THE UK REUNIFICATION DATABASE - PETLOG

Petlog is the official UK database and is run by the UK Kennel Club. They have one 24/7 telephone number – 08444 633 999. All pet-detect® chips are registered with Petlog. When calling Petlog, you must first select the category you are enquiring about (lost pet - found pet etc), and then you are put through to a human being - thankfully not a frustrating call centre abroad. Petlog are based in Aylesbury. They charge a small fee for the LIFE-LONG registration of your pet. This fee is part of the microchip price, so the microchip Distributor will pass payment onto Petlog once that chip has been implanted and registered. Everything revolves around the microchip number so make sure you have that to hand before you call Petlog. Other databases do exist in the UK, but they are small in comparison (or held overseas) and are mainly dedicated to a particular brand of microchip and are used for marketing their product too. In our opinion, that makes them more difficult to use, because they offer a limited service and their contact numbers are not familiar to the very people who use them on a regular basis i.e. dog wardens, vets, police, rescues etc. pet-detect® only work with Petlog, and we also operate a 'back-tracking' system for those times when a microchip number has not been registered with Petlog, for whatever reason. This allows pet-detect® to track down the microchip number through the purchaser of the chips, and from their records, the owner of the pet. It's also important to know that Petlog are part of EuroPetNet. EuroPetNet cleverly connect several European databases together - so even if your pet is lost whilst you're on holiday in France or Spain or another European country, you still have a good chance of being reunited with it. This is all included in the Petlog one-off registration fee. The other databases may not be a signatory to EuroPetNet. Another source of linking world-wide databases can be found at www.petmaxx.com and is a FREE on-line microchip DATABASE LOCATOR - just type in the microchip number and it will show you the name and contact number of the database that particular microchip resides on. Cool!