While out walking, a young puppy ran up to us, with her eyes saying, "help me, I'm lost!"
We had never seen this dog before, and wondered who it may belong to. We looked around, up and down the street, and didn't see anyone. We didn't want the little one to be hurt by a car, or perhaps another dog. But since we didn't know who owned the dog, we weren't sure if we should call the dog warden... perhaps it had a chip and they could identify the owner. We didn't want to create a bad situation for the owner, whoever that was, but even if the owner got a fine, at least their dog would be safe.
... but then we noticed that her collar had writing on the inside. It contained her name ("Tiger") and even a phone number to call.
We immediately called the number on the collar with our cell phone, and you can imagine the relief of the person on the other side of the phone when we told her we had Tiger. The owner told us that she was brand new to the neighborhood, and her little one had escaped with all the commotion of moving things in and out of the house, and they had only noticed she was gone for about 10 minutes. They were in a panic, not knowing where Tiger was, or even the layout of the neighborhood to start looking for her (in fact, her husband was already out looking for Tiger in his car).
When she heard us say "Tiger", the name we found on the collar, we could hear the relief in her voice. We quickly met up with the owner, and all was well, and we didn't have to call the police or the dog warden.
Once we got home, we talked about how convenient and smart it was to have the dog's name and phone number right on the collar like that. We agreed it would be really important if we ever lost track of our dog, especially when away from home. I can't imagine the heartache if he jumped out of the car at a rest stop on a trip. We thought this would be great for him to have in case something like that ever happened.
We looked up how we could get this great collar for our own dog, and we found it! We saw that the reviews were excellent (we could see why) so we felt confident making the purchase. It even came with a pet ID tag to hold more details. We already had a tag, but the tag that came with it turned out to be nicer than the one we already had.
We're sharing this with all of our friends so they can protect their little 4-legged family members as well. We hope it never has to be used, but we feel safer knowing someone can call us immediately should our dog be on his own for whatever reason. They're reasonably priced - last we checked it was under $16 shipped. Make sure you get this type!
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