Returned dog from up the street

Another success story for http://www.easypetidtags.com/. I found a medium sized dog up at the corner of the block on which I live. He didn't seem scared and when I approached him he rolled over and let me pet his belly. "What a sweet little black and white terrier", I thought, "someone must be missing you." I rubbed his belly for a minute and then checked the tag on his collar. Charlie lived only 3 blocks away but without a pet tag I wouldn’t have known that and he would have ended up miles away at the local shelter and possibly never made it back home. I drove him to his house and when I got there I saw the front gate cracked open, obviously the culprit. No one was home so I shut him in the yard, locked the gate and left a note letting the people know what happened. A happy ending thanks to a pet id tag!

Traveling with your pet

I just got back from a 2 week vacation and wanted to express the importance of having a pet tag on your pet with a way to contact you when you are traveling. When I was in Dutch John, Utah we found a cute, medium sized, female brown dog with no collar and no tag. No one at the lodge knew who the dog belonged to or had ever seen it before. She was very friendly and was happy to hang out with us. We posted a notice on the cork boards of the 3 local lodges and waited. Hopefully someone would come in looking for their dog and see the notice. One day turned into two days turned into three days and we thought for sure the owner would never turn up. Fortunately the owner did stop into the lodge the day before we left and inquired about their beloved pet. They contacted me on my cell phone were very worried and visibly upset. As it turned out they were camping 3 miles from the lodge and their dog got on the scent of an animal and never came back. One more day and we would have had no choice but to drive the dog to the animal shelter 50 miles away in Vernal and who knows what fate would have bestowed the sweet doog. If the dog was wearing a pet id tag they would have had their dog back the same day it went missing and all their grief and trauma would have been spared, but only if the tag contained a mobile number where they could be contacted when traveling. Please, Please, Please put a pet id tag on your pet and include a mobile number on the tag. It will save everyone a lot of heartache. To get a pet id tag check out my favorite pet tag web site http://www.easypetidtags.com/.

HOPE - Rescue dog training and adoption

This is a really neat program that pairs prision inmates with needy dogs for a period of rehabilitation and then homes the dogs to families. What a great way to rehab dogs and prisioners. http://www.hopedogs.org/

The other thing I want to mention since I am talking about shelter dogs, does your dog wear a pet id tag? They should or they could end up as a shelter dog themselves. There are many places to purchase a pet id tag, but the best one I have found is http://www.easypetidtags.com/.

Sniff the dog movie

I saw "Sniff the dog movie" http://www.sniffthemovie.com/ yesterday at Maya Cinema's in Salinas. Very cute concept and well executed, the movie was very entertaining. I give it a "2 thumbs up".

Dog seen along road.

Yesterday I saw a dog running along the road. No collar so no pet tag. I stopped and called to him, but he just looked at me and kept running. I certainly hope that he found his way back home to his people.