knock open the gate if we don't close it well enough. He will knock on the front door to let us know he's out front, but Buddy likes to see the world. Both times, we got a call from HomeAgain within a few hours letting us know someone found him. The first time we weren't able to hook up since they were leaving town. The second time, we got a call just as we got back from shopping. The phone calls to HomeAgain were prompted by the yellow tag he wears. But if he ever looses his collar (like all our cats have done), then the vet can easily check the chip in his shoulder. It bothers me that they work in tandem to spring free and that he goes in a different direction each time, but with HomeAgain, I d...

Milo and the open door

Found Pets Home — Monday, July 14, 2008 10:04:02 AM

One day my children called me at work to tell me Milo had opened the door and ran out. He didnt have his collar on because they had just given him a bath. I drove around for hours looking for him. The kids were on their bikes and no Milo. While returning home there was a message from the animal shelter they had found Milo and we could pick him up in the morning, they were already closed. The kids had been crying all day because they thought it was their fault. But, because he had the microchip the shelter was able to call me and let me know he was ok. The microchip is so wonderful to those who value their pet and family member!

Bassett Hounds On the Run

Found Pets Home — Friday, July 11, 2008 9:31:30 PM

Our two Female Bassett Hounds were let out of our gated yard while we were at work, HomeAgain had made contact with us so we could pick them up from the wonderful lady that had found them roaming the street. She said this was a wonderful thing and she was going to look into it for her pet. I'm glad our pets are safe and happy to hear that now a new pet has a chance to be found if anything should happen to it.

CoCo's Fire Station Visit

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, July 01, 2008 7:36:29 PM

It was just after dinner that some kind young ladies brought a little Jack Russell terrier to our fire station here in Miami.They had rescued her from a busy intersection. Animal Control was closed and they didn't know where else to take her. She wasn't wearing a collar but she looked well cared for. Luckily they chose the one station in Dade County that has a microchip reader! Our unit, the Venom Response Team, deals with snakes and we chip our own animals for identification, as welll as look for chips in any stray snakes we find. I scanned the little dog and found a HomeAgain chip. I called the company and got the owner's contact info and was able to reach the owner on her cell phone. She had been frantically looking for her missing dog and was relieved to find out she was safe and sound, and waiting for Mom to come and get her. By 7:00PM CoCo was on her way home! Score another save for HomeAgain, microchipping works!

I thought I had lost her-

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:09:19 PM

This past weekend I was working at my chef job. I had a few minutes before the potatoes were done, so I checked my cell phone voicemail messages. I got a message from the local Humane Society that my cat, who got out about 18 MONTHS ago, had been found. I started crying my eyes out, right there in the kitchen. Luckily, I work with some cat people, so they understood. My brother kindly picked her up on Sunday and brought her to me. She was thin and needed brushing but otherwise was okay. I am still ecstatic!! Thank you so much for making the technology to bring my baby home safely. Blessings of St. Francis to you-

Sampson the Curious Dog

Found Pets Home — Friday, June 20, 2008 8:57:22 AM

Sampson is a curious dog and has been "lost" several times and I have been lucky to get him back. I figured my luck would run out so I enrolled in HomeAgain and I am a believer. Sampson got "lost" a neighbor found Sampson called the HomeAgain number HomeAgain contacted me and just like the commercial we were "reunited and it feels so good".. THANKS HOMEAGAIN. Luke

My baby is home!

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, June 04, 2008 3:34:19 PM

Six months ago our dog was playing in the front yard. We live right next to an elementary school. The school let out and in the commotion of the school letting out someone had the opportunity to take our little 7lb chihuahua Thinkerbelle. We searched and searched. We had posters put up all over town. In every buisness and every pole but no luck. Soon it was clear, we weren't going to find her. I was completely heart broken. My children cried for days. My oldest sons father had just past away prior to this, and my son felt that this dog was his best friend. Now he felt he had no one to talk to. I purchased the kids another dog and that dog was stolen right out of my house within one month. Six months passed and I get a call from the humane society 60 miles from my home saying they have my Tinkerbelle. She had no tags. She was picked up by the police in my town and was scanned twice and the chip was not detected, so they sent her to the humana society 60 miles away. Once she was there, they scanned her and dete...

Jimi's Back

Found Pets Home — Wednesday, May 28, 2008 11:24:46 PM

For a few months, I had been watching, mesmerized, as a mom and dad bluebird hatched and fed their babies right outside my home in Pacheco. On Memorial Day weekend, I no longer saw the parents, so I checked the nest. My heart broke when I saw that none of the four beautiful babies made it. They were probably days away from flying free. I was devastated, and the tears flowed. Then, on Tuesday night, as I was driving home, I spotted a little cat just a few houses down from mine that matched the description of a HomeAgain lost cat. I put the little man in my car, fed him some kittie food I had just bought for my own 5 kitties, drove home and called HomeAgain. A real live person at HomeAgain took my call, hooked me up with the contact person of the lost cat, and yes, he was the lost Jimi (named after Hendrix, I found out later) from over a mile away. His mother came over immediately, smothered her kitty with kisses, and thanked me from her heart. And when I got home today, sitting on my porch was a shoppi...

