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Welcome to Animal Posse, the podcast dedicated to the
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:people and rescues making a
difference in the lives of animals.
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:Welcome everybody.
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:We're gonna have an
interesting show today.
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:We are gonna be welcoming Jeanette Garlow.
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:She is the director for microchip help.com
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:and also the co-director
for Lost Dogs Illinois
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:. Jeanette: Hello.
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:Dixie: Hi Jeanette.
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:How are you?
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:Jeanette: I'm good.
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:Dixie: To get started, tell me
a little bit about yourself.
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:Jeanette: This is Jeanette Garlow.
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:I am the co-director
for Lost Dogs Illinois.
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:I have been with Lost Dogs, Illinois
for nine years now, and I am also
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:the director for Microchip Help.com
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:and I have been with Microchip
help for nearly nine years as well.
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:Started that almost a year after
my start with lost Dogs Illinois.
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:And we reunite, lost and found
dogs with their families.
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:Dixie: What prompted you to get involved
with helping people find their lost dogs?
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:Jeanette: As most people in
animal welfare, i've always
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:had a passion for dogs.
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:Just even as a toddler, I
would gravitate to dogs.
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:I have always had empathy for
dogs and shelters and I know, deep
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:down that some of these animals
are there and don't belong there.
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:That there's homes they belong in.
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:And I had a friend about over
nine years ago who lost her
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:dog and I was helping her.
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:I was very involved with
helping her find her dog.
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:And that's when I learned
about Lost Dogs Illinois.
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:And just felt like that was
something that aligned with
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:everything that I felt in my heart.
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:That's how I got involved with the
organization, fell in love with what
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:they do and that's where I started.
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:Dixie: Yeah.
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:I'm very passionate about helping
people find their pets as well.
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:I started some groups on Facebook.
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:Jeanette: Yeah.
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:Dixie: Several years ago and I
got involved 'cause it's an easy
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:way to help people from home,
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:Jeanette: absolutely.
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:Dixie: Everybody can do it.
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:And I know I got in touch with you
because we had a cat pop up on our
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:group and it had a microchip, but
the microchip didn't go anywhere.
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:And that would be what's called
like a dead end microchip.
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:And normally I'm pretty good
at tracking them, but with
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:this one I got really stuck.
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:So I sent that information over
to you and you were able to pull
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:up that information right away.
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:The cat did end up going home.
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:We did find the owner and I know we
did tell the owner to go ahead and
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:make sure that all the information
for the microchip was updated.
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:Can you explain what a dead end
microchip is and why it is a common
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:problem with pet reunification?
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:Jeanette: Absolutely.
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:So as I said, I'm the
director for microchip help.
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:We have researched, oh, about 1500 chips
just last year of the dead end microchips.
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:And what they are either a microchip
that is registered to an owner.
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:The owner information has not been
updated either it's the same owner
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:with a new address and phone number.
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:They've moved, they haven't updated the
chip or it the owner had rehomed the dog.
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:And therefore the information
is updated as well.
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:Or we have many scenarios where the chip
has just never been registered and and.
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:You have to look for the facility that
microchip the dog or cat and contact
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:them, get the owner information.
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:Sometimes that information
is also outdated.
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:And then you have the scenario where
the microchip is just impossible to
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:find even who the manufacturer or the
implant facility, person or facility
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:that, that actually microchip the.
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:Those are a little bit more of a challenge
but it without, we find that 30 to 40%
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:of people don't ever register their
microchip and facilities and rescues.
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:Assume that people go home and
follow directions, read the
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:paperwork, call the chip company,
make sure their information's in.
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:People get home, they're excited to
have their new animal, or they get
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:home from picking up their animal
from a shelter after being reunited.
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:If it's been missing a while, they forget.
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:They don't think about
it, they don't realize.
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:But super important to make sure that
even if you do register, that you
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:call back later and make sure that
the information was input correctly.
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:We're all human and sometimes
numbers are entered wrong.
