Tracking a Pet
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The ability to track a pet delivers functionality to direct a search team to a specific area quickly. Working in conjunction with pet sightings or a tip phoned in, you can contact your search team in minutes. Depending upon the size of your team and their distance from the sighting, you could have hundreds of searchers on the ground ready to assist you to catch your pet.

Some key points about this feature:

 
 The person who listed the pet(usually the owner), decides if they wish to allow other members to track their pet. Only the owner can send out a txt message..  For now a text message can only be sent from the desktop application.  We will be releasing a mobile phone app soon and other features that will further assist you in getting your pet back home.
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 Each member decides which pets they want to track
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 Please use this technology sparingly and responsibly. We recommend you only text your tracking team when you have a confirmed sighting.  If you txt message them too frequently, they will stop responding and will likely not respond when you really need them.
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 Tracking a pet should only be invoked for pets that are on the run and not able to be caught or trapped by other means.

Please Note
Tracking a pet and assisting to catch a pet is very risky.  You can easily be bitten or otherwise attacked as the pet will most likely be very fearful.  By tracking a pet, you are assuming this responsibility.

Helping Lost Pets assumes no responsibility for this risk and in no way are we encouraging you to track any pet.

 
The first step is to locate the pet you wish to track. If you are the owner and want people to be able to receive alerts from you, you must first turn on this feature.

Just hover over the diamond that represents the pet.
   

When you see the pets summary window, just click.
   
If you want to track the pet, click on the Track button.

If you are the person who listed this pet, skip down below three screens.

   

You can receive an email alert and/or a txt alert.  The message you receive will be the same.

If you want to receive a txt alert, enter your mobile phone, your country and you carrier.

Click on the Save Mobile Number after you have put in your mobile phone number.
   

Click on the Save Mobile Number button generates a txt to your phone with your activation PIN. Enter the PIN into the box and click the Activate button.
   

This is the screen the person that listed the pet sees. The screen tells them how many members are tracking their pet and allows them to put in a txt message.

You should TEST this feature at least once after you have some people tracking your pet.

Enter a message like this:

This is a TEST message only.  Thank you for tracking (my pet).  Please email me at myname@xxxxx.com so I know you have received my message.

Thanks
Your Name
   

 

 

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