We ID pets that have NO ID...
Because tags wear out, widgets fail and six out of ten microchips aren't registered. In a device-filled world, our solution is deviceless.
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The Future of Pet Identification is... not another device.
"We cannot solve our problems with the same level of thinking that created them." - Einstein
The world doesn't need another widget on a collar, it needs centralized data and a better identification system. FourLeggedTribe™ creates virtual IDs for pets. When there's no ID, the pet is the ID.
FourLeggedTribe™ is a web-based application encompassing a database for ALL pet IDs and a patent-pending, visual interface that creates virtual IDs based on genetic criteria. Our 12-Point PetMatch™ leverages our natural ability for pattern recognition. When other IDs fail, the pet is still connected to his tribe because his Virtual ID makes him the Actual ID. No chip, tag or widget required.
Progress So Far:
Years of research
Canine genetics. Chips and widgets. Stakeholders. The market and its problems. Shelter issues.
Patent pending
12-Point PetMatch™: Our virtual ID system. Still waiting... Waiting.
MVP Build
70% complete including the visual UI for 12-Point PetMatch™.
Number of followers
Facebook to date: 31,447.
The Great Disconnect
"In a technologically connected world...why can't we fix the lost pet problem?" - Steve Wozniak
The lost-pet problem can be summed up in one word: Disconnection. Pet owners can be disconnected from their pets because of error-prone hardware. Pets can be disconnected from any database because their information wasn't registered before they went missing. Databases are disconnected from each other because competitors don't collaborate. And shelters are disconnected from each other due to proprietary software. When reunification depends on connection, the market fails miserably. With the advent of millions of people enjoying pet-friendly travel destinations, the problem is compounded when pets go missing in cities they don't live in.... And for those people that leave their pets at home while they travel, current ID methods only connect to the pet owner (when they work), not the pet caregiver.
No Central Data Aggregation
The first Achilles Heel of lost-pet identification: Without a central database, users have no fast and effective way to find information.
Hardware Problems
The second Achilles Heel: When the tag is worn out, the widget fails and the chip isn't registered, users have no back-up ID system in place.
Fragmented Market
There is a plethora of competing microchip companies (middlemen), widget makers and lost-pet websites but each exists in isolation from the other which challenges the flow, availability and location of information when needed.
Lack of Collaboration
Shelters use different software products but not a common API. Microchip companies and city license departments will not make IDs publicly available.
Features and Benefits
Fixing The Disconnects
Always be connected to your pet through his virtual ID.
Lost a Pet?
The Right Search Parameters: Database of found pets searchable by any known ID, partial ID or wrong ID... And by 12-Point PetMatch™ when other IDs fail. Increases pet-finder involvement by eliminating the need to get a microchip scan, search multiple databases or rely on IDs that are not publicly available, and enables free found-pet listing.
Identification
The Right ID System: All IDs in one place. Includes wrong phone numbers, rabies, license and chip tags, tattoos, microchips, GPS serial numbers, and a 12-Point PetMatch™ virtual ID that makes it virtually impossible for a pet to be disconnected from his tribe.
PetShare™
The Right Connection: Out of town and unreachable? At work and can't be disturbed? Pets are now connected to the right person whether that is the owner, the sitter or the groomer.
Found a Pet?
The Right "Wrong" Number: Search members' lost pets by any known ID, partial ID, wrong ID, or by 12-Point PetMatch™ when other IDs fail. Even wrong phone numbers can now be connected to the right ones. Increases member confidence in reunification since all IDs are in one place and publicly available during a lost-pet event.
Pet Alert
The Right Timing: Owners and PetShare™ users can issue lost-pet alerts within 30-seconds. Eliminates the problem of delayed information being out of sync with timely sightings of a pet. Helps finders get pets home faster and easier than ever before.
Pet IQ
The Right Inspiration: Slideshows of physical characteristics. Increases user confidence in creating 12-Point PetMatch™ profiles.
With centralized, public aggregation of pet ID data and a way to earn points for participation, we solve the disconnects in pet reunification and provide incentives to participate so pet families are prepared for a missing pet event. Our goal is a big one: To create a centralized ID system incorporating a 12-Point PetMatch™ for every pet in America - Safe, Lost or Found.
Virtual ID
12-Point PetMatch™
connects you to your pet.
Extended Contacts
PetShare™
connects your pet to your tribe.
One place / All IDs
FourLeggedTribe™
connects your pet back to you.
The Team
Tribal Elders
Bodhi
A Portuguese Water Dog of Immense Wisdom. Best Friend. Confidant. Thirteen years young. (Atypically worried about all the lost cats in the neighborhood.)
Kirk. Cap'n James T.
Has a ten year mission to love, be loved and boldy pee where all dogs have peed before. Believes there is always a solution to any problem.
Bones. Leonard McCoy.
Can't cook chicken soup since it's difficult to do without opposable thumbs but can definitely soothe your soul. Loyal Sidekick.