Microchip Hunters received a case from Chicago Animal Care and Control for a microchip that went back to a rescue in Oregon. When Microchip Hunters contacted, we were told that they had no information for this microchip, and that it was possibly a clinic they did a couple of years ago.

Microchip Hunters posted to Lost Dog Illinois, in hopes that the owner would see the post, or fans would recognize her! And our fans did it again!

Bella's family registered her as lost to Lost Dogs Illinois, and within minutes the match was made! Thank you to everyone that matched her to the found post on our page!

Should be a simple reunion at animal control, right???

Well, Bella's microchip number did not match the number in the dog at CACC. I called the rescue again, and they did not have this owner's information in their system either. It was closing time at CACC, so this would need to be sorted out the next day.

Microchip Hunters requested CACC rescan the dog, for the chance that there is a second chip. Bella did in fact have 2 microchips, both from Oregon, both from rescues there. Her family knew nothing about her first microchip, so only had the second one registered.
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It is never suggested to have more than one microchip, but if there is, you are going to have to be sure to update BOTH every time there is a change. You don't know which microchip the scanner is going to read first, and facilities are not scanning looking for multiple chips

.From Maria, the owner:  "You guys are great! Thanks again for everything. It was amazing how fast she was found with you!  I wrote a little blurb for you to include on your website re Bella's recovery, Once again, thanks for all your help, I'm forever in your debt.  --Lost Dog Illinois' and Microchip Hunters help in recovering my Bella proved invaluable. Bella had already been lost for three days when I posted her info and it seems that in just a few minutes someone was texting me that they had seen her on the City Animal page as well. I went to pick her up, but unfortunately the City was unable to give her to me because the chip number they had for her didn't coincide with the number they had scanned twice already. Finally, with help from Lost Dog Illinois Microchip Hunters, and Jeannine from the City Shelter, it was discovered that Bella had 2 microchips and we were able to clear up the confusion.
I'm forever grateful for Lost Dog Illinois and Microchip Hunters' assistance. They called the shelter where Bella was originally adopted and were in communication with both Chicago Animal Care and Control and me until the very last minute"  

Red, the Australian Shepherd, wound up at #Kern County Animal Services in California with two other Aussies. Only Red was microchipped.

The shelter in California wasn't able to find any information for this microchip as it was unregistered, and finding out where the chip came from was proving difficult, so they submitted it to Microchip Hunters. Microchip Hunters was able to find the breeder that Red came from and owner information was provided!

The family let me know they rehomed Red about 6 months ago after having her a little over a year. They felt it was best at that time, and rehomed her to a family with 2 male Aussies (she was spayed). When they received this call, they provided me the new owner information, who let me know they were the ones that surrendered all 3 dogs to the shelter.

Red's original family wasted no time and went to pick her up. "She's home now. We're not going to let her go to someone else. It's obvious she wants to be with us."

We helped get Red's microchip registered and everyone is happy that she is home!

Please, be sure to register your microchips! It is up to you to keep this information current. You may never know what happens if you rehome your dog or your dog goes missing if this is not registered to you. In this case, it meant everything to Red. She didn't need a 3rd family, she needed to go back home.

Video of her reunion is in comments, she definitely loves this family!
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​Home at Last! The found Maltese from #Chicago, IL - her name is #Basia - is home safe and sound! Luckily, she had a microchip and our #MicrochipHelp got her back to her family! The phone number wasn’t current but a family member was reached, who was also the owner's caretaker! Found 6/17/24 and Reunited 6/18/24 Welcome home, Basia! #MicrochipsWork thank you to the finder too!
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​"Pom owners live to please their Poms."

Bella was found by a Good Samaritan, picked up by Animal Control, and was taken to the APA of Missouri in Olivette.

No owner information was on the microchip, and it was hard to find where this 900 series microchip came from, but Microchip Hunters was able to contact the correct chip company and was able to get the breeder information. Thankfully, this breeder keeps good records, and spent the next day searching for Bella's file, which he found and sent information over right away. The phone number, however, turned out to be disconnected.

Microchip Hunters did some more searching and sent a bunch of emails, as none of the numbers found were panning out. A couple days later, a reply came in! She lives in Illinois, close to the Missouri border, but her daughter had Bella. The family went right away to pick Bella up!!!

We will be ensuring the microchip gets registered and are so happy Bella is home to her family. Her stray hold was ending the next day. As the breeder said, "Pom owners live to please their Poms." We have also heard that people just don't leave their Poms at shelters. That has been proven to be true!

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After 6 long months and many tears, Heidi is back home!

Lino, a Good Samaritan, found this little, very skinny dog and posted her to a neighborhood Facebook page! She had a microchip that led to a dead-end per the vet. Cecy, a fan of Lost Dogs Illinois and Microchip Hunters messaged Microchip Hunters (thank you) who looked the chip up and saw a registration for an address about a mile away. The phone number was not a working number, but with some background searching, the son's number was found. He had his sister call me and she was shocked - she said that they had put posters up and everything and that she is a very skittish dog. It is her mom's dog that went missing 6 months ago. They assumed the worst, and 'cried so much about her.'

I gave Heidi's family the number for Lino and they went over to get her. Lino said, 'she was crazy wagging her tail and crying - poor baby.' Thank you for your help with her, Lino! We hope all Good Samaritans scan for microchips and do all they can to reunite these dogs, families really do count on it!

Heidi will be seeing the vet Monday.  From Heidi's family:  "She is so happy to be home!  Thank you so much for your help, we truly appreciate it!"

We will be helping make sure the microchip gets updated correctly
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