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	If you found a lost dog, what would you do? and what ways would you use to advertise? street banners newspaper local rescue and council shelters lost dogs website all of the above View result without voting which search engine would you use most? Yahoo Google Altavista Ask jeeves Overture View result without voting When searching using an online search engine, what wording would you use? lost dog lost dogs dog dogs other View result without voting If you came across a lostdogs website which offered a reward for finding dogs, would this make any difference to your efforts? Definitely Maybe No Not sure Definitely not View result without voting Top Extra Information When I found my dog I didn't have the advantage of the computer. He's over 6 years old now. I found him as a puppy that appeared suddenly in my neighborhood. People started calling me because they thought he was mine. (I already had a black puppy same age and size) I believe mine was dumped as a puppy. I live in a very small town and the flyers and posters received no response. We get a number of dumped dogs here because people know we provide loving homes. Almost everybody in my neighborhood is a multiple dog owner. Luckily for the dogs we do give them homes. It's a sad thing but it happens. I've had dogs "snatched" years ago when it was rampant in our area. Now, with the internet, I think your efforts are well founded. I believe you're on the right track with this quiz. Thanks for the good feelings you've created. thank you for your input ed.   Send emails to Dog related groups on the internet? didn't before but I would  now.   A: I would contact the local animal control, take the dog in to be scanned for a microchip, and put an ad in the paper. All of the above PLUS I would: 1. Send banner to every Vet clinic, Groomer and Dog trainer in town - Who better to know a dog and their owner?! 2. Place banner on any and every bulletin board. 3. Ask any pet supply store if they would place a banner in their window or somewhere else an owner would see. I have done all of these, but the one that has really worked best was the vet and groomer notifications.   Here's my answers: 1.  Phone rescue shelters in the area, place  a newspaper ad.  I would also try to find a place on the internet to post it too. 2.  Probably go through a search engine, such as dogpile or ask jeeves. 3. Found pets, also look for a post under lost pets.   Top   I would hold till I found someplace for him to go Place banners on streets in your area? No.  No time.  Stupid homeowner group won't allow it anyway. I always ask the local kids, all ages.  They tend to know animals better than most.  I also know the animal control people, and there are some local deputies who also are animal nuts.  If the add were free, I would place one.  But, realize, in my case, all this is speculative as I have rescued wolves, and cannot keep a dog here for that reason.    Any other comments?petfinder search is first, then petfbi(ohio page) then look  through petfbi's links these are national). Search local newspapers, call all shelters in surrounding counties.           I would click on to various websites (the browser on my other computer  has extensive dog related sites some of which have lost/found dog listings. Top Save just one, until there are none...adopt a pet today. As many as three thousand dogs and cats are born in the US every hour. In the US alone, approximately 7.6 million cats and dogs are euthenized each year.  You can help end this tragedy. Please have your pet spayed or neutered!      If I found a dog (in my life I have found 2 dogs and have searched for the owners), I would look in the paper and look for signs in the street. I might look on the internet also.  I would NEVER take a dog to a shelter. On the internet, I would do a search for "lost dogs" and then whatever sites came up I would look thru those.  I would post message on those also.  I use yahoo.  I would say found dog.   In addition to the foregoing answers, I do the following: Take the Dog to my vet to check for an identifying chip Search the local papers for a matching Lost Dog; Search Lost Dog notices on the websites Make 8 1/2 x 11 posters with color photos of the Found Dog and post them at the local PetSmart store, local grocery stores, local gas stations, local convenience stores, local gym   Top In addition to the foregoing answers, I do the following: Take the Dog to my vet to check for an identifying chip Search the local papers for a matching Lost Dog; Search Lost Dog notices on the websites Make 8 1/2 x 11 posters with color photos of the Found Dog and post them at the local PetSmart store, local grocery stores, local gas stations, local convenience stores, local gym I have never lost a dog (only time they got out, I was called because of my phone number on their tags). However, we have found/rescued 3 dogs in the past 3 years. We have kept/adopted 2 of the 3. The 3rd dog, we kept until we found a home for him. Top CALL THE LOCAL RADIO STATIONS AND PLACE A BROADCAST ANNOUNCEMENT If I found a lost dog I would take it to a vet to get scanned for a micro-chip. If that didn't work I would call shelters  and place ads in papers, and on the net. I would type in "lost and found" and go from there. In the past, when I reunited dog and owner I saw their "lost" sign and then saw the dog. I tried to catch dog but he was to scarred so I went back to sign and got phone # and called with his location. 