In those two and a half years my Dad moved out. One week after my Dad left, in June 2012, my Mum got a call.  Rocket had been found by someone and that person had taken her to the local vet clinic. The vet scanned her for a microchip and then rang us. It had been roughly two years since our cat ran away and we had totally given up hope of finding her. So, when we got the phone call that she was at the vet clinic waiting to be picked up, we were astonished!
Rocket has since settled in very nicely and has never pee'd in anyones shoes again! She now lives inside as well as outside as she pleases and loves it. Her hobbies include eating, sleeping and trying to catch birds (she fails to catch them though because she is not as fast as she once was).Thanks to the microchip and Central Animal Records for sending "Rocky" home!!

Rocket and Holly 

Central Animal Records Passes 2 Million Pet Milestone

Dr Scott Ison of Deniliquin Veterinary Clinic has implanted the microchip into the 2 millionth animal to be recorded on the National animal registry, Central Animal Records. Snookie is a Great Dane-cross pup who was implanted as part of a litter of 12 puppies and was found to be "Pet Number 2,000,000" on the nationally-accredited animal registry. Like many veterinary clinics and animal welfare groups throughout Australia, Deniliquin Veterinary Clinic have been implanting Trovan microchips registered with Central Animal Records for many years! Central Animal Records was the first national microchip registry in Australia and provides a 24 hours per day, 7 days per week animal recovery service for lost or stolen companion animals including not only dogs and cats, but also horses, birds and even reptiles! And, amazingly, Central Animal Records has now been responsible for reuniting over 500,000 lost or injured animals with their owners! Some of these events have also involved locating lost children who were with their family pets!Microchip identification still offers the most effective method of helping vets, animal shelters and animal control officers to help quickly notify owners if their pet has been found injured or lost. It is an inexpensive and easy procedure to have your pet microchipped and there are even now smaller microchips designed for use in kittens, cats and small breed dogs and puppies!
The most important issue is that your contact details are kept up to date to ensure that you will always be linked to your pet and this can be done online or by contacting Central Animal Records directly. 

One Lucky Kitten!!

I was relocating for a job from country Shepparton VIC  to Perth WA. My cats (x 2 – 8 months and  6 1/2 years) were flown over 1 week before myself – the kitten to a friend and the other to a cattery. Also, I happened to be staying with another friend in Perth for a few months (who has a cat and unable to accommodate mine) as I was waiting to move into another place. 
A few days before I was to commence  my new job I received a ph call from a vet stating they had my kitten. (all thanks to the microchip and my mobile ph contact).   Apparently, my kitten wandered outside from my friends house,  unbeknown to them, and the neighbours great Dane chased and mauled her. (these dogs were trained to chase rabbits)  The kitten had been lying injured for 24 hours  - probably hiding and dragging herself around – until she couldn’t any longer, exhausted. 
She had been brought in by an elderly woman who didn’t like cats – but found mine on her lawn...injured.
The kitten was injured and severely traumatised... looking at over $2000 worth of treatment and surgery.    The vet suggested to wait and see with her healing process – before attempting surgery.
She couldn’t place weight on her back right leg – and it dragged behind her when she moved... which was only to the litter tray. She was withdrawn, depressed and traumatised. She ate very little. My funny, happy, talkative and mischievous kitten was no more.  A large open wound soon flared up on her inner right leg...and later, another  on her right hip – where the dogs teeth had punctured her.
She came to stay with me, and I loved, nursed and nurtured her as she slept with me in my room.  She also healed herself by the constant licking of her wounds.  Weeks later, her kitten curiosity returning, she ventured out of my room and limped up  the stairs in my friends house.  Even to the point of wanting to befriend my friends elderly cat and play with her.
It took several months for her to heal.  No surgery was required...as she attended to her own physio by running up and down stairs.  
She has now recovered quite well – and surprisingly returned to her funny, alert self.  Even my current neighbours yapping dog doesn’t seem to phase her out.  Amazing! 
As I type, she sits on my lap with her two front paws on the keyboard. 
The thing is – if she wasn’t micro chipped, I would not have been located, and she would have been ‘put down’.  She must have used up some of her cat lives...as I even saved her from the local cat pound when she was so young.  
AAH! there she goes – playing with a biro and chasing it around. She is such a joy to me in my life!
  
