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There are a lot of little lives out there. Meet one.
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Lost & FoundA lost or found animal: what to do first, and a report.
Help without adoptingFoster for a while, volunteer, send someone an animal.
Looking for a home? Discover · Illustrative preview, fictional animals
- Written by their rescue
- Unknowns stay unknown
- The rescue decides
- Never who adopted
Something happening right now?
The first thing to do, then a free guide for the rest.
Your dog or cat just went missing
Search on foot from where they were last seen, then call your microchip registry and local shelters today.
You found a dog or cat
Stay safe, check for a tag, and get a free microchip scan at any vet or shelter.
You found kittens outside
Clean and quiet? Watch from well away for a few hours: the mother is probably near. Cold, wet or hurt: warmth first, then a rescue or vet.
You are about to adopt
Ask how applications are reviewed and what the fee covers. Write down what the profile says is still unknown.
You could foster
Ask what the organization pays for, who to call in an emergency, and how long a placement usually lasts.
Cats live outside near you
Look for an ear tip: a straight clip across one ear means already neutered, and probably cared for.
All guides and printable checklists →Still early: no shelter or rescue has completed a pilot yet, and no clinic is connected.
Operating software for shelters & rescues
One reviewed record for every animal in your care.
Intake, vet notes, fosters, applications and the public profile, attached to the animal, with an owner and a person approving what changes.
$20/month per organization · no seat limits · founder-led early access
Juniper
Case A-2481Dog · about 3 years · in foster with the Reyes household
- Record owner
- MayaAdoption coordinator
- Reviewer
- JordanVolunteer reviewer
- Due
- Today · 4:00 PM
Current blocker
Foster update has not been reviewed
Next action: review the foster observation before the profile changes
Sources on the record
- Intake note · finder reportSam · intake coordinator · Day 0
- Intake examPartner clinic, entered by Sam · Day 1
- Foster check-inReyes household · foster · Today · 9:12 AM
- Application · housing documentBrennan household · applicant · Today · 10:04 AM
Harbor Light Rescue and Juniper are fictional. This is the workspace layout, not customer data.
Your team has the information. It just never meets in one place.
Without one record
One animal. Six places. No shared owner.
Intake form
“Friendly, no chip.”
Paper, in a folder
Text message
“Fine with our cat after a day.”
In one coordinator's phone
Spreadsheet
“Status: available?”
Last edited last week
Vet paperwork
“Vaccines given.”
Scanned, unnamed PDF
Applicant email
“How is she at the door?”
In a personal inbox
Public listing
“A joy on walks.”
Week-one wording
- Nobody owns the next step
- No shared review state
- No reliable current version
Follow Juniper through a normal week.
01
Juniper comes in
Sam records what the finder knows, with the source attached. What nobody has seen is marked unknown.
Intake note · finder reportSam · intake coordinator · Day 0- Has lived with other dogsFrom the intake noteKnown
- Comfort around young childrenNobody has seen her with young childrenUnknown
02
Her foster checks in
The Reyes household sends an update from the foster portal. It lands on Juniper's record, not in a group chat.
Foster check-inReyes household · foster · Today · 9:12 AM“Fine with our cat after a day. Startles at the doorbell, settles in a minute.”
Needs reviewInternal only03
The profile is held
The public wording no longer matches what the team knows. Jordan holds it, with a reason, and gets the review task.
PublishedHeldReviewer: Jordan · due Today · 4:00 PM04
An applicant asks a question
The Brennans ask how she does with visitors. The question stays on the record, owned by Maya, waiting on the review.
Application · housing documentBrennan household · applicant · Today · 10:04 AMWaiting on staff reviewNot scored05
A person approves the new wording
A draft is built only from the attached sources. Jordan edits it and approves. Young children stays a question.
Juniper is a friendly three-year-old who has lived with other dogs and settled with her foster family's cat after a day. She startles at the doorbell and settles in a minute. Nobody has seen her with young children yet, so ask us.
Built from 2 sourcesApproved by Jordan06
The record remembers
Every hold, routing and change is written down with the person and the reason.
Today · 10:18 AM
Jordan · volunteer reviewer held the public profile
Published → HeldReason: Latest foster note is not reflectedSource: Foster check-in
Today · 9:20 AM
Dana · foster coordinator routed the foster check-in for review
Source: Foster check-in
$20 / month
Per shelter or rescue. Staff, volunteers and fosters included.
Where WhiskerMatch is today
- The shelter workspace is real, working software.
- Onboarding with direct founder support.
- No shelter or rescue has completed a pilot yet. We are looking for the first teams.
The software keeps the record. People make the calls.
A person decides
No placement, applicant or publishing decision is automated.
Sources stay attached
Every fact keeps who said it, when, and who can see it.
Unknown means unknown
Gaps stay marked as gaps. Nothing is guessed to look complete.
Review before public
A named reviewer approves what adopters read.
Straight answers.
- Is it free for adopters, fosters and finders?
- Yes. Guides, printable tools, Lost & Found, Discover, Whisker World and accounts cost nothing. Shelters and rescues pay $20 a month per organization, with no charge per person.
- Are the animals real?
- Profiles from shelters and rescues here are real and reviewed by their own staff. Anything illustrative is labeled that way and never takes an application.
- Who approves an adoption?
- People at the shelter or rescue. WhiskerMatch does not score, rank or approve anyone.
- What happens to a lost or found report?
- It is prepared on your own device so you can copy it where people look. It is not published or sent anywhere.