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:So we always suggest that, but
anytime you have an address or phone
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:number changed, super critical that
you contact the chip company and
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:change that information with them.
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:That's really the only way that.
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:That there's gonna be an easy way
for your animal to be reunited.
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:If there's no ID tag on, which of course
we recommend ID tags first and foremost,
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:and the microchip as well to back that up.
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:'Cause those are sometimes missing.
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:Super important.
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:We also recommend you have an alternate
contact on your microchip that you trust,
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:either a family member or a close friend
in case something happens to you or
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:you're out of town, you can't be reached.
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:And always make sure that gets
updated to somebody you trust as well.
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:We've had cases where the alternate
contact was an ex and they really
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:didn't own the dog anymore, but
they were contacted and picked
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:the dog up and things like that.
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:Super important to, to be aware of who
your microchip is registered to, and
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:the contact information be current.
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:Dixie: Can you take us like, I
guess through the beginning of
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:basically like what is a microchip?
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:For people that don't know
what a microchip is, and they
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:always hear this term, you're
gonna get your pet microchipped.
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:Or they adopt an animal from the shelter
and the shelter says, okay, it is
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:microchipped Can you explain what that is?
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:A little bit?
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:Jeanette: So a microchip is about
the size of a grain of rice.
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:It's implanted under the animal skin,
usually between the shoulder blades,
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:and what they do is they each contain
a unique identification number.
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:So when a lost pet is found, a microchip
scanner, which picks up the frequency of
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:that microchip, reads the identification
number, and then it displays it on the
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:screen so that microchip is supposed
to be registered with a database.
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:Which links it to the
owner's contact information.
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:So it's basically a little chip that,
that goes under the skin that contains
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:a unique number, and that number is
linked to the owner if it's registered.
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:Dixie: So if somebody picks up a
pet and the pet is microchipped,
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:you'd wanna take it to a vet or a
scanning station and get it scanned.
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:To see if it has a microchip.
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:Jeanette: Yes.
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:A vet, A lot of police departments
have scanners, animal control
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:facilities can scan the dog, like you
said, a vet even like a pet smart,
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:they oftentimes will have a scanner.
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:But if you call around, you can almost
always find something really close by.
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:And yes, as soon as that chip number comes
up on the scanner, that, so once you pull
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:that chip number up, if you check Aha,
this is how it should work if you go onto
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:the pet microchip lookup database online,
it will tell you where that microchip is
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:registered, if it is registered, and then
you would call that microchip company and
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:you would owner information from that.
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:Super important to have your animal
microchip and, registered because
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:without a caller, an ID tag on.
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:That's really the only way
somebody can know that is your dog.
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:Dixie: Absolutely.
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:And another thing that I would like to
mention too, 'cause I think there's this
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:misconception that a microchip is GPS.
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:And it definitely is not GPS.
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:So if your pet does go missing, you wanna
notify that microchip company as well
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:to tell them that your pet is missing
because it doesn't have any kind of GPS.
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:Yeah.
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:You're not gonna be able to find
out from that microchip where
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:your pet is actually located.
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:Jeanette: Correct.
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:People do think that they are
GPS also, but they are not.
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:They have to physically be taken somewhere
to be scanned to get that chip number,
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:and that's the only way you're gonna
to know if the dog has a microchip.
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:Dixie: Now, have you ever come across
any situations to where the microchip has
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:migrated to another portion on the body?
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:I know they insert it between the shoulder
blades, but I have heard that they could
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:also move like down the arm or a little
bit off to the side of the shoulder.
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:Jeanette: Oh, yes, they definitely can.
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:And yes, there's, we've
definitely run across that.
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:A good facility will know to scan the
dog or cat thoroughly like an s pattern
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:across their body from their shoulder
blades, to their back end and down their
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:legs, up and down their legs as well.
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:It does happen, see they're implanted
and they're supposed to grab into
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:the muscle tissue right there.
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:They do over time
sometimes they can migrate.
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:And we always recommend once when
your dog is microchipped, to keep
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:'em quiet for 24 hours, no baths.
