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With your support, we can consolidate all of our efforts to reunite families with their beloved companions. We realize that even the best pet owners can lose their pet. We can only hope to help find them once they are lost.
04/17/06 MY PET RETRIEVER AND WOODLANDS ONLINE JOIN FORCES
We are excited to announce that MyPetRetriever.com has partnered with Woodlands Online. Through this new relationship, we will be able to better serve families who have lost or found a pet. This new site is a work in progress and is currently not in its final format. We appreciate your patience and your suggestions are welcomed! This site is a testament to the dedication and compassion of Woodlands residents. Without your continued support and encouragement, this site and service would not be possible.
11/29/05 MICROCHIPPING - Give Your Pet the Gift of Identification:
On Saturday, Nov. 12, Montgomery County Animal Control started a new service, Microchipping, for dogs and cats. The most wonderful thing about this new service is that the fee is ONLY $15! Zoe, our beloved companion, was one of the first to be Microchipped at the "Grand Opening". Animal Control is not the only location that provides microchipping . You can check with your local vet to see if they provide the service as well. What follows is information about the process and how it works.
WHAT IS MICROCHIPPING?**
Microchipping is permanent pet identification. The HomeAgain ® Pet Recovery Service is a safe, simple and permanent form of pet identification designed to quickly identify lost pets and reunite them with their owners. Over 10 million pets become lost each year. 1 out of every 3 pets is lost during its lifetime, and only 1 in 10 lost pets is found. The HomeAgain® Pet Recovery Service is a proven way to successfully recover your pet if it should become lost. Nearly 10% of pets enrolled in the HomeAgain® Pet Recovery Service have become lost and were successfully reunited with their owners.
IS MICROCHIPPING SAFE?
Microchipping is safe, simple, and effective technology. No bigger than a grain of rice, the HomeAgain ® microchip is a small, sterile transponder that contains a unique ID code capable of being read by any ISO standard scanner. The microchip's biocompatible material is extremely safe for the animal. The HomeAgain® microchip is a passive device. It requires no battery and remains inactive until it is scanned.
HOW DO RECOVERIES HAPPEN?
24/7 Database Access
When you enroll your microchipped pet in the HomeAgain® nationwide recovery database, your contact information is safely stored until it is needed to reunite you with your pet. A professional recovery team maintains the database 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and notifies you as soon as your pet's ID number is called in to the 24-hour recovery hotline. Animal clinics and shelters scan lost animals and call the HomeAgain® Pet Recovery team to report a found pet. Currently, with the HomeAgain® Pet Recovery Service, a successful recovery occurs approximately every 6 minutes.
**Information about HomeAgain® Pet Recovery Service was reproduced from their educational brochure.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Visit www.HomeAgainID.com
11/18/2005 COYOTES IN THE WOODLANDS
A number of residents have reported sightings of Coyotes in The Woodlands. Recently many small pets are missing and it is presumed that the Coyotes are to blame. Although we understand that the Coyotes habitat is being encroached upon by us and that they have no other place to go, it is advisable to take some precautions for your pets. If you have a small dog or cat, it is in their best interest to bring them inside your home or garage at night for their protection.
We do not advocate the harming of any animal. If we take these precautions hopefully we can all live harmoniously together. We would also like to offer our sincere, heart felt condolences to those that have lost pets in this way.
11/16/2005 SPREADING THE WORD
We realize that the only way for a site like this to be effective is if every resident knows about and uses the service. We have had a tremendous amount of support and encouragement for this cause. The Humane Society of Montgomery County is including our web site in their quarterly newsletter. We are currently working with Animal Control to include a link to our site as well. Also, were working with the Community Relations dept. at Community Associations of the Woodlands to include our site on the Links page of their web site.
In regards to publications and other avenues of press, The Villager did an article about mypetretriever.com in Thursday 11/17/05's paper. http://www.hcnonline.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15591410&BRD=1574&PAG=461&dept_id=532539&rfi=6
Also, People Scene, a local publication, will have an article about the site in their December issue. In addition, Woodlands Online currently has an article about MyPetRetriever in the News section under PETS: http://www.woodlandsonline.com/npps/story.cfm?id=1584. To spread the word to brand new residents of the Woodlands, we have a flyer included in the Welcome packets offered through Home Town Greetings.
We value your input and suggestions. If you can think of any other avenues to help get the word out about this site, please submit your suggestions using the "Contact Us" page.
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