Emer had it rough from the start. At only three weeks old Emer was found in a hospital emergency room parking lot in Texas by a hospital security guard. The security guard convinced a hospital worker that he would make a good puppy for her children. They named the puppy Emer because of where he was found. 

The hospital worker took him home and took care of him for about three years. She then became ill and was no longer able to care for him. Emer was left alone in her home with the neighbors looking after him.

Carmen and Mark would visit him at the neighbor’s home and make sure that he had food and water and as much loving as they could give him. Carmen and Mark were unable to take him into their home because they already had three pets. Carmen and Mark knew that this was no life for Emer and so they reluctantly gave him up to a Texas shelter who transferred Emer to a rescue in Chicago.  Carmen immediately regretted it and tried to call the rescue in Chicago where he was, but unfortunately, he was already adopted.

Carmen was able to find the new owner on the rescue’s Facebook page and kept in touch with her for a while getting updates on how Emer was doing. Emer was with his new owner for over two years. During this time, they moved to Ohio where unknown circumstances caused him to once again become a stray. A Good Samaritan found him in a Taco Bell parking lot where the employees were feeding him. The Good Samaritan cleaned
Emer up and had him looked over by a vet who found Emer’s chip.  After exhausting her options in finding the Emer’s owner, the Good Samaritan turned to Microchip Hunters for help.

Microchip Hunters did everything that they could to find Emer’s owner by chip. Neither Microchip Hunters, the rescue he came from, nor the good Samaritan had any luck contacting this owner in Ohio. A Microchip Hunter volunteer checked the FB page of the rescue that Emer was adopted from and found the original adoption post with comments from Carmen. Because Carmen included her contact information in the post, Microchip Hunters was able to contact her, and she was very excited to hear from them. Carmen immediately said that she would try and contact the owner. Carmen said that she didn’t want anything bad to happen to Emer and she and her husband, now without any pets, would love to have him. Both Carmen and her husband attempted to contact Emer’s owner, but they were both unsuccessful.

Because no contact could be made with the owner and the mandatory hold time had expired the Good Samaritan sent Emer back to Chicago to the rescue he was adopted from. This time he would not get away from Carmen and Mark. With the help of the Microchip Hunters volunteer all Carmens information and history with Emer was given to the rescue and they agreed that Emer needed to go back to Texas to his forever family.
It took over a month to get Emer to Texas but when he got there, Carmen and Mark were waiting for him. Carmen said “He spotted us, came right away to us wagging his tail. Just perfect!”. It was obvious that Emer was very happy to see them again after almost three years. Emer now goes on adventures and is in a very loving home where he has a yard to roam in whenever he wants.

A big thank you to all involved in Emer's safety and return home, welcome home Emer!!! Story by Microchip Hunter Deb, who went above and beyond to make sure Emer could get back home!

Be sure to watch the heartwarming videos in comments!!!

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Home at Last! The found Mix from #Chicago, IL, is home safe and sound! Found 09-04-2024. Reunited 09-10-2024. Welcome home!

Microchip Hunters helped get Lacey home to her family. The microchip was registered to the previous owner, and though the finders saw a missing report on another lost dog site, the 'blind' email was getting no results for a call back. She could have been home much faster, and had this not been sent to Microchip Hunters, Lacey may not have been reunited. The importance of a contact number can't be stressed enough!

Microchip Hunters was able to reach the original owner who let the new family know the contact information for our Microchip Hunters who then gave the current phone number to the finder!

They connected and reunited, and Microchip Hunters will be making sure to help update the chip as well as getting Lacey an ID tag for her collar!
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Charlotte...

14-year-old Charlotte was found by a good Samaritan and taken to Chicago Animal Care and Control. Charlotte did have a microchip, but the phone number was no longer accurate, so they submitted the information to Microchip Hunters.

There wasn’t a lot of information to go on for this family, but Deb D found a Facebook page that matched the owner’s name and had a picture of Charlotte! Unfortunately, the page didn’t seem to have been updated since 2016. Volunteer Jessica S took the case and was able to find the daughter from the facebook page! It turns out that Charlotte now belongs to the daughter, and she was looking for her. Within minutes of commenting on that page, the daughter was in contact with Jessica and she was only 5 blocks from the shelter! An hour and a half after Jessica took the case, Charlotte was back home with her family!!

Let's get them home quickly! Keep your microchips updated!
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Sparky is home after 5 years!!!

