We use these on our beasts when the noise gets to be too much: http://itzadog.com/
And you never know; the tags could have just gotten lost along the way. We once found a sweetie of a pug who started his journey with all the right tags, but by the time we found him, only had his rabies shot tag left on his collar. We tracked his people down through the vet listed on the tag’s info.
Don’t really have much to say, but think it’s a pretty good opportunity to show off the cutest dachshund you’ve ever seen.
A couple of days ago, I found my lab’s tags, along with their ring, which had been completely stretched out, on the floor. She must have snagged the edge of the ring on something, and pulled free. If she’d gotten out without them, I’d hope no one would decide she was unwanted, because of that. While I’m here with other dog people, does anyone know of another way to connect her current tags to her collar? She’ll be fine, but I have a smaller dog, and if he got snagged like that, I’d be worried he’d get strangled.
Keep us updated on the dog, Baker. Good on you for picking her up.
Our dogs and cats manage to loose their tags but not collars.
I’ve posted this link before in similar threads, as this solved the problem.
Gotten the dogs back several times because of these. The cats don’t usually wander, and at the time the manufacturers didn’t have a cat-suitable collar, so can’t speak to the cat collars.
Yes, the site is in Aus, but I assume they would ship internationally. Or you might find one local to you.
Indeed - and the dog sitting in her lap is cute too.
Baker, don’t forget to call the cops too. Call the non-emergency number for the town where you found the dog.
I found the funniest little basset hound wandering around earlier this summer. He had a collar with no tags. I took him home and called the police. They took my info and Flash’s info and within 2 hours his owner was here to get him.
The person I spoke to on the phone said that they keep records of people who report their dogs missing, because they tend to go missing more than once. I think that’s how they found my guy. I could tell that Flash’s owner was the type of guy who lost his dog more than once, as he was quite annoyed to have to come get him instead of overjoyed.
I work in rescue. I have done this when we found a dog in Delaware with a chip. Turns out the dogs chip, who was originally sold in a pet store, was registered to a name and phone number in Florida . The Florida phone number for the owners was not in service (what a surprise), so I asked the microchip company what their policy was on something like this. They said as long as I followed local laws regarding lost dogs, the chip could be re-registered with the new owner. I gave the chip company our contact information in case the owner called them about the dog being missing. PA law is 72 hours for a stray dog, I put the dog up for adoption after 2 weeks, and called the chip company a couple of times in between.
The new owners just needed a copy of the adoption paperwork to re-register the dog with the chip company.
My girlfriend has a dachshund and I have 2 cats. They met for the first time this past Monday. My older cat ignored the dog but she has been around dogs most of her life. My younger cat freaked out at first. About an hour later I heard a crash and went to investigate. I found a box of stuff tipped over and 2 animals, the dog and my younger cat, sitting next to each other with innocent looks on their faces. Yep, they were caught playing with each other.
Just in my experience with a microchip and bad phone numbers/information not updated with the registry, etc. I have yet to reunite pets with the “registered” but not current info people. Sometimes I can reach them with a letter through snail mail, but they never come to get the pet, even if they say they will and I set up an appointment!
We use these, but only for Reason #4. The jingle sound doesn’t bother us at all.
By worried about the cats I only meant that the doggie could easily become the house boss, not that they’d be hurt. Just wanted to clarify.
Rex Goliath, two longhaired dachshunds I know would be quiet upset at not being the cutest ones I’ve ever seen. However, yours is equally cute. Though when I met little Max at twelve weeks I do believe he was the single cutest thing I’ve ever seen. He’s still adorable, just a lot bigger at about six months.
My cat came with a chip registered to the shelter, and as I keep forgetting to have it reregistered to me, it still has their info, which is perfectly fine because they know me anyway. She doesn’t even try to get out, though, I’m not too wirried.
Dachsies can get more exercise per mile than most other dogs, due to their funny little legs. They do not know they are small. They are affectionate and will take over your lap. They like their peeps. They will tunnel under the covers at night to sleep. I grew up with one.
Our dog’s tags don’t bug us either. Except every once in awhile he wanders into the bedroom with sleepy eyes, checking to be sure we’re there. Then standing next to the bed, he usually decides that’s the best time to straighten out his hair and gives a good shake which sounds like he’s auditioning to be one of Santa’s reindeer!
Stinker however was an endless bouncing ball of annoying even without the tags.
Oh you really shouldn’t tell me cute stuff like this. It makes me want to take the doggie myself.
I called the vet this morning and they are waiting for a return call from the vet phone number that was on the chip. The “found” ad I called into the paper did appear this morning, so maybe when I return home from work there will be a message waiting.
What has me sad is that by now the dog has been missing for two days. If a pet of mine went astray I’d have called the shelter already, and the shelter has a description of the dog I found, plus the number of the vet she’s being boarded at. Why hasn’t someone called?
I caught myself imagining names for the dog, and wondering if my cats really would tolerate it or not. What about Schatzi?
My boss knows a guy with a dachshund, and thinks if I can’t find another home for this one, he maybe might be interested in taking it. But that’s a big if at this point.
A lot of people take the week off after Labor Day. Maybe someone is out of town and the dog sitter is a putz. Or maybe they are stupid and only put up a few posters in their immediate neighborhood.
I’m telling ya, Stinker’s owners were really not the sharpest tools in the shed. A relative had put up their Craig’s List ad for them, they hadn’t done much more than ask around the doggie park and put up one sign in the pet store right by their house (nowhere near where we found their mutt.) If not for their nephew or whoever, we’d still have that awful thing. (No, we didn’t like the dog. It was really ill-trained.)
Just got home. No calls about the dog. Now I am starting to believe she really was dumped.
Congratulations! You have a dog!
a friend was cat sitting when the cat zipped out the door, he was totally freaked. the cat was found by a neighbour who took it to a vet. they checked the microchip and the phone number was bad but looked up the owners name on facebook.
sure enough he had a facebook page with pictures of the kitty. they left a message on facebook. the guy was in central america on vacation but luckily stopped into an internet cafe and checked messages and updated his page.
he immediatly called my friend and he raced to the vet to get the kitty.
the owner could be away and not know yet. hopefully they will respond somehow.
until then perhaps it is time to get a german/english dictionary and look for names?!
Hey, I speak German! I can help find the right name for your new dog! Hmm, a girl dog … we have friends who have a puppy named Tinka, which is cute. Mädchen means girl in German; you could call her Maddy. Do you know what would help us all zero in on the right name? A picture or three, so we can match the name to the sweet face.
I saw some like these just today in an L L Bean catalog.