10 min. later she got her dog back. In response to your questions. When I find a lost dog or cat, I call the local pounds and shelters and advertise in the local newspapers. I also call local rescue groups. If I decided to search the web, I would use Yahoo. I'd us "Lost Dog" If I found a lost animal, I would place banners around the neighborhood, contact local shelters, place animal on internet, tell local pets stores. I would go on yahoo and put found dog. If you have any more you would like to ask feel free to email me at any time. Top		Identification, what would you look for when trying to identify a found dog? Collar, tag number Tattoo Take to vet or shelter for chip id. Special Markings Other View result without voting   Do you have a digital camera, and if so would you use it to take a photo of the dog? No camera Have a camera and would not use it. Have a camera and would use it. Have a friend with digital camera and ask them to take photo Other View result without voting Found a dog, how long would you try to find owner? 1 week or less 4 weeks or less 3 months or less 1 year or less As long as it takes View result without voting If you found a dog  would you think the owners would be? and could result in? Very Sad and continued sadness in household Extremely unhappy and long term unhappiness Depressed and could lead to marital problems Ok after a while and buy another dog would be ok and not buy another dog View result without voting Top Extra Information The FIRST thing I look for is the collar/tag, then you can call the home or vet and locate the owner that way. If these were not present, THEN I would check for a tattoo, THEN the classifieds and call the pounds and shelters.  A last resort would be the chip-check, and then probably because I could feel something under the skin. I would watch for posters in the area and put up some found ones, as well as a found want ad. I would contact people in the vicinity to see if they knew the dog. I have lost my dog before.  First I looked on foot and by car and also talked to people and police in the area. I then progressed to calling the shelters and putting up my own posters (while driving around looking), Unfortunately, the posters only helped me to recover the body of my dog ("There's one that looks like that in the ditch down the road...")  She was mostly blind and probably never even saw the car coming. My dogs are now tattooed, wear tags, and we have a fenced yard (3 to be precise). The only draw-back to your lost dog site is that it can only help those people who are on the net. It would be helpful to people who lose their pets while traveling, if there was any way for them to know about it.Good luck, Tammy Good point Tammy the internet has its limitations and also its advantages, so all avenues of finding a lost dog should be explored, ed. 1. If you found a lost dog, what would you do? first  check for tags, then call county for info if it has a  tag on, if not, then I call local shelter to see if  anyone called in about it missing, if so I call the  number left at shelter, if not, I wait 3 days while checking back with shelter and read the lost ads in  paper. If no one claims it, it goes to local shelter.   1.  Place newspaper add & Send emails to Dog related groups on the internet &  place found dog adds 2.  overture, google ,yahoo 3. lost, lost dog I put lost & found classified with the area in which I found the pet into a search, whatever comes up I check out lost adds then if no luck I place a found add. I can search & list for hours! Also forgot to mention giving flyers to our truck drivers as well. Question 1 - probably all Question 2 - search engine Question 3- found dog Place a ad in the local newspaper, call the pound to see if any one is looking for the dog, place posters in local areas. Petfinds.org Top Spay and neuter your companion animals! They are not our pets, we are not their owners. Top SURVEY ANSWERS: If you found a lost dog, what would you do? (My answers are in GREEN) If it has tags, call the number listed. If only a rabies tag, call that number. As a matter of fact, we have done this several times and once reunited a 16 y/o deaf dog with its homebound owner. Phone local rescue shelters? Yes, definitely. Although I found out they will NOT come out and rescue a cat from a tree. Done that myself! Phone local dog council pound? Yes, just to check but not to turn over to them. Our local police are not much help. Place banners on streets in your area? YES! done that, too. Place newspaper add? YES! done that, too. Send emails to Dog related groups on the internet? Definitely! Place message on website? sorry, but we do not have one ..... yet. Search engine? or other? Yahoo - YES Google - YES Altavista - YES Other? I am on several Samoyed lists, pet lists, pet prayer lists, etc., so I would put the info. on these with permission to cross-post. Top what words would you put in the search engine? FOUND (DATE), DOG/CAT, LOCATION. MY PHONE NUMBER OR E-MAIL ADDY. CALLER MUST IDENTIFY SPECIFICALLY THEIR PET. We (my hