The National Pet Register: insurance against leaving the gate open!

Staff at The Lost Dogs’ Home and the National Pet Register would be millionaires if they got a dollar for every time they heard an owner explain that their pet doesn’t go anywhere without them, that they are always inside or in a secure yard.

Unfortunately accidents do happen, doors and gates are left open. This is what happened to Luna and Lucky, two dogs living in different states of Australia. Both much loved and happy family pets that simply went to explore their neighborhoods when the opportunity of an open gate presented itself. Thankfully they were both wearing their free National Pet Register collar tags demonstrating why it is so important that all pets are identifiable.

Luna’s escapeLiving in a small, remote mining town in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, Luna, a nine-month old Bull Terrier took the opportunity to have a Sunday morning stroll and join some miners for breakfast in the nearby miner’s unit township after discovering the gate had blown open.

“We didn’t even realise she’d gone missing until we got a phone call from the National Pet Register in Melbourne that told us a miner, not far away, had found her and taken her inside,” explained Luna’s owner Kim.

Even though it was early morning, it still would have been a scorching 41 degrees, so thirst would have driven Luna to find water and food.

“The miners are pretty good guys down there, and Luna would have been a friendly breakfast guest,” said Kim.

This was Luna’s first escape from home and Kim will do her best to ensure it will be her last. Kim was thrilled to have Luna back home with her so quickly because of her National Pet Register tag.

Lucky by name, lucky by natureJust like Luna, Lucky, a six-year old Maltese took the opportunity to explore the neighbourhood when someone left the side gate open. Lucky wound up at the local butchers where he was given a massive bone to gnaw on.

“Wayne and I were at work at the time, and the kids were at school, so the first I knew of Lucky’s wandering was when I got the first of two phone calls from the National Pet Register about him wandering the neighborhood,” said Jenny.

Lucky was spotted by a passer-by on her rush to work that morning. Getting the details from Lucky’s collar tag, she alerted the National Pet Register, which immediately got in touch with Jenny, who left work to begin tracking Lucky down.

“I got a second call from the greengrocer telling me Lucky was there. She’d given him a bowl of water and he still had his bone from the butcher, so he was as happy as Larry,” laughed Jenny.

“Lucky is my son Ned’s dog, but he is loved by brother Henry too and the whole family, so for the whole hour between being notified by the National Pet Register to where he was to when I picked him up, awful thoughts were rushing through my head of course,” explained Jenny.

Both Jenny and Kim and their families were so pleased they put National Pet Register free ID tags on their dogs’ collars. It was a quick and simple process of just logging onto petregister.com.au to request the tags, and it saved the families a lot of worry and heartache.

To receive your pet’s free National Pet Register tag, visit petregister.com.au