I swear I'm not being paid in any way to advertise. I just have to tell other animal-loving travelers about this service because it's the best thing I can think of for traveling pet owners.
I buy all my tags from LuckyPet.com.
REASON #1:
I'm a paranoid dog mom, and I worry about my dogs getting lost while we're traveling. What if we're in an accident, or a cat slips out in a parking lot without my notice, or I'm searching for my lost dog out of cell range, etc.? It's never happened to me, but I have a cat that another RVer lost, and I've read a couple heart-wrenching Craigslist ads for dogs lost after car accidents.
For a one-time $10 fee, I'm enrolled for LIFE in their Owner Alert database. Anyone finding my dog or cat calls the 800 number on my tag, and LuckyPet calls every phone number, relative, friend, vet, etc. that I list with them until they find me. That means someone will track me down (or a responsible friend) even if, for example, I'm without my cell phone, hospitalized, or out of cell phone range. It's a one time charge and applies to all my tags, no additional fees for updating contact info, or anything else, and it never expires. For someone as itinerant as I am, this is a wonderful thing.
Furthermore, if you're a procrastinator like I am, it won't matter if you haven't updated your tags with new contact info. You just call immediately to do it when you lose a pet. You can't do that with a normal tag, and I used to see too many dogs wearing worthless, outdated ID in the shelter where I used to work because we couldn't get hold of the owners, and the owners didn't know where to look for their lost dog or cat (or they forgot the contact info was outdated).
REASON #2:
They just replaced my worn-out tags from 2007 for FREE. They even updated the replacements with my new contact info. They did it over the phone and I got the tags 3 days later. I almost felt guilty using the lifetime warranty. There was nothing wrong with the tags except that my active dogs each wears several tags, a bell, and a nightlight, so tags get beaten up.
REASON #3
Avid (pet microchip company) charges me $15 every time I update my contact information. That sucks, but I can give Avid (and HomeAgain, and 24PetWatch) my LuckyPet ID info, and thus circumvent the insane fees the microchip companies charge to update my contact info by just keeping it up to date with LuckyPet for free instead.
Besides all that, LuckyPet's customer service is fantastic, and they carry an enormous selection really good quality tags and other forms of ID in every conceivable style, including jeweled rags, slip-ons, and even embroidered collars so you don't have to mess with tags at all. Nice.
I know it sounds like I'm working for them or something, but I'm not. I've just worked rescue and rehab long enough to know the value of really good ID, and I've never seen or heard of a better system.
Hope this helps some other paranoid dog and cat people.
