Tips To help find a lost dog:

1) Make 300-500 or more copies of the dog's picture.

2) Put phone numbers where you can be reached, pager #'s, cell phone#'s, and advertise REWARD.

3) Go DOOR TO DOOR within a 1/2 mile area where the dog took off and give the flyer to people who live there.

4) Nail flyers to busy street corners and near schools and businesses. Talk to people at these businesses.

5) Find out the garbage companies that serve this area, go to them with the flyer (garbage men and other people who routinely serve an area often know which dogs live where, when new dogs are in the area, etc) Also find out who the postal service people are and contact them.

6) Have people PHYSICALLY go to all area animal controls/shelters within 30 miles EVERY DAY and actually look in all stray wards and adoptable wards- sometimes a stray only has 3-5 days before it is put down. You CANNOT call and trust that they will tell you what dogs they have- often shelter staff don't KNOW what the breed of dog is- if it's small, they may think it's a sheltie. If it's large, they may think it's a collie or a lab/german shepard mix. If it has spots/freckling, they call it a dalmation mix. You need to have people go to ALL SHELTERS within 30 plus miles because if dog is lost in town #1 and it has a bad, fast to kill strays policy, dog people may take the dog to town #2 which is an hour away, but is a better shelter and they know the dog has a better chance of being adopted. Even if you think the dog can't travel that far by himself, he may be transported by car.

7) Put an ad in the local papers. With picture if possible. Advertise REWARD! Put ad in papers within an hour's drive of where the dog was lost.

8) Contact local dog groups, humane society, dog training clubs, obedience clubs, breed clubs, dog groomers, vet clinics, etc, ask for HELP to do the door to door and shelter visits, and ask them to post the flyers at their clubs and businesses. You can even ad a plea for area dog lovers who read your newspaper ads to contact you for some flyers for them to distribute.

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