WHAT TO DO IF YOU LOST YOUR PET
1. Be a detective!
- Search your neighborhood immediately, especially at night and early in the morning. Knock on doors and talk to neighbors, local residents, and local businesses.
- If you recently moved, check out your former residence. Talk to the new tenants, old neighbors and former veterinarians.
- Visit your local humane society shelters and animal control shelters in person daily-just a phone call describing your pet is not sufficient.
- Ask your mail carrier, newspaper deliverer and all the delivery people in your area, who are around on a regular basis, if they have seen your pet. Ask local joggers and walkers.
- Look for your pet in unusual places around your home., including outside storm drains, wood piles and ditches.
- Check to see if your pet got locked in your neighbors' garages and sheds, especially if any neighbors left for vacation around the time your pet got lost.
- Contact highway maintenance departments in case your pet was hit by a car.
2. Report your lost pet!
- Call animal control or your local police department non-emergency number.
- Stay in contact with humane societies and animal shelters within a 25 mile radius because pets roam and can get picked up.
- Call veterinary offices and groomers.
3. Create flyers!
- Ask to post them at veterinary offices, high traffic retail areas, mall bulletin boards, animal shelters, groomers and with obedience trainers. Include a written description of your pet, including gender, size, markings, weight and unusual features with a photo and your phone numbers.
- Think about putting your pet's name on the poster: Being able to call their name may help someone to catch the pet, or this information may give someone the ability to manipulate the animal more easily if it gets into the wrong hands.
- If you offer a reward, don't name the amount in any posters or ads. Pay it only after you have your pet in your possession.
4. Place ads!
- Put an ad in your city and local papers with a photo, offering a reward.
- Watch the found ads, You can even call before the paper is printed to see if anyone called in a found ad.
5. Don't give up!
- Be aggressive in your search.
If you have lost a pet, contact your local police departments in your surrounding communities to file a lost pet report and to determine which facility your pet would be taken to by animal control officers.
Minnesota law requires animals be held only 5 days so it is important to act quickly to locate your missing pet. Most facilities require that you visit in person to look for your pet.
Carver County
You can also go to Countryside Vet (952-443-4200) to check for lost pets. It is the local impound.
Carver County
| Carver | Carver-Scott Humane Society (Chaska) | 952 368-3553 |
| Carver | Chanhassen Vet Clinic (Chanhassen) | 952 934-8862 |
| Carver | Country Kennels (Mayer) | 952 657-2268 |
| Carver | Greater West Metro Humane Society (Buffalo) | 763 682-2922 |
| Carver | Robert McAllister (Prior Lake) | 952 445-3156 |
You can also go to Countryside Vet (952-443-4200) to check for lost pets. It is the local impound.
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2 comments:
Great ideas! Also, you can contact a professional Pet Detective. Some of us even have Search Dogs trained to sniff out your lost pet - even rodents and reptiles too. However, there aren't many people who are certified, so ask questions. Many Pet Detectives also offer help via phone and email with great results. Annalisa Berns, Pet Detective
Thanks for the great advice. We just want to have everyones pets home where they belong. Its important they have all the information they can on how to do that.
Jodi
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