Sparky was found in Kansas by a Good Samaritan over 2 weeks ago! All efforts to find his family from the microchip and found posts everywhere were exhausted, until today! Cheryl M. messaged Microchip Hunters and Amy H. submitted the chip information!

Microchip Hunters reached the family! Some research found a current phone number! Sparky's microchip hadn't been updated to the family's new address and phone number since they moved to Oklahoma 4 years ago, and they were crying and screaming when they heard that he was found! They contacted Amy and the finder Nathan right away! "Omg thank you so so so much! I can't believe it. That's my Sparky! We will be headed to Wichita within the hour"

Everyone was so happy, and Sparky remembered his family! He is 13 years old, and didn't need a new home, he just needed to go home!

The importance of microchipping your pets AND making sure your contact information is ALWAYS current cannot be stressed enough. Sparky made it home because of extra efforts to find his family, and this doesn't always happen! He was missed so much and means the world to his family.
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Belle escaped from her owner’s balcony in Georgia, and was missing for a week before she was found by good Samaritan Amanda. Amanda contacted Microchip Hunters (MH) for help! Belle's family had a number on the microchip that was not current. MH's new volunteer Catherine took the case. After numerous dead-end phone calls and extra internet sleuthing, Catherine was able to find Belle’s mom, who lived about 30 minutes away from where Belle was found. Belle’s mom was over the moon about her sweet baby being found and couldn’t wait to bring her back home where she belonged. She picked Belle up with her grandkids in tow and they are happily reunited once again.
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One less dog sitting in a shelter...

Thank you Lehigh Valley Humane Society in Pennsylvania for sending a request for help to reunite Ace to his family when the owner's phone number was no longer active!

Microchip Hunter Ann was able to reach the owner's sister through Facebook, who let her brother know where Ace was. He was missing him. The Humane Society emailed us today "Thank you he was returned home to his family Thank you for your help!"
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​Home at Last! Snowstorm, the found Siberian Husky from #HumboldtPark, #Chicago, IL is home safe and sound! Found 08/05/2024 Reunited 08/06/2024. Welcome home, Snowstorm!

Microchip Hunters was able to find a sister of the owner, the owner's contact information on the microchip was not current and they were so happy to know he was found safely!   The chip will be updated to reflect the current phone number.

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When Good Samaritan Maud from Texas contacted the microchip company on 7/12, she was told they would reach out to the owner and share her information. She never heard from the family.

This morning, she was researching how to find help with microchips, and came across Microhip Hunters, www.microchiphelp.com and sent our quick jotfom in to give us a try!

Microchip Hunter Ann was able to connect with a family member and they were able to reach the family so Queen could go home!

Thank you Maud for keeping Queen safe the last few days, and trusting in Microchip Hunters, and Ann for making the connection! "Thanks so much for your help, y’all are so great!!"

Our services are always free, why not give us a try?
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It’s so important to keep the microchip registration up to date and have an emergency contact in case you are out of town!

A Good Samaritan found poor little Penelope in the middle of the street looking very confused. The information on her microchip was outdated and the phone numbers were disconnected. She submitted the information to Microchip Hunters and volunteer Julie S. was able to locate the daughter-in-law of the person she was chipped to. She had been in the family for 14 years. The owner had passed away shorty after she married into the family. His phone number had since been disconnected. Penelope was found only a few blocks from her home. She had been missing for 3 days. Poor Penelope is blind and deaf. The owner was out of town and the finder was willing to keep Penelope safe for another day until she could return to get her. It’s so important to keep the microchip registration up to date and have an emergency contact in case you are out of town. Welcome home Penelope!!!
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Champ says, “I didn’t like being lost. It was scary. I missed my Daddy so much! Thank goodness that someone took me to a place that had good food, water,and a safe place to sleep!

Even though the phone number on my chip was current, my Daddy was in the hospital and couldn’t answer or return the call. But I was a good boy while I waited. I thought, ‘what happens now?’

Don’t worry, Champ. Microchip Hunters to the rescue!

Our new volunteer Cheryl was able to locate the owner’s son, who said Champ had been missing for two months! What a relief to the owner, who had been powerless to help in the search for his good boy. Champ had already been vetted and neutered when adopted from a shelter in February, and with the help of family, he went home to wait for his owner to come home from the hospital. They were so happy!!!

MICROCHIPING WORKS! KEEP YOUR INFORMATION CURRENT!

Thank you Chicago Animal Care and Control for sending this to Microchip Hunters, and for working with the family for Champ's reclaim!
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