Together Again: Beloved Badger’s Home And Dry

On April 28, my beloved Standard Poodle, Badger, managed to open the gate in our yard and get out. After three hours of searching in the rain, I finally decided to report him missing on PetLink. Not even ten minutes later I received a call from the local shelter asking if I was missing a dog! After confirming that I was, indeed, missing a dog, and driving to get him, I was reunited with my best friend, Badger. It may have only been for a couple of hours but it felt like forever. I have never been as anxious and scared in my entire life as I was for those few short hours. To me Badger is not just a dog. He is my friend and constant companion.

If not for my registration with PetLink, I don’t know if I would have ever seen Badger again. When I went to pick him up, the shelter volunteer told me I was lucky to have him registered with PetLink, because many people don’t go past the vet’s registration and are not added to a national database. Even though Badger had slipped his collar, through Badger’s microchip the shelter was able to find his home and the people who love him.