Overbrook Gardens Pet Registry and Rescue

 Last June, in the dark of night, a tiny Yorkshire Terrier, named Flash, was found wandering our neighborhood.  With the help of some concerned residents this story had a happy ending.  Flash spent the night with Jack and Bev Rienks, and their cat, Sasha, and was reunited with his family in the morning after a neighbor saw the flyer the owner had posted.  Within a few weeks of this incident, Flash had again wandered from his home.   This time however, we had the owner’s contact information, so this little guy was returned, dare we say, in a flash!

Recently, we were contacted by Marty and Skip Wheeler about another lost dog needing assistance.   This friendly,  little, well groomed, male silky terrier just wandered into their yard and made himself comfortable.  He had a collar with no tag.  He was taken to the Englewood Animal Hospital to be scanned for a microchip.  He did have a microchip but it wasn’t registered.  Although the Veterinary staff tried to help by calling the chip manufacturer, it was to no avail.  It was obvious that it would be helpful if we had a standardized protocol of actions that might be taken to locate the owners.  This incident also made us aware that we needed volunteers who would be willing to be a short term foster parent if it became necessary.  In this case, Glenn Murphy stepped forward to take care of this sweet boy.  Thankfully, the next day, we received a call from the owner.  Dax was reunited with his family who were in the process of preparing to leave the area.

The message here is simple. Be a responsible pet owner!   Place a collar on your pet with an ID tag, or get your pet microchiped and register the chip properly.  Also, consider registering your pet with our registry.  With the predatory wildlife that inhabit our area, and motor vehicles driving on some of our dimly lit streets, wandering pets can find themselves in life-threatening circumstances very quickly.

As proactive responsible pet owners, Paula Cullison and Jack Rienks developed a new feature of the OGA web site to help return lost pets safely to their owners.  We have created a neighborhood pet registry to assist residents to identify pets that wander loose and to reunite them with their families.   Currently the pet information will be kept in a secure manner with access limited to our Security Patrol and Board members.  Registering your pet is completely voluntary.  When we are informed  of lost or found pet, we post an alert on the website,  the SR-776 marquee, and place “lost or found pet” signs around the neighborhood.   We can email our registry information with picture to the owner who can make flyers to post as well.   Security patrol members will also be notified to be on the look out.

To register your pet in our Pet Registry & Rescue, please contact Paula Cullison, 941-474-0304.   This service is free.  You will be provided with a registration form for you to complete and send back with a picture of your pet.  Your information will not be posted for public access on the web site without your permission.  Below are examples of the database that we are compiling.

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