Microchip Help
Free Microchip Assistance
How do you find a pet’s owner when the chip is unregistered or the info is out of date?
Our Microchip Hunters are here to help reunite lost dogs and cats with their families.
We can also assist with tracking rabies or ID tag information to get pets home quickly and safely!
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Step 1
Enter the microchip number in the AAHA Universal Pet Microchip Lookup Tool. The AAHA Universal Pet Microchip Lookup Tool will assist you by providing the manufacturer to call for owner information if available. Our microchip format sheet is also very helpful. No luck? If you have not been able to contact the owner because the phone is out of service. the microchip is not registered, or you have not heard back from an owner, then proceed to Step 2. |
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Step 2
The following service is provided free by volunteers, and is only meant to be utilized when the information registered with the pets microchip or tag cannot be used to locate the owner. We call this is a dead end microchip. Any information provided is kept in the strictest confidence. None of the information supplied will be posted publicly and that includes any information obtained through tracking the microchip. Our volunteers are able to track these microchips because they have more time than most shelter staff and more resources than the public. Please complete one of the the following forms. This is the form for the PUBLIC This is the form for ANIMAL SHELTERS only: CHIPFORM.COM Here is a form for VET OFFICES/POLICE DEPTS only: VETCHIPFORM.COM |
Step 3
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List for free on the National Lost/Found Pet Registry: PetFBI.org to get a free flyer and be entered in the national database. Our members in the area will be alerted. Shelters are welcome to partner with PetFBI.
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Two Little Known Facts About Microchips
Do you have research skills? Are you the person who can find anyone or anything online? Are you a genealogist? If you nodded your head for any of these, you should volunteer to be a Microchip Hunter! It is fun and rewarding. You get to use your detective skills on a daily basis. Thank you.
Please note: The volunteer application is closed for now, and we will be looking for more volunteers after the 1st of the year!
Do you have research skills? Are you the person who can find anyone or anything online? Are you a genealogist? If you nodded your head for any of these, you should volunteer to be a Microchip Hunter! It is fun and rewarding. You get to use your detective skills on a daily basis. Thank you.
Please note: The volunteer application is closed for now, and we will be looking for more volunteers after the 1st of the year!
Donate Today | Lost Dogs Illinois Donations always welcome! Microchip Hunters operates under the non-profit 501(c)(3) Lost Dogs Illinois, also an all volunteer organization
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We Partner with Volunteer Groups
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