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One Year Later – Tinkerbell Comes Home

Tinkerbell was brought in to the SPCA in Fresno by a family who found her in a cemetery. She was unconscious and cold and looking almost dead. The SPCA called me and told me that my dog had been found after they scanned her and found she had a microchip. It had been a whole…

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January 1, 1970
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Lisa Cortez

We Got Our Ming Ming Back

We were visiting family on a Saturday, about two hours away from our home. We put our dogs in the house but with all the in and out traffic, Li Ming managed to escape. Twelve of us searched for her for over an hour with no luck. I logged in to PetLink to file a…

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William and Dawn Moore

Our Little Adventurist!

Where to begin… Well, I wasn’t looking to get another kitty after having to put down my three-year-old cat after a tragic accident, but a friend of mine insisted that I look at the kittens at her Mom’s friends’ ranch. So, one day, we drove down and I really wasn’t feeling any connection with the…

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Chelsey Helberg

A Happy Premonition

PetLinks’s reunification process is amazing! I can’t describe how shocked we were when Vinnie went missing. Vinnie was gone eight months. He’d got lost once before but we got him back. We have dogs too, and they go in and out so it’s hard to keep our cat inside. It was a month before we…

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Charmayne Fasce

Back From Vacation

Woody is an indoor/outdoor cat. He didn’t get very far, just all of one block. I was on vacation in Puerto Rico and had just landed in Florida when I got the PetLink email saying he’d been found. I texted the kid who’d been looking after him and was able to go get him on…

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Lisa Gummer

20 Minutes Later…

I am so thrilled with the PetLink service that reunited me with my Jack Russell named Holley. The yard-keepers ended up leaving the gate open and before you know it my dog took off running down the street. A police officer picked her up and took her to the vet to get scanned. Within 20…

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Kristin Lilly

A Special Dog With Special Needs

I was out of town working on the East Coast and my husband was travelling. While we were away there was lots of construction going on at our house. My mother and daughter were in the house with our Shar-Pei, Maggi, and we think Maggi decided to go for a little walk when one of…

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Allison Thomson

Pepper’s Perils

My brother was out walking my Foxhound, Pepper. He took her off the leash so she could ford a short stream and she must have seen a deer and shot off. She got through a gap in a fence there, ran up a hill and got into some nettles up a steep embankment making it…

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William Lewter

He’s A People Dog

The lawn gardeners left the gate open at our home and my miniature Schnauzer Reese got out. Reese loves people, so he hit up about three or four homes before someone was able to get him scanned and we were called shortly after. These chips really, really work, thank goodness.

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Anthony and Diane Novembre

Share Your Reunification Story Today! 

PetLink is happy to share reunification stories from members who have used our services to be reunited with their pets.  Visit PetLink’s “Together Again!” page to read heartwarming success stories that members have shared, or create a post to share your own story! You must be a registered member to post a reunification story on PetLink.  

Benefits of Microchipping Your Pet 

Microchipping your pet has several benefits. Microchips are permanent – after they are implanted, your dog or cat will never need to have it removed or replaced. Microchips do not use any power source or connectivity, so they will always be able to be scanned under any conditions. Microchips are inexpensive and easy to implant into your pet by a veterinarian. The procedure is also swift and generally painless. 

Unfortunately, it is very common for a lost pet to be found without a name tag on their collar. This often leads to pets being placed in shelters, hoping their owner will find them. Unlike tags and collars, microchips cannot fall out, break, get lost, etc. No matter what your pet does or where it goes, the microchip will stay safely implanted under its skin. When a pet has a microchip, it can be scanned by a veterinarian or animal shelter, regardless of the condition the pet is in. Microchips are the quickest and easiest way to identify lost animals and return them to their owners.

What Happens When Your Pet Has Been Found & Reported 

When a PetLink chip is scanned in a found pet, the owner gets notified immediately. To get in touch as quickly as possible, the registered owner will receive, texts, phone calls, and emails from PetLink right away. Once PetLink gets connected with the pet owner, arrangements can be made to return the pet safely back to its family.

Giving You Peace of Mind

We understand how important pets are to their owners– many consider their animals as members of their family. Naturally, pet owners worry about their pet’s safety and well-being. Microchipping your pet is one of the easiest and most essential steps you can take to keep your animal safe. 

PetLink significantly reduces the risk of permanently losing a pet, providing our members with peace of mind knowing we will assist in bringing their lost pets home. We encourage you to read our microchip success stories, which highlight how microchipping not only alleviates owners’ worries but also provides comfort to pets. A microchip registered at PetLink ensures lost pets are quickly reunited with their families, avoiding prolonged stress in shelters and offering great relief for both pets and their owners.