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:Not a lot of huge playful activity.
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:'cause you know you wanna let that
kind of settle into the tissue.
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:Dixie: Can you run us through the
process of somebody contacting
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:you for a dead end microchip?
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:What is step one?
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:What do you do?
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:And also is this something that
people can do at home on their own,
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:Jeanette: On their own?
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:Some of it they can, yes.
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:If the chip is registered,
it should be an easy process.
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:It's how it should work.
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:So how we work?
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:Let me explain I guess how it should
work and then what to do if it doesn't.
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:So when a, when you find an animal,
if you get the dog scanned, and as
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:I mentioned before, if the dog has
a microchip and you put the number
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:into the pet microchip lookup tool.
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:It's called aha.
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:It's the American Animal
Hospital Association.
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:They have a registry and it shows
where the chip is registered and it
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:may show the chip is registered into
what company, along with the contact
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:information for that chip company.
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:or.
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:It may show that the microchip is not
registered, but it might show you what
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:company to call to find out who the
chip was sold to, like if it was sold
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:to a vet, then you can contact the vet
clinic and find the owner information.
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:Very often.
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:When a good Samaritan finds an animal
and calls a vet clinic, they will try
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:to contact the owner themselves rather
than giving out personal information.
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:That is the same with same be
true for most chip companies.
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:A lot of times the information is
private, but they will reach out to
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:the owner for you and get in touch
with them and have them contact you.
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:But.
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:When you contact the microchip company,
they should be able to provide you
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:who they sold the chip to so that
you can contact that facility.
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:Or another scenario is when
you put the number in aha.
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:It might show a list of manufacturers
that possibly manufactured the chip.
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:And with those cases, very often
you're gonna have a dead end.
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:And as I mentioned there's
different scenarios for dead end.
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:It could be outdated information,
could be the dog was re-homed and the
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:information isn't current again, or that
you can't find any owner information.
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:So in that case.
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:We recommend you submit to
us to microchip help.com.
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:It's a quick jot form, so you
would just fill out that form.
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:It comes to us directly, to
our nonprofit organization.
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:And the case gets posted to our group.
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:We have a group of about 20 volunteers
right now all across the nation.
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:We do the same thing.
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:We get the chip number from your jot form.
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:It'll have all your information where
the dog was found, the microchip number,
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:how long you're gonna hold the dog,
if the dog gets taken somewhere else.
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:We get cases from shelters, police
departments that clinics as well.
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:And we work with a lot of animal control
facilities throughout the nation.
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:So we're pretty busy.
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:I.
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:But if you're a good Samaritan,
yes, you can take those steps, as I
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:mentioned before, get the chip number,
check aha check if it's registered.
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:Contact the chip company.
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:If the chip company
contact the owner for you.
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:Great.
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:If they provide you information
some will, not all will.
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:It depends if there's a privacy
on that information or not.
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:So yes, you can do these things at
home, but when you hit a dead end,
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:submitting the form to us is super
helpful because, and depending on the
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:scenario when you submit it to us, as
I said, it gets posted to our group.
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:We look up the same thing
that you would've done.
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:We look up the chip number, we check
aha, we call the manufacturer, or
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:we, we have agreements with them.
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:So we get owner information.
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:As a shelter or police department
would, animal control facility would,
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:because of our nonprofit and because
of the work that we do we've made
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:agreements with the chip company so the
information isn't held private from us.
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:So we get the owner information or we, if
it's one of those chips where you couldn't
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:figure out who the manufacturer was.
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:We work really hard on trying to get
some information on who the chip came
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:from, who the chip was sold to, trying
to get owner information that way.
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:And we take that information if it's
outdated owner, if we have an owner's
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:name and the information's outdated, we
have a few paid subscriptions that we use.
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:And we do background searches skip
tracing, if you wanna call it that.
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:And we work on reaching that
owner or a family member, people
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:at the address things like that.
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:We so we're really diligent
about trying to make sure that
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:we have turned everything.
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:That we can to find this owner.
