Current:Home > reviewsSurpassing:What do you do if you find a lost dog or cat? Ring's new Pet Tag lets you contact owners. -MoneyTrend
Surpassing:What do you do if you find a lost dog or cat? Ring's new Pet Tag lets you contact owners.
SignalHub View
Date:2025-04-07 22:51:35
Ring,Surpassing the Amazon-owned company known for its doorbell cameras, just launched Pet Tag to help owners find their lost pets.
The tag attaches to a pet's collar and has a custom QR code printed on it, which when scanned, allows a person to contact the pet's owner. But unlike the usual tags that may have the owner's name and contact number on them, the QR code links to a pet profile that allows rescuers to directly reach out to the owner, without the owner having to share their personal contact information.
The company clarified that the Pet Tag doesn't have a GPS tracker and cannot help track your pet's movements.
How does the Pet Tag work?
Owners will need to set up a pet profile first and include photos of the pet, medical needs and the pet's familiar commands.
If the pet goes missing, owners can activate Lost Pet Mode in their Ring app, and set up a custom message to alert other Ring users about the pet.
If someone finds the pet and scans the QR code, it alerts the owner that their pet was found, while sending the pet's profile to the rescuer so they can contact the owner.
Once the pet is home safe, the owner can turn off the Lost Pet Mode in their app.
How much does the Pet Tag cost?
The Pet Tag can be preordered for $9.99 and is eligible for free shipping. It ships only within the U.S. and currently has an estimated delivery date of Oct. 4.
Maia, the dog who escapedthe world's busiest airport, found hiding 24 days later
Pets not welcome?Publix posts signs prohibiting pets and emotional support animals
veryGood! (87)
Related
- EU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
- Lina Khan is taking swings at Big Tech as FTC chair, and changing how it does business
- Credit Card Nation: How we went from record savings to record debt in just two years
- And Just Like That's Costume Designers Share the Only Style Rule they Follow
- Alex Murdaugh’s murder appeal cites biased clerk and prejudicial evidence
- To Equitably Confront Climate Change, Cities Need to Include Public Health Agencies in Planning Adaptations
- Baltimore Continues Incinerating Trash, Despite Opposition from its New Mayor and City Council
- Boy, 10, suffers serious injuries after being thrown from Illinois carnival ride
- Travis Hunter, the 2
- Boy, 10, suffers serious injuries after being thrown from Illinois carnival ride
Ranking
- McKinsey to pay $650 million after advising opioid maker on how to 'turbocharge' sales
- Can California Reduce Dairy Methane Emissions Equitably?
- Fox News stands in legal peril. It says defamation loss would harm all media
- These Secrets About Sleepless in Seattle Are Like... Magic
- Rolling Loud 2024: Lineup, how to stream the world's largest hip hop music festival
- Blinken pushes against Rand Paul's blanket hold on diplomatic nominees, urges Senate to confirm them
- In Pennsylvania’s Hotly Contested 17th Congressional District, Climate Change Takes a Backseat to Jobs and Economic Development
- How Taylor Swift's Cruel Summer Became the Song of the Season 4 Years After Its Release
Recommendation
Sam Taylor
Listener Questions: baby booms, sewing patterns and rural inflation
Toxic algae is making people sick and killing animals – and it will likely get worse
Line 3 Drew Thousands of Protesters to Minnesota This Summer. Last Week, Enbridge Declared the Pipeline Almost Finished
'Malcolm in the Middle’ to return with new episodes featuring Frankie Muniz
NYC Mayor Eric Adams is telling stores to have customers remove their face masks
Baltimore Continues Incinerating Trash, Despite Opposition from its New Mayor and City Council
U.S. has welcomed more than 500,000 migrants as part of historic expansion of legal immigration under Biden
Tags
Like
- Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
- A Silicon Valley lender collapsed after a run on the bank. Here's what to know
- Warming Trends: Swiping Right and Left for the Planet, Education as Climate Solution and Why It Might Be Hard to Find a Christmas Tree