Dog Detective® - Lost Dogs & Found Dogs - the first and largest pet recovery network on the Internet

Found Dogs

Note to all who have found a dog:
Please do not assume that the owner of the dog you found has been negligent. Responsible dog owners lose dogs all the time. It happens to the best of us - take a look through the site. Just because a dog is lost does not mean that the owner does not care about, or has abused the dog in any way. Please keep this in mind.
When you think you have found the owner:
Request proof of ownership, including photos of the animal, vet records, and licensing papers. This is especially important if you have found a Pit Bull.

Steps to take immediately when you find a dog:

Give the dog some water - you don't know how long they have been "on the road".

Search the Dog Detective database

Register the dog with Dog Detective (it's free and we never spam)
Walk the neighborhood, talk to everybody you run across, and leave your phone number.
PUT UP POSTERS Print Poster Now - Post flyers and posters within a minimum of a 3-mile radius of where your dog was last seen. 32% of lost dogs are found over ten miles from home.
Call your local Animal Control, humane societies, vets and animal shelters to report the dog - Get a Map of all shelters and vets in your area
Take the dog to a local veterinarian to be scanned for a microchip (Vets do not charge for this!)
Contact your neighborhood association
Place an ad in your local newspaper. Check the newspaper lost ads everyday

*In some cities it is not legal to post or hang signs on trees, Department of Water and/or Power poles. In Los Angeles county, CA you can be fined - please check with your city government.

Tried all these things and still haven't found the owner dog?

EXPAND Your Search Area - Dogs can travel amazing amount of distance in a short period of time. One dog traveled 25 miles from home in only three days! Another one of our members found her Chihuahua 50 miles from home.

At the minimum - start your search within a 3 mile radius of where you last saw your dog, then go to 10, 25, 50... Keep expanding your search area until you find your dog. 32% of lost dogs are found over ten miles from home.

Posters
Do not underestimate the "Power of Posters!" Start by posting flyers and posters within a minimum of a 3-mile radius of where your dog was lost. 32% of lost dogs are found over ten miles from home. Keep expanding your search area until you find your dog. Create custom posters and flyers with your dog's photo in the member section.

Print a Poster

Dog Web Page
Each registered dog gets their own individual web page. Search engines index these pages. Even if the person who lost their dog doesn't know to go to dogdetective.com they can still find a dog through the standard search engines.

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Dog Match
Dog Match will send you an email as soon as a dog, matching your dog's description, is posted to this web site. Save time searching postings by letting Dog Detective do the work for you!

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Can't keep the dog you found?
Please don't take the dog to a kill shelter - there are other options!

Go here http://www.yahoo.com and search for rescue organizations in your state.
Find an organization that will search for the dog's owner BEFORE putting the dog up for adoption or down.
Board the dog with a veterinarian until you can find the owner.
Have tried everything and still can't find the owner? Keep the dog! You need a dog don't ya think?

People who have dogs are happier and live longer!

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