Kind Regards
Andrea

ANOTHER HITCH-HIKING CASSIE

We would like to thank CAR for reuniting us with our 12 y.o. Jack Russell, Cassie. We live in Arcadia just south of Shepparton, having moved from Melbourne in 2010. We had gone to Tasmania on the 25th January for a wedding, leaving Cassie at home with a trusted neighbour feeding her and checking on her. The yard is secure. As we were leaving our accommodation on 28th January to return home I had a call from an operator at CAR. Cassie had somehow got out and been picked up about 10kms away darting in and out of traffic on the Goulburn Valley Highway.
 
We believe that she had walked out the gate while another neighbour was collecting some eggs. He did not realise that she was even there. She apparently barked most of the night to get back in but there was no one there to open the gate. It was next morning she was found on the highway. We can only assume she was trying to return to our old home in Melbourne.

The man who picked her up was an equine vet from Shepparton and had seen her CAR tag and called you. I immediately rang the gentleman who by chance was heading for Melbourne Airport and would be there about the same time as we were returning. After an anxious flight we were reunited outside the airport terminal. It is amazing that she actually managed to hitch hike to Melbourne Airport to meet us!
It was certainly worth having the microchip inserted, keeping the CAR tag on her collar and updating our details when we moved.

Our Cassie

My Husband works away, my son’s and I were travelling out to see him and spotted a Miniature Dachshund running down the highway in the middle of nowhere about 8pm at night (we still had 2 hours to travel to our destination).  She had no collar and was very happy to see us.  We took her with us planning on trying to find her owner and reunite them.  We had a stumpy tail blue cattle dog and were happy with that.  Turns out she was micro-chipped the previous owner didn’t want her back they had bread her and were trying to find her a new owner, nobody knows how she got where we found her, the previous owner was happy to take her back and continue looking to rehouse her.  Over the weekend we had fallen completely in love with her.  We can’t give her away because I can’t risk someone else not loving her and caring for her as much as we do.   We have never had a small dog before, she can play with the cattle dog and hold her own, under our watchful eye.  We did all the paperwork and transferred her owners names to us.  We have just had her spayed and had to spend 24 hours without her, it was really hard.  Cassie found herself a new home, she is a clever little Dachshund.
Kind regards
Mrs Tresa Plumb

This is Matty and Jo

"Matty went for a walk on the 1st of December 2010 and never returned home. I had searched and searched and we all grieved thinking the worst had happened. We were giving up hope of ever finding him - especially after we moved 2 months ago from where he went missing.  He had been missing for two years to the day when someone found him wandering and took him to the Lilydale Vet Clinic. They scanned for a microchip and since my mobile number has not changed for more than 10 years, they were able to ring me.  At first I was confused when they said that they had my cat. I said 'Oh No.....is Tig OK ?'
 
The lady said 'Ummm.... it's not Tig it's Matty.' I said 'No way possible, he is missing or dead as he left home 2 years ago! It can't be possible!' I gave her a description of him and she said 'Yes it IS him!'  

I started crying and we got in the car with our cat carrier and headed straight to the clinic, still not believing it was him. Once I picked him up and checked him over myself I knew that it was definitely Matty. I showed him the cat carrier and he went straight in (it had his blanket still in it). The vet was shocked saying 'I haven’t seen that before.'  Matty snuggled in and started purring, putting his paw out for me to hold. I picked him up again and the attached photo was taken of us still at the clinic.  My husband and I are delighted he has been reunited at home with his brother.  Such a shock for us, all together again right before Christmas!
Welcome home Matty Cat !!

