Lost Dog? Here's Your Comprehensive Guide on What to Do

Search the Neighborhood:

Assemble your neighbors and friends to initiate a search within a 2-kilometer radius, taking into consideration your dog's size and fitness level. Enlist the help of other community members like the mailman, street vendors, and rag pickers. Offer compensation for their assistance. The more people involved, the higher your chances of success. Don't forget to bring a recent photograph of your dog to distribute along with your contact details.

Notify Authorities: 

Reach out to the local police and animal shelters. Provide them with essential details about your dog, such as name, breed, gender, size, color, and any unique markings. Leave your contact information so they can reach you if someone reports or brings in your dog. Make it a habit to visit these places daily to check for any updates.

Make a Quick Listing on Fooundit.com:

Login to fooundit.com and make a listing of your lost/missing Dog. Make a Listing with essential details about your dog, such as name, breed, gender, size, color, and any unique markings. Make sure all details are correct and images are clear. So that your Dog can be easily recognized if found. If possible, try to add some reward. Adding reward on Listing makes it highlighted and noticeable. 

Keep checking the Fooundit Account and Email to make sure if there is any Lead. People may also call you on your phone number which you provided during registration. You can click here to learn more about How to make a effective Listing

You can also make your Listing featured by contacting us. its a nominal charge that will highlight your listing on Search Top based on your location.

Set Up a Scent Trail: 

Dogs rely heavily on their sense of smell. Leave a familiar scent trail by placing worn clothing and a bowl of water or a favorite toy at a spot your dog recognizes. Avoid leaving food, as it could attract other animals and scare your dog away.

Provide Food and Water: 

Leave your dog's favorite food and a bowl of water outside your home, especially if he returns when you're not there.

Reward Posters: 

Create attention-grabbing posters with a recent photo of your dog and prominently display the word "REWARD" in bold letters. Distribute these posters in public areas such as Shops, street poles, petrol pumps, parks, bus stops and grocery stores. Additionally, contact veterinarians, Animal NGO's, kennels, veterinary hospitals and pet stores in your area.

Utilize Social Media & Group: 

Leverage the power of social media and Its Groups to spread the word. Share a picture of your dog with your contact information integrated into the image or the URL of fooundit listing. Utilize platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and check for local missing dog pages on Facebook that may cover your area.

Engage the Community: 

Reach out to your local newspaper delivery person and pay them to insert mailers into local newspapers. This helps raise awareness within the community and expands the search network.

Stay Vigilant: 

Continue to search for your dog by walking and driving around, especially during the early morning when visibility is good and traffic is minimal. Dogs mostly try to reach location when there is less crowd. Also keep an eye on your email and Listing Account of Fooundit.com

After putting up posters, visiting shelters, Make listing and monitoring social media and Fooundit website. it's essential to remain patient and maintain your daily routine. Many people successfully reunite with their missing dogs and we hope you do too.

NOTE : Sometimes many user create a new Listing based on available information for the Pets they found on some location. So keep eye on Pets LOST/MISSING listing in your city.