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:Yeah, ask, I think if there's
anything else that I missed.
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:So yeah, that's basically
what we do in a nutshell.
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:Dixie: I know it works.
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:'cause like I said, I had that one that
I totally hit a dead end on and you were
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:able to come through with that one now.
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:Another thing too that I would like
to mention, just from like the chips
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:that I have gotten and the groups that
I work on, 'cause sometimes people
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:will contact me, give me the chip,
is I find a lot of times they'll take
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:the animals maybe to a vet clinic.
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:They'll get 'em scanned, they'll
start doing the process and they
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:never ever hear from the owner.
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:And so at that point they
start going into panic mode.
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:I found that if at that point if I text
who the owner is, usually the owner will
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:come through right away and reply to the
text and be like, oh yeah, that's my pet.
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:I've been looking for my pet.
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:So do you think it would be helpful
when you bring a lost pet to the
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:vet's office to scan if it does scan
for a chip to tell them to maybe
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:text the owner instead of calling?
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:Because I think sometimes with the calling
they, you get those kind of robocalls and
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:a lot of people just tend to ignore those.
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:Jeanette: 100%.
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:Yes.
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:We work with one large animal
control facility and they do
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:not have the capability to text.
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:And I do feel that is a definite
detriment because you're right,
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:people think everything's a scam.
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:They don't answer, they
don't pay attention.
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:I don't know if it.
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:What the actual screen is
showing when those numbers call.
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:But we find the same thing that
when we text and especially we
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:like to text a photo of the animal
that it really makes a difference
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:in the responses that you can get.
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:We always call first just to
see if it's a working number.
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:We listen to see if the owner.
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:Has an outgoing message with their
name, so we know we've got the correct
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:phone number because sometimes you're
calling and texting someone that
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:you know the number really isn't
current, but you don't know that.
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:So we always call first and then we
follow up with a text with why we're
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:calling and with a photo of the animal.
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:And it helps tremendously if the phone
number's correct and if it's not, they'll
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:say, I'm sorry, this is the wrong number.
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:She used to have this number
before, or something like that.
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:So definitely, I agree with you
a hundred percent that texting.
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:Is way better than the
phone calls and emails.
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:We follow up with emails as well.
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:But again, not everyone's
checking emails as often.
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:So texting is definitely the
quickest and most successful way.
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:We Facebook message, we do all
kinds of things to reach owners.
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:We spend a lot of time,
exhausting everything we do.
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:LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, anything
we can find on these owners just in
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:case they're not getting the messages.
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:If the phone numbers aren't
working and emails aren't going
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:through and things like that.
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:But yes, I agree.
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:Texting is huge.
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:I wish all the facilities
could start with that,
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:Dixie: You said you have a
group about 20 volunteers.
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:Do you ever recruit new volunteers
if people wanted to assist with this?
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:Jeanette: Oh yeah.
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:We're always open to
taking new volunteers.
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:We like people that are self-starters,
don't mind making phone calls that like to
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:do detective type of work and are adamant
about finding families non-judgmental.
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:We don't judge the owners.
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:We feel everyone should
be able to have a dog if.
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:As long as they're not abusing
or neglecting, things like that.
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:But yeah, we're always looking for
volunteers that fit that kind of slot.
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:Dixie: Okay.
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:I'll include a link to your
site too in the description so
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:that way people can contact you.
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:Jeanette: Thank you.
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:Yeah.
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:Dixie: If they're interested.
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:So I'd like to move on to your work
with Lost Dogs of Illinois and,.
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:If you could go over when your
pet goes missing, what are the
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:top three things maybe that you
should do to try to locate your pet
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:? Jeanette: We have a list of
five things people should do
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:when their pet goes missing.
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:So first thing we and these
aren't necessarily all in
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:order, depends on the scenario.
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:Dogs are missing from accidents,
car accidents, or from a pet
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:sitter, things like that.
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:But if the dog's missing from home we say
immediately put out food, water and your
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:dog's bed or an article of your clothing.