Since his return he has not left my side and has started playing ball, running up and down the hallway. He has been licked all over by the dog and his brother is soothing him too. Amazingly, it is as if he had not left home at all even though he had never been to this new home. Our furniture is the same and he has settled back into his old routine already.
Please understand how emotional the last 2 years have be
en and just how important it is to have your animal's microchipped and the information kept up to date!
Regards

Jo & Matty cat

Sophie 

My son & his partner were in the process of moving house. There was an interim period when they weren't able to have their staffy living with them, so Sophie came to live with my husband & me for 2 months. We have a good secure yard, escape-proof for any dog . . . . except Sophie.
We were distraught to return home one day to find her missing. We produced flyers, advertised in the paper & on radio.
One day I received a phone call from a friend inviting me over on some odd pretence. I was elated to be greeted at the door by dear Sophie. My friend had found her and taken her to the vet in the hope she was micro-chipped. Micro-chip located and the owner contacted. My friend was then handed the phone so she could explain where she lived. She recognised my son's voice and the happy reunion was organised.
So grateful for this service. Thank You!

This Puccini story is not a tragedy

We lost Puccini about 3 years ago. She just disappeared. We thought she was dead but had the hope someone was looking after her. We moved out of the area 6 months ago. RSPCA called me on last Sunday afternoon to say that they had found her and it all went well from there. She was found in our old street. Probably returning to what she knew as home, but we weren't there. We picked Puccini up from the RSPCA and it was like she never left. She recognised me instantly and is the loving cat we remember. I can't believe she has been gone for 3 years. All I can say is thanks to being microchipped we were reunited.
Here is a photo of our lovely Puccini in all her glory. Regards Rossina

Better late than never!

When I moved house, in June, 2009, one of my 'twin' cats, Mitsy, went missing about one week later, on a very wet and stormy night.   After weeks of unsuccessful searching, I resigned myself to the fact that she might not come 'home' and instead of fearing the worst, I hoped that she'd found a new home.   
Then, that fabulous phone call came, she HAD been found, amazingly, after 2 years and 2 months, of being missing!!!
She was located about 2 kilometres from where I was (then) living and taken into the local pound.   I really believe that someone else had 'adopted' her during her 'missing' years, but now she was finally home with me and her twin sister, again.
Thanks to her microchip, we were happily reunited that day after I received the call.   A wonderful invention and service, that I am forever indebted to!   Meeeow:)

Birds, Rabbits and Reptiles Are Pets Too!!

As we know, in some States ALL dogs and cats must be microchipped and, even in States where this is not compulsory, many dogs and cats are also microchipped. Consequently, most (hopefully all!!) veterinarians, animal welfare shelters and Council officers routinely check for a microchip when presented with a stray dog or cat. But please remember that many pet birds, reptiles, rabbits and guinea pigs are also microchipped in the hope that it will and should improve the chances of these loved and valued pets being returned home. This reminder is to everyone to take any of these pets if found to your local veterinarian or Council so that they can be also reminded to check for the presence of a microchip and hopefully help ensure they are back with their owners as soon as possible. This is particularly important as many of these pets are susceptible to stress and can be injured or ill without it being obvious to the inexperienced observer!

Goza goes wandering!

No one likes their mobile ringing in the middle of the night. 99% of the time, its bad news. My phone went off at 12.36AM and I was sound asleep. A very calm, collected voice on the other end of the phone introduced herself, obviously taking into account that I wasn't completely with it, and told me that a lady by the name of Judy, had my dog, Goza. Very confused, as she had been sleeping soundly in her kennel just a few hours ago, I took down the details and thanked her. I went searching for my wayward beast, and sure enough, there was no sign of her.
I called Judy, who told me she was at a local truck depot and my princess had been trying to get into the trucks. Loves a road trip my girl. I arrived on the scene to find Judy standing in the carpark holding Goza by the collar. She let go and Goza very sheepishly climbed into the backseat and sat, like a good girl.  I thanked Judy and I am very grateful to both her and CAR. My princess is an American Bulldog, and most people run a mile when they see dogs like that. My girl is all love and would never hurt a fly, the breed just has a bad rep.  Judy, thankfully, didn't judge her by her big toothy smile, but by her furiously wagging tail.
So, I'd like to send a big thank you to CAR and to the lovely lady who called me in the middle of the night giving me all the relevant info I needed so calmly and concisely. And a big thank you to Judy, for not being afraid of my Princess, Goza. They are now great friends!
Sam

