Our pets are a big part of our family and we need everyone’s help when a pet gets lost. Please keep in mind when you find a lost pet that there is a family desperately looking for that pet. Remember to always check with your local dog officer and animal shelter to see if someone has reported that pet missing.
Gracie came across some important tips for finding a lost pet and wanted to share them with all of you.
Don’t Wait! Start your search right away. Get outside immediately and start calling your pet’s name, make a lot of noise and knock on doors in the neighborhood. Most dogs and cats stay fairly close to where they were originally lost.
Make Flyers and Consider a Reward. Make up flyers with your pet's photo, age, gender, breed and color, and your contact information. Distribute them to neighbors, area businesses, veterinary offices, police departments, and animal shelters. You can also post them at traffic intersections and pet supply stores.
File a lost pet report with every shelter within a 60-mile radius of your home and visit the nearest shelters daily, if possible.
Search repeatedly and look in hiding places. Keep in mind that pets are often afraid when they’re lost and find hiding places, usually nearby.
Important Things to Remember:
Collar ID Tags are very important. At the very least, your cell phone number should be included on the tag.
Microchips the size of a grain of rice can be implanted under your pet's skin, usually between the shoulder blades. They transmit an identification code and the phone number of the appropriate registry via radio frequency waves. If a pet is found, the shelter or veterinarian will routinely scan for a chip and contact the registry. In turn, the microchip company will contact the pet owner.
If your pet has gone missing, immediately contact the dog officer and/or animal shelters in your area. Then contact GRACIE Alert at [email protected].
GRACIE Alert activates an urgent blog post about a missing pet that is broadcasted over the internet and shared in several social networking sites. The goal of a GRACIE Alert is to instantly notify the entire pet community to assist in the search for and the safe recovery of a pet.
We are still looking for Pepper, a 6 year old Australian Cattle Dog, lost on December 21, 2010 in the Westport MA area. Please help Pepper and family be together once again! Read More