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:Even a used pillowcase at the
location where your dog was last seen.
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:A lot of times dogs will circle
around and come, just come back
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:to the area they took off from.
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:That's just their instinctual.
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:Pattern.
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:If they're chased however, or,
pushed out of the area for whatever
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:reason then, that's harder for
them to make their way back.
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:But scent items are huge.
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:So food, water, your dog's
bed, or an article of clothing.
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:Then we also suggest getting the
word out by flyers and yard signs.
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:We suggest going door to door, giving
flyers to everyone in the area.
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:Having a picture and a phone
number on that flyer is huge.
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:All over the neighborhood.
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:Then we say contact your local
animal shelters and animal control
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:facilities, vet clinics in your
area, and definitely report your
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:missing dog to the police department.
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:We recommend if you can either
email them or bring over flyer
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:a flyer of the, of your dog too.
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:So they have picture, very important.
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:We say instruct everyone that's helping
you not to call or chase your dog.
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:When a dog's been missing for a while,
they go into flight mode, fight or flight
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:mode, and they won't even sometimes
recognize an owner right away because
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:they've been, out for a while and they're
just trying to stay safe and get food.
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:Just trying to cover their basic
needs and they're not really
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:paying attention to who it is.
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:They're just.
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:Taking off whenever
anybody tries to pursue.
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:So we instruct that anyone that is
helping you and anyone in the area not
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:call or chase a dog we recommend luring.
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:So sitting down with treats
waiting for the dog to come to you.
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:And then obviously post to PetFBI.org,
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:which is our sister
organization that will.
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:Get your dog registered and posted
to Lost Dogs Illinois right away.
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:They are our database and lost Dogs.
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:Illinois is our Facebook page.
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:We send tips and flyer templates ready for
you guys to print, for anybody to print.
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:So you don't have to worry
about trying to make those up.
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:They're ready.
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:You send them to you, you just print them.
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:But social media.
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:Is huge.
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:Next door is huge.
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:Any of the local often found
Facebook groups are very important.
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:Not everyone's on social media.
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:So the flyers are number one
to get everyone in the area
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:able to see your animal.
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:Making your dog famous is what we say.
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:Yeah.
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:So those
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:are really the five things.
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:Yep.
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:Dixie: So you said that you
should always go to the shelter in
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:person to go look for your animal
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:Jeanette: the stray holds, can be short.
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:If your dog is not microchipped it
could be three days for the stray hold.
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:So we recommend you go in person.
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:Definitely keep checking the
website, but if you can go in
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:person at least once every few days,
you know , it's really helpful.
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:Dixie: Now, would this be true, even
if your dog is microchipped, would
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:you still go check the shelters?
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:Jeanette: If it were my dog, I
would go still check their shelters.
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:Microchips can be missed.
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:It's not super common,
but they can be missed.
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:And especially as we talked about,
they can migrate it's not 100%.
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:And you may think your chip is registered
and maybe it isn't, or, maybe the
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:phone number was entered wrong or maybe
the shelter overlooked the research.
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:If it were my dog, yes, I
would say definitely go every
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:once, at least every once.
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:Every three days or so
just to, for peace of mind.
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:At some point if your dog's
missing a long time, that might
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:not be something you can do.
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:But definitely check the microchip.
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:I mean that, that's on the list as well.
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:I guess I skipped over that, but
definitely when you're contacting
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:animal shelters and all that, make
sure you contact the chip company
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:and report your dog is missing.
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:Dixie: I agree with you too on that.
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:And I find too that people don't
understand that a lot of the times
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:the shelter staff is also very busy.
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:When an animal comes in, they may not
be able to scan the animal right away,
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:or they may quickly scan the animal, and
if the chip has migrated, then you know,
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:they may not actually detect the chip.
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:I've heard of a couple of situations
where the chips can actually go bad
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:after a certain amount of time as well.
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:Jeanette: I've heard
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:that, but I have not.
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:Actually ever had evidence of that.
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:So I cannot confirm or deny that.