Maggie our adventurer

We have a 12 year old fox terrier x who wandered away from us one day & despite hours & hours of searching for her we couldn't find her. We were in a rural area that was very isolated & only had a few sporadic farm houses that were many kilometres apart. There were also a lot of predators in the area for a small animal. We found out a couple of days later that someone had seen her 12 km's up the road running like a "dog with a mission" & wouldn't let anyone catch her. We think an eagle had scared her & made her go into a panic. We didn't hear anything for a couple of weeks despite numerous calls to a number of councils & driving around the area & calling into different places to see if she had been seen. I also put an ad in the local newspaper for the area she was in. Every time we got a call from someone saying she had been spotted, we jumped into the car & headed back up there (an hour & a half drive from where we live) but each time without success. It seemed we were destined to not find her. A few days after the ad went in we started getting calls that she had been spotted about 40 km's from where she left us! The search was on in real earnest. People were looking out for her everywhere & we began to feel that just maybe we would get her back. Each time we were disappointed though & we kept missing her. Then one day, 4 weeks after she went missing, I woke up feeling like I wanted to go for one more look. I just felt really good about it this day but I delayed leaving as I had a few things to do. Just after 9am on that Monday morning, I got a phone call from my local council telling me they thought they had found her. Someone had rung & said a dog matching her description had turned up at their place on the Saturday morning looking rather tired & hungry. They managed to get close enough to her to read her tag (she was still wary but no longer running from people). Everything matched. I jumped into my car & drove to an area that was about 70 km's from where she started!!! I got out of my car & walked over to the shearing shed & began calling her name. She wasn't there & my heart sank. I thought she had wandered off & I'd missed her again but I walked along other sheds still calling her name. I went around a car & looked at a doorway & there was this little forlorn dog looking at me. It was her. She quietly walked over to me almost like she wasn't sure if she could believe her eyes that it was me, I bent down & patted her. That's when we both knew for sure & the joy began. I had tears & her tail began wagging furiously & she was whimpering & then barking. We were both so happy. I had great delight then in ringing my family & telling her that I had her. I had her checked at the vet & he couldn't believe that she was in such good condition considering her journey & her health (Maggie has cancer). It's certainly a great story to tell. Needless to say it taught me the importance of name tags for dogs with phone numbers on them. Whilst Maggie was microchipped, I hadn't gotten her a name tag & she only had her council tag but that was enough for us to be reunited; it just may have happened sooner if she had my phone number on her. I have now ordered a CAR tag for her & our other dog Missy. The photo I have included of Maggie was taken prior to her adventure.

Greyhound back on track

 I would like to thank CAR for facilitating in the recovery of our runaway greyhound, Billy, earlier today. He managed to run off from our home and before we knew it he was nowhere to be seen. With my husband and I driving around, and my son on his bike, searching the parklands along the Eastern Freeway, we were unable to find him. Over 30 mins. has passed by and we were distraught as Billy could’ve been anywhere and he has no road sense, in fact, not much sense full stop. I was thinking that our only hope was that someone would find Billy and ring the number on his collar. You cannot imagine my relief when my mobile rang while I was searching the streets and it was CAR saying that Billy had been found. Our family are so grateful to the young lady and man who stopped their cars on the Doncaster Rd. on-ramp of the Eastern Freeway, where Billy was roaming (approx. 1 km from home), and rang CAR and kept him safe until we got there to collect him. Thanks so much to both of them for their kindness and caring.

 We are so grateful and appreciative of everyone’s efforts in getting Billy back to us.

 Marlene and family