July 9, 2026

Your Microchip Is Only Half a Plan

If your pet is microchipped, good — you’ve done something a lot of owners never get around to. A chip is a genuine safety net: if your dog slips the gate or your cat darts out the door, a shelter or vet can scan it, find your details, and reunite you.

But here’s the part most people miss: a microchip only helps when your pet is lost and someone else has found them. It does nothing for the far more common emergency — when your pet is safe at home, and you’re the one who can’t get back.

Two very different emergencies

Think about the difference:

• Your pet gets out. A microchip shines here — it’s the map back to you.
• You can’t get home. A car accident, a hospital stay, a delayed flight. Your pet is fine — waiting behind a locked door — but no one knows they need feeding, medication, or a walk. A chip can’t help with this. There’s nothing to scan.

That second scenario is the gap MyPetAlert was built to close.

The other half of the plan

MyPetAlert covers the emergency your chip can’t. If something keeps you from getting home, a finder calls your number and enters your 12-digit code — and we live-transfer them straight to the caregiver you chose, texting and emailing that person at the same moment. If they don’t answer, we move to your backup, until someone can get to your pets.

Keep the microchip — it’s great at what it does. Then add the half it was never designed for. Membership is $19.95 for your first year (kit included), then just $1.58 a month. Together, your pet is covered whether they wander out… or you can’t get in.