-ALWAYS OFFER A REWARD
-Notify all shelters and rescue organizations and make sure they get a
flyer.
-Physically check these shelters regularly as many of the workers are
not up on breeds and will call an Aussie a
Collie mix. A black tri
Aussie might be identified as a Rottie mix....especially with the docked tail.
-Don't use breed terms to identify the dog. Most shelter workers do
not know what merle is.....describing a merle with copper and white trim as "a grey, black, white and brown calico dog" helped me find one dog after telling the same person that he was a merle got me no results.
-If there are construction sites in the area, let them know about the
missing dog.
-Put up posters/flyers in neighborhood vet offices/grocery stores/shopping plazas/fast food restaurants.
-Notify police agencies....most are not very receptive but you never
know.
-Make announcements on radio stations that are willing to do on-air
pleas for help finding the dog.
-Place a Lost and Found ad in the newspaper. Also, check the pets for
sale column in the newspaper just in case someone has taken him or
found him and is now trying to place him.
-Notify your postal carrier and ask him to put up a flyer in the post
office. These people see neighborhoods up close and personal. Make
sure they know there is a reward.
-Notify neighborhood kids. Again, the kids are all over the
neighborhood. Make sure they know there is a reward. If you can get
the kids interested they will really help look and they will tell
friends in other neighborhoods.
-If you know the UPS man who drives in your area, tell him. Again, he is in the neighborhood and sees a lot of what is going on.
-Put flyers up at any large gathering such as county fairs, concerts,
etc. You usually get a good cross section of people from all over
the community at these events.
-If you live in the city or the dog was lost in the city, tell cab
drivers and make sure finding the dog will be beneficial to
them...enough that missing a cab fair is okay. Any company that does
deliveries throughout an area should be told.
-If you live in the country tell the 4H clubs....especially those kids
with horses that trail ride.
-Stop at all working or hobby farms as many of these get dump off all
the time and would not think to look in the lost sections of the
newspaper if a new dog showed up.
-Tell all local dog clubs and ask to have your flyer printed in their
newsletter and offer to pay the extra expense.
-Send emails to discussion lists....long shot but you never know where a dog could be after a couple days.
