Virginia, dear, remember that it's hip to be square (according to Huey Lewis). :) There will surely be lots of photos taken of each activity over the course of the conference. I will share whatever I manage to capture. Connie

It's carpet...it's on the floor. If there is dirt around it will land on the floor. Carpet doesn't "attract" dirt...like pull it out of some place else...if there is dirt it will land on the floor.

I'm pretty sure either one would work. My profile shows up on both links. What kind of problems are they having?

So glad he made it back home. Lulu was chipped but there was no registration. The man who had her when she was surrendered to the shelter hadn't even checked her for a chip. The shelter and rescue say a search was done and exhausted, but I also know they didn't want that man to have her because he hadn't cared for her. I didn't want to take a chance on thinking she was mine and then have another owner show up, so I searched myself and verified that the microchip people couldn't trace any records. Sometimes they can trace to a vet or breeder who bought that chip, but even that can be a needle in a haystack. When you register, you need to name your vet. PetLink is the network for reporting microchip numbers and they will release the vet's name, so the vet will be the person contacted. I was told they may not give out owner's contact info for security reasons, but I don't know if that would be the case if that is all they have. I just wouldn't want to take a chance and would want to make it as easy as possible for someone to find us. I put Lulu's microchip number on her collar tag (ex: MC123456789) hoping someone without a chip reader could figure that out. Hope we never have to test it.