Steps/Tips to Help Find a Lost Pet
#1 Search
~Property Thoroughly
~House
~Cars
*Check every nook and cranny, bring a Flashlight. Please be aware that injured and scared pets will try to hide.
#2 Walk the neighborhood
~Ask around
*Leave your pets info and your phone#. Carry your pet’s favorite toys, treats… These can be useful tools. As walking around, searching, talking make sure you talk time to just stop and listen.
#3 Leave Scent Outside
~Leave the Pet’s bedding, your cloths, toys outside in a common area so that this might help attract them back home.
#4 Call Your Vet., other local Vets, Animal Control, Humane Societies, Animal Shelters, check on-line sites.
*You must always go look. Descriptions from one person to another may not match. You know your pet. Many times your lost pet is another persons found pet or animal that they will turn into places like these. Also keep in mind depending how long your pet has been gone for appearances can alter a bit.
*Bring with you pictures (colored pics preferred). Leave the pictures at these places with your pet’s info and your phone number.
~Place in well visited, easy to see places. Example: Eye level on telephone poles. Your flyers/posters should be on bright colored paper, clear and legible writing with a picture of your pet, description, and your phone #.
*Using this method produces more finds!
~Newspaper/Penny Savers ads
*A lot of times they offer these free for a certain amount of time.
*Safety Tips
~Don’t Search alone, Don’t Respond to a "found" contact alone, Never use your full name or address!
How to Protect your Pets
Make sure all vaccinations are up to date.
Fence options
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Gates securely locked
Never let pets roam free
Transport cats & small dogs in carriers
Have good photos of your pets
Collar and Pet tags
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With Current phone #
Rabies Tag on Collar
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Whomever can contact your vet with the Id # and through your Vet you can be contacted/notified
Microchip or tattoo
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If pet was adopted @ the Local SPCA they should have automatically been tattooed, in the ear and on one of the back inner legs). This info would have been given to you with adoption but the SPCA also keeps a record.
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Ask your Vet. About microchipping
Spay and Neuter Your Pets
