Update ID
Be sure your contact information is current with the microchip or tattoo ID registry and your veterinarian.
Contact Animal Services & Local Shelters
Someone may have already called or turned your pet into a local shelter. Ask what the holding requirements and days/hours of operation are. Fill out missing pet reports and provide a photo and/or poster. Visit Animal Services every day if possible to view newly found pets – calling is not enough.
Start Searching Immediately
The sooner you search, the closer to home your pet may be. Walk the area to help the pet detect your scent. Take your pet’s scented articles, favorite squeak toys, treats in a container to shake, a flashlight, and a picture of your pet. Talk to people in the neighborhood with picture in hand. Give out flyers if available.
Leave a Scent
Leave articles of clothing and/or bedding with your scent and the pet’s scent outside your home and near the pet’s favorite spots.
Find Pictures
A picture can be everything when identifying a lost pet. Digital pictures can be used when posting online ads and creating flyers. Prints are proof of ownership.
Hang Posters/Flyers
Place posters/flyers in the area and on public bulletin boards at feed stores, grocery stores, markets, post offices, and pet supply stores, groomers, schools, laundry mats, parks, and veterinarians. Restricted areas usually include mailboxes, utility poles, and traffic signs.
Contact Veterinarians
Call all vet clinics in the area the pet was lost and give them a complete description.Ask if a poster can be placed in a window and provide one immediately.
Advertise
Place ads in local newspapers and publications, on Pets Path Home, and other online lost and found pet sites and registries. Check the publications and websites daily.
Record a Message
Include a brief message on the answering machine or voice mail of the phone number listed in your ad and poster. Do this right before posters are distributed and ads are published.
Don’t Give Up!
Keep your contact information up-to-date with all resources and don't give up - reunions have been known to happen months, even years, after losing a pet.
Successful Reunion
Congratulations! Be prepared to present proof of ownership and matching ID through current rabies documentation, veterinary records, photo(s) of you and your pet together, papers, etc. Always offer to reimburse the finder for the pet's expenses and a reward, if applicable. You may also want to have your pet examined by your vet to be sure it's okay. Pull ads and remove all posters. Go home and love your pet!
Animal Services:
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Pville (530) 621-5795
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SLT (530) 573-7925 |
Animal Outreach |
(530) 642-2287 |
El Dorado Humane Society |
(530) 642-2738 |
Mountain Democrat/Life Newspapers |
(530) 622-1255 |
Georgetown Gazette |
(530) 333-4481 |
Gold Panner |
(530) 626-5057 |
The Clipper |
(530) 626-3460 |
www.craigslist.org - Sacramento, Gold Country |