| Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone? |
If you have lost a pet: 1) If your pet is micro chipped through Home Again, contact Home Again immediately. Home again will contact all of the shelters, rescues, and vet clinics within a 25 mile radius and start the search for your pet. They will also send you printable fliers to post in your community. 2) Call all vet clinics in the area. Dogs will sometimes become injured while out on the run. Call all vet clinics and give them your name, contact information, and a description of your pet. 3) Call the local animal control and/or shelter. Someone may have picked up or turned in your dog. Most shelters and animal control facilities will keep a lost and found log. Give them your contact information and a description of your pet and they will call you if it is turned in. 4) Put in ad in the newspaper. Check the "Found" dog listings. 5) Place a free classified ad on www.petfinder.com. There are also listings in the classified ads for "Found" pets. Look there as well. 6) Place a free ad on www.nashvillepetfinders.org. You can also search through the "Found" dog listings. 7) Put up fliers in every vet clinic, shelter, grocery store and other public places in your area. 8) Keep looking. Drive around. Call out your dog's name. Talk to people that you see outside of their houses. Ask the mail carrier and the garbage truck drivers to be on the lookout for your dog. If you have found a pet: 1) Look for any identification. Check the ears and inner thigh for tattoos if the dog is not wearing a collar. 2) If the dog is wearing a rabies tag, call your local vet clinic. They may be able to trace the tag. 3) Take the dog to the vet and have them check for a microchip. 4) Call local shelters and animal control facilities. Give them a description of the found dog. 5) Place a free ad on www.petfinder.com. Check the "Lost" dog listings. 6) Place a free ad on www.nashvillepetfinders.org. Check the "Lost" dog listings. 7) Put up fliers in local vet clinics, shelters, grocery stores, and other public places. 8) Put an ad in the paper. Remember, just because an animal looks ragged, matted, or is skinny doesn't mean that the owners did not take care of that pet. Life on the street can make a dog pretty scruffy pretty fast. Someone may be searching for that dog day and night and missing their best friend. If you put up fliers, be sure to withhold some distinguishing characteristic from the description of the dog. Some people will claim that a pet is theirs just to get a free dog. If the dog is wearing a collar, ask them what color it is. If the dog has a special marking somewhere, ask them what it is. |
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| Tips for finding your lost dog and finding your found dog's owner |
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