Comments on: USB Pet ID with KoogaPet http://the-gift-idea-blog.com/pet-stuff/usb-pet-id-with-koogapet/ The place for great unique gift ideas. Tue, 08 May 2012 16:47:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Billy http://the-gift-idea-blog.com/pet-stuff/usb-pet-id-with-koogapet/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Billy Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:45:43 +0000 http://the-gift-idea-blog.com/pet-stuff/usb-pet-id-with-koogapet/#comment-9 Well Barry Stiefel, it sounds like you have a quality product there. I see the information-changing differences you mentioned not really as a problem, but more of two options for pet owners. I would opt for the Koogatag, since I use computers frequently, and am not too fond of the phone. I don't believe I'm part of the majority though, so your product may fancy more people than the one I'd choose. To be fair, the Koogatag does have a phone number printed on it. The finder can make one call, and the KoogaPeople will contact the owners, which I think is handy for finders who don't want to try to contact the owners multiple times if not successful at first. So I appreciate the plug for your product, and good luck with it. I'll leave it on here, since you went to the trouble to write up such a lovely piece. It also seems to be a great product. Good luck! Well Barry Stiefel, it sounds like you have a quality product there. I see the information-changing differences you mentioned not really as a problem, but more of two options for pet owners. I would opt for the Koogatag, since I use computers frequently, and am not too fond of the phone. I don’t believe I’m part of the majority though, so your product may fancy more people than the one I’d choose.

To be fair, the Koogatag does have a phone number printed on it. The finder can make one call, and the KoogaPeople will contact the owners, which I think is handy for finders who don’t want to try to contact the owners multiple times if not successful at first.

So I appreciate the plug for your product, and good luck with it. I’ll leave it on here, since you went to the trouble to write up such a lovely piece. It also seems to be a great product.

Good luck!

]]> By: Barry Stiefel http://the-gift-idea-blog.com/pet-stuff/usb-pet-id-with-koogapet/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Barry Stiefel Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:45:42 +0000 http://the-gift-idea-blog.com/pet-stuff/usb-pet-id-with-koogapet/#comment-8 The flash drive type of ID tag mentioned here is certainly an up to date and interesting concept…..but is reliant on having immediate access to a computer. In practical terms, not every pet is found in front of a home or in proximity to a computer (pet found in park or on busy street). What then…you basically hope the finder has time and can take the pet with them! The glaring limitation however (not unlike that of a traditional metal ID tag) is the inability of an owner to change any of the contact information stored in the drive "after" the pet has been lost! Owner compliance (keeping stored information up to date) is a very real issue and concern to shelters. If a pet is lost and an owner realizes that the contact info is not correct or does not reflect their current location (traveling out of town)…..it's too late to change it! I am addressing this comment as both an interested pet owner as well as the President of a communication products company that developed what we feel to be the most effective ID tag available to pet owners. petFINDER is a one-of-a-kind new ID tag concept based on a proprietary toll-free communication platform we originally designed and patented as a child safety solution for schools and camps. Simply put, petFINDER is like giving your dog or cat a toll-free calling card….in case they ever need to reach you”. From anywhere in North America, petFINDER makes it easy and quick to reach you 24/7 wherever you or your pet may be. With one toll-free call to the number on the petFINDER tag, the individual finding a lost pet is automatically connected directly to the owner at any of 3 contact numbers previously entered by that owner (home, cell, office, spouse, friend, etc). If not reached at the first number, without hanging up the system automatically connects the caller to the owner’s second and third numbers. Pet owners of today are mobile and on-the-go, so petFINDER’s most important feature may be in allowing that owner to make instant changes to their numbers whenever and wherever the need arises (new phone or number, a move, traveling with pet, emergency, etc). You can see more detail at http://www.finderproducts.com/products_petfinder.htm. Thank you for allowing me to add these comments. The flash drive type of ID tag mentioned here is certainly an up to date and interesting concept…..but is reliant on having immediate access to a computer. In practical terms, not every pet is found in front of a home or in proximity to a computer (pet found in park or on busy street). What then…you basically hope the finder has time and can take the pet with them!

The glaring limitation however (not unlike that of a traditional metal ID tag) is the inability of an owner to change any of the contact information stored in the drive “after” the pet has been lost! Owner compliance (keeping stored information up to date) is a very real issue and concern to shelters. If a pet is lost and an owner realizes that the contact info is not correct or does not reflect their current location (traveling out of town)…..it’s too late to change it!

I am addressing this comment as both an interested pet owner as well as the President of a communication products company that developed what we feel to be the most effective ID tag available to pet owners.

petFINDER is a one-of-a-kind new ID tag concept based on a proprietary toll-free communication platform we originally designed and patented as a child safety solution for schools and camps.

Simply put, petFINDER is like giving your dog or cat a toll-free calling card….in case they ever need to reach you”. From anywhere in North America, petFINDER makes it easy and quick to reach you 24/7 wherever you or your pet may be.

With one toll-free call to the number on the petFINDER tag, the individual finding a lost pet is automatically connected directly to the owner at any of 3 contact numbers previously entered by that owner (home, cell, office, spouse, friend, etc). If not reached at the first number, without hanging up the system automatically connects the caller to the owner’s second and third numbers.

Pet owners of today are mobile and on-the-go, so petFINDER’s most important feature may be in allowing that owner to make instant changes to their numbers whenever and wherever the need arises (new phone or number, a move, traveling with pet, emergency, etc).

You can see more detail at http://www.finderproducts.com/products_petfinder.htm.

Thank you for allowing me to add these comments.

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