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:I have never heard someone say, my dog
is chipped, but the chip didn't work.
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:In nine years I have not come across that.
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:So I can't confirm or deny that.
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:But I will say that, sometimes
animals have been, dogs are
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:cats have been scanned in.
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:When they come into the shelter
and they've found no chip, but they
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:also scan when leaving with a rescue
and then the chip is detected.
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:So again, chips can be missed.
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:And I have definitely
had that scenario happen.
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:I wouldn't say often, but occasionally.
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:So you know, don't always
100% rely on that microchip.
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:Dixie: And I can see how that could happen
too, because it is a frequency, so if
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:it's a chip and the scanner doesn't have
that particular frequency to detect it,
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:then you know, it could just be a matter
of the scanner that's being used as well.
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:Jeanette: It could be.
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:I would hope that the facilities are
using the scanners , that can scan all
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:the frequencies that are out there.
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:But, there are things that interfere with
scanning too, if you're around a lot of
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:metal it, there are scenarios for sure.
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:Dixie: Now when it comes to
people finding dogs, what are
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:Jeanette: So similar we still always
suggest flyers but we have our five
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:If you go to our website, you could see
that, but you just, obviously you check
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to the nearest shelter or veterinarian's
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:Notify the police department animal
control facilities to make sure that the
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:Call the animal control agency to complete
a found dog report or bring a flyer to
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:Create lost or found dog flyers.
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:Post them around the area.
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:Very important 'cause not everybody,
again, is on social media.
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:And then again, post to
our group pet fbi.org
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:to, to get the dog.
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:Registered and posted to Lost
Dogs Illinois or whatever
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:state the dog is missing from.
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:And next door we always recommend, and
the local lost and found Facebook groups.
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:There's a lot of Facebook groups now for
all different kinds of lost and found
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:pets and there, a lot of local pages.
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:So those can be super helpful.
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:But again, not everyone's on social
media, so the flyers are really important.
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:So that's really those five
things are what we recommend.
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:Dixie: I know a lot of people tend
to lose hope when they do lose a dog.
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:So do you see an average amount of
time with a reunification happening?
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:Jeanette: I wouldn't say there's
an average amount of time.
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:But we do tend to, the more you make
your dog famous, the more likely.
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:The dog will get home,
as quickly as possible.
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:We have cases of dogs missing
for, a couple hours to a couple
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:There's really all kinds of scenarios.
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:The microchip obviously is when they're
gone for a longer period of time.
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:That is really the key
to getting your dog home.
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:Dixie: Absolutely.
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:And one thing that I did wanna end
on too before we close out this
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:conversation is that I know a lot of
people, they're always, oh, I'm busy.
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:I can't volunteer with a group.
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:I'd love to help animals, but I can't
help animals because I'm busy with work.
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:But what you do with the Lost Dogs
Illinois, and then the microchip help.
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:That's all stuff that you can do.
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:From home and so you
could do it on your own.
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:Absolutely.
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:Time schedule, especially like with
the Lost Dogs, any of the lost pets,
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:you can go scour through the Lost Pets
groups and just do what I call matching.
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:You go look for photos of found
pets and you compare 'em with lost
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:pets, and a lot of the times that's
how these pets are getting home.
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:So do you have any concluding
message for people and can you give
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:us more information on how people
can get involved with your groups?
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:Jeanette: Yeah, of course.
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:If you're in Illinois Lost Dogs, Illinois
is always looking for people to help
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:our volunteers actually pick up shifts.
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:You can do hour, an hour,
two hours, however many hours
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:you wanna put in on a shift.
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:And we have a calendar, our volunteers
put themselves in those shifts.
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:When you take those shifts, you
cover incoming loss and found dogs.
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:You message owners you send flyers
to them, give tips what to do.
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:So anybody really can do that because you
can really make your own time, make your
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:own schedule for when you're available.
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:We, weekends, evenings,
we work around your work.
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:So very easy to do.
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:And then as far as and to
volunteer for Lost Dogs, Illinois,
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:you just go on our website, we
have an application form there.
