Guides and Articles

Everything HomeSafePet publishes to help you protect, identify, and recover your pet.

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Pet Safety Tips

10 Ways to Keep Your Pet Safe

Simple habits every pet parent can build into daily life to lower the chance of a pet going missing.

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QR Tag Guide

How QR Tags Work

A HomeSafePet QR tag connects your pet to a profile that anyone can open with a phone camera.

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Microchip Info

Microchip 101

What a microchip is, what the number means, and why registration is the part that actually reunites pets.

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Getting Started

Getting Started with HomeSafePet

A short walkthrough from creating an account to having a protected, scannable pet profile.

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Getting Started

Claim and Set Up Your QR Tag

How to link a new tag to a pet profile and fill it in so it is genuinely useful to a finder.

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Microchip Info

How to Register Your Pet's Microchip

What you need before you start, how the HomeSafePet registry record works, and how to keep it accurate.

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Lost Pet Help

What to Do in the First 24 Hours After Your Pet Goes Missing

A practical order of operations for the first hours, when most pets are still close to home.

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Lost Pet Help

What a Finder Sees When They Scan Your Tag

A walk through the finder experience so you know exactly what your profile presents.

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Lost Pet Help

You Found a Pet. Here Is What to Do

Practical steps for anyone who has found a lost animal, with or without a tag.

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Pet Safety Tips

Keeping Your Pet Information Current

Out of date contact details are the most common reason identification fails. A yearly check fixes it.

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