What happens when a found dog or cat is found with a microchip? Well…

The good news: The found pet turned into your shelter, animal control facility or vet clinic has been scanned and he has a microchip!

The bad news: The microchip reaches a dead end. Either it was never enrolled by the shelter, rescue, vet clinic or owner or it was not updated with current contact information.

But there’s still hope! Lost Dogs of America and Helping Lost Pets have joined forces to provide a FREE service to help. Marilyn Litt of Lost Dog of Texas has been instrumental in starting and managing this team of trained volunteers who are willing to help track down those dead-end chips. They have successfully tracked down hundreds of owners of dead-end microchips. Sometimes they are even able to track down the owner when the chip is unregistered.

Marilyn Litt is the Director of the Lost Dogs of Texas organization. A member of the Lost Dogs of American family, Lost Dogs of Texas helps reunite thousands of dogs with their families every year through Facebook and flyers. Marilyn has been helping put families together, people as well as pets, since Hurricane Katrina. Marilyn is active in online efforts to get animals home after natural disasters and is known among her peers in animal rescue for this work. A native Hoosier and longtime resident of Chicago, Marilyn now lives in San Antonio, Texas with just the right number of dogs and cats.