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:Is our partner organization.
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:They are our database.
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:They have their Facebook
pages for different states.
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:So if you are in another state,
you can go to pet fbi.org
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:and sign in volunteer application There.
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:And then for microchip help.com,
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:if you go to our website,
it's near the bottom.
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:There is also a form to volunteer with us.
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:It's a little different as far as time
commitment because when you pick up
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:a case, you're not gonna know whether
you're gonna reach an owner in five
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:minutes or you're gonna be working
on trying to find family members or
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:some connections to other people.
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:You could be working on it for days.
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:I hate to say that, but it happens very
often where you don't hear back from
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:anyone and you're just trying and trying.
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:We don't give up.
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:So we do spend a lot of time.
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:That's a little different scenario.
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:But again, when you pick up a case,
you pick up a case when you have time.
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:There are definitely ways to get involved.
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:As you said, the matchmaking that
isn't an actual position that we have.
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:But we have a lot of fans that
go to our page and kind of
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:do that stuff on their own.
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:Then they comment on our posts and
they've matched many dogs that way.
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:Whatever your level of commitment
is . It all helps for a team takes
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:a village to get these animals home
and any help is always appreciated.
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:Dixie: Thank you for the work that
you do and I, like I said, I can
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:definitely attest that it works
because you did get a cat home.
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:Jeanette: Thank you.
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:And we loved helping.
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:Dixie: Thank you so much, Jeanette,
for speaking with me today.
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:I truly appreciate it.
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:Jeanette: You're welcome.
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:Thank you so much.
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:Dixie: Now, before we end this episode
, I just wanted to go over some of
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:the tips if you lost an indoor cat.
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:We covered some of the tips for dogs,
so I just quickly wanted to go over some
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:things that would be pertinent for cats.
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:And the reason I say indoor only is
because if it's an indoor outdoor
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:cat, it changes things a bit
because your cat is outside already.
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:So for an indoor outdoor cat,
your cat may have been trapped.
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:Your cat may have accidentally
hitched a ride with somebody
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:and ended up somewhere else.
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:So the first tip specifically is
gonna be for indoor only cats, and
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:that has a lot to do with scent.
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:A lot of people will tend to put a scent
item outside, like dirty towels or dirty
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:clothes some stinky cat food, like tuna or
something that your cat really likes, and
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:Those scent items that you would put
outside definitely are gonna help.
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:But with an indoor cat, your indoor cat
is most likely hiding really close by.
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:So I find that the best thing to
do is actually just lock up any
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:other pets that you may have.
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:Open the door, put your scent item
right by your door, and most of the
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:time your cat is gonna run back in.
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:And then of course, you'd wanna follow
through with the other things that
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:Jeanette suggested as well, like calling
the shelter, doing your flyers, not
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:chasing your cat because your cat is
gonna be terrified , even though this
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:might be the sweetest cat inside.
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:If you're outside, your cat is not knowing
what's going on, and your cat's still
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:gonna be scared of you, so you wanna
just lay low and let the cat come to you.
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:Don't try to go grab your cat,
you may have to use a humane trap.
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:I do find that works most of the time.
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:'cause your cat will get hungry, you put
it really close to your house wherever you
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:have someplace that they could be hiding,
like some bushes or something like that.
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:and if you follow those tips, most of the
time you can get your indoor cat home.
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:But I'm gonna say opening
that door, that's a thing
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:that seems to work the best.
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:So thanks everybody for listening
and we'll catch you next week.
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:Bye.
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From the wild to the heart within
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We’re the voices for these things
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got it all Animal posse Saving
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grit The foster homes where love
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a bird in pain , Every soul’s worth
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:We stand together Big
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:and small Rescue tales We’ve got
it all Animal posse Saving them all
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howl a whispered wail, we rise up.
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:the
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:Animal posse Hear the call We stand
together Big and small Rescue tales We’ve
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:got it all Animal posse Saving them all
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:Every caller tells a tale Every howl
a whispered wail We rise up We never
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