There is as new online and phone app that may possibly be
the next best thing to a gravy biscuit for Fido owners! This new app is called findingrover.com
and what it does is allows people to reunite with their lost pets with only a
picture using face recognition.
This will be helpful this July 4th holiday when
so many pets run off once the boom of the fireworks start. Unfortunately many
do not keep their dogs in the home and
sometimes dogs that are in the home become so frightened they jump out the
window.
Findingrover.com is an
easy to use , Just go online, to www.findingrover.com
upload your dog’s picture, try to use a
facial profile as you will need to put the eyes in a certain place. Add the
name, breed, and birth date or age and you are set!
You can find their face book page here https://www.facebook.com/FindingRover
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| Uploading pictures to the computer |
If you are the finder of the lost dog make sure to get a
head shot to send in, not a full body shot though a body shot may be helpful later
to show the potential owner. .
On the website under the Search icon there is also a list of
dogs lost and found in your area which is a good thing to check to see if your
dog has been found or to help identify a dog you have found.
This is relatively new so more dog members may need to get
online and register in your area so spread the word to friends. The more dog
owners out there, the better chance you have to recover your dog in your area,
or if you are traveling and the dog gets lost, then it will help there too!
Of
course I would be remiss if I did not put this to the test! So after uploading
Brody’s profile pic, I then went under the “found dogs” icon and uploaded
another picture of Brody’s face to see
if his profile would come up. The site scanned Brody’s face and brought me to
two dogs that looked like Shih Tzu’s not at all like Brody’s description.
Needless to say I was a bit disappointed that Brody’s picture did not come up.
However, I went back to my home page and reported Brody missing, then did
another check and Volia, there was his picture at the top of the page under Found!
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| Lost Dog Post |
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| Dogs that match Brody's facial profile You can see that Brody is on top of the list |
I would say I have to play around with this a bit on my
android as I am not really phone savvy, But I can take a picture of a found dog
on my phone, send it to my email then upload it to the site. As for the
computer, it worked out fine and I was able to find my dog, albeit sleeping in
my own bed!
I would give this App 4 paws up, especially for ease of use
with the computer. If you are phone savvy then it should be just as easy!
Reporting Instructions
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Report a Found Dog
Last Updated: Jan 23, 2015 02:05PM PST
On a Mobile Device
1.
Tap Report! in the bottom
middle of the screen
2.
Click Found
3.
Click Okay to
upload a photo from your device or to take a new photo
4.
To upload an existing photo, click on the photo boxes (bottom
right)
5.
To take a new photo, use the Bark Button (bottom
left) to get your dogs attention, click the Photo Button.
Make sure to focus on your dogs face
6.
To retake the photo, click Back in
the top left corner
On the Web
1.
Click Report! in the
top middle of the screen
2.
Click Found
3.
Click on the Choose File button to
navigate to an existing photo
The following steps are the same on mobile devices and the web
Adjust the photo
1.
Click on the photo to move it so that the eyes are lined
up with the line across
2.
Click Next in the top right
corner
3.
Place a circle on each eye and the triangle on the nose
4.
Click Next in the top right
corner, the photo will then be scanned
Location
1.
Identify the location the animal was lost from by typing
in an address, cross streets, or moving the pin to the correct location
2.
Click Next in the top right hand
corner
Enter details
1.
Enter YOUR primary contact phone number (usually a cell
phone)
2.
Enter the actual date the dog was found
3.
If there is a reward, enter the amount
4.
Enter any additional information that will help
(distinguishing features, gender, collar description,
temperament, date/time found, etc.)
5.
Click Done in
the top right corner, the photo will be auto scanned
Search
Search
1.
Based on a scan of the photo, Possible Matches posted
by other Finding Rover members
in the area will display
Possible Match
Possible Match
1.
If a lost report is located that could be the same dog,
click on the photo of the Possible Match to open the profile
2.
Click Match? to link the records
together FIRST
3.
Click Create Match (this will
now show on your Home page)
4.
The Possible Match record will
display at the bottom of the screen (scroll down)
5.
This will display the Possible Match record
on the owners, finders or partners Home page that they will see the next time
they access their account
Make Contact
On aMobile
Device
Make Contact
On a
1.
If a phone number is available, click Call ‘Name of
Possible Owner’ to call
2.
If a phone number is available, click Text Message ‘Name
of Possible Owner’ to send a text
3.
Click Email ‘Name of Possible Owner’ to
contact through your email system (Outlook, Gmail, etc.)
On the Web
1.
The phone number of the partner will display
2.
Click Email ‘Name of Possible O
Internet search finding rover, hit bars menu on upper left, click login
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