Emily and the Broken Collar

Found Pets Home — Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:42:43 PM

We had Emily (our golden retriever) outside on a tie for only a few minutes before she ripped the stitching from her collar and took off across the street into the woods. There is a stretch of 2 x 5 miles of forest and she was somewhere out there running wild. It was cold and rainy. We drove our 2 cars around the block for hours looking for her. The next morning I posted signs that I printed from HomeAgain around town. I stopped home to print more and was lucky enough to catch a phone call from someone that saw my sign and spotted her. She was out in the middle of a newly plowed farm field. I trudged out though the mud to get her. She was so happy to see me, she jumped all over me (mud and all). I didn't care, I was so happy to get her back after almost 24 hours! This happened about 1 week before her 1st birthday. We thought we would never see her again. You just don't know how much they mean to you until they are gone. We were so happy to have her home again.

Two dalmatians on the run - no collars!!

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:50:25 AM

It was the worst possible scenario - after a walk, the dogs escaped when a door blew open unexpectedly and off they went! (Their collars were removed because they were about to get a bath). Dalmatians can run ... and run... and we looked for them frantically. With the great help of the Collier County Sherriff and Animal Rescue they were finally found and captured by Animal Control. Having no collars and no discernable ID, their microchips reunited us. Were it not for the chip, we would never have seen them again! We are true believers! Thank you HomeAgain!

Our Baby was Gone for 2 Months!

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:14:10 AM

It was a cold and rainy day when Sasha slipped out the door. We searched up and down our street and couldn't find her. She had gone behind our home across the street (which is another county) to a nice lady who was taking care of her. She must have fallen in love with her and wanted to have her spayed. During the process, they found out that Sasha had a microchip and called to find out if we had lost a cat. My 2 older boys were SO happy and would not leave her side. We feel so lucky to have her back and it is because of HomeAgain! Thank you!

Lost for Several Days!!!

Found Pets Home — Monday, January 28, 2008 3:50:15 PM

My pet was lost Monday, Jan 21, 2008. My mother was at home with her after just getting released from a nursing home after 2 months of rehab. She let Christina our dog out for a bit, and then when she went to get her to put her back inside she was gone. Christina had taken off with her leash still attached. My mother is an elderly lady and could not go far to search for Christina. Our only hope was her chip and HomeAgain. Thanks to HomeAgain a week later we recovered our Christina. She is now back with my mother who missed her so much especially since they had been separated for almost 2 months. Thank you HomeAgain, we thought we would never see her again, but I see that this service really works. To who ever loses their loved pet "Don't give up with HomeAgain...."

HomeAgain True Believer

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, January 15, 2008 5:18:23 PM

When my beloved Shih Tzu, Radar, went missing, I spent months hanging posters and visiting local animal shelters. My family and I eventually lost hope of ever finding our family pet. Over a year later, I received a call from HomeAgain. Radar had been found! He was rescued near a freeway, nursed back to health, and identified by a vet through a HomeAgain microchip scan. A year and a half after he went missing, Radar was reunited with our family. I recommend that everyone who has a dog should get them microchipped with HomeAgain. What a fabulous program! I have become a true believer and will always microchip my dogs.

Mommy, when's Scooby gonna come home?

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, January 15, 2008 5:17:15 PM

"Mommy, when’s Scooby gonna sleep with me again?” These were the words I had endured from my three year-old son every night before bedtime over the past eight months. Scooby, our lovable Shih Tzu, had gone missing from our home in late August 2006, devastating our family. In early March, I received the phone call that I’d been craving for months. Somehow, Scooby had made the trip from our home in Colorado all the way to Virginia, where a veterinarian scanned his HomeAgain microchip to discover that he’d been missing for months. I am so grateful to HomeAgain for reuniting my family with Scooby. Throughout the painful process, HomeAgain’s agents were so responsive and compassionate over the phone. They were determined to find Scooby and they succeeded. I’d highly recommend their services to any loving pet owner.

Charlie Travels 1,600 Miles from SC

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, January 15, 2008 5:14:17 PM

When he saw the address on Charlie’s ID tag, the shelter representative in South Carolina was 1,600 miles away in North Dakota. He said he couldn’t believe his eyes! Back in North Dakota, my children and I had lost all hope after calling several local shelters. Charlie was nowhere to be found, and the family thought he was somehow stolen--taken from right underneath our noses. Two weeks later, we received a phone call that Charlie had been found in Charleston, South Carolina. He was found by a kind gentleman and brought to a nearby shelter. Charlie made it home safely and was reunited with us, thanks to HomeAgain.

The Wedding Gift of a Lifetime

Found Pets Home — Tuesday, January 15, 2008 5:08:01 PM

I recently received the wedding gift of a lifetime, when my beloved Miniature Schnauzer, Bosco, returned home safely after having been missing for three years. After being groomed, Bosco was in the yard without his collar in Los Angeles, CA. The gardener left the gate open and he ran away. I actively looked for him for about two years before giving up hope. I was recently married and was on my honeymoon when my mother (which was the only contact number in the record) received a call that Bosco had been found; quite a wedding present! Bosco was picked up in a field by Phoenix Animal Care and Control and taken to the Maricopa County Animal Shelter where he was scanned. They called HomeAgain. My mother drove more than ten hours to pick up Bosco. There was a story that ran on the local news in Phoenix. We do not know what happened to him, but we are glad to have him back! This miraculous rescue surprised and delighted me. Thank you, Home Again for providing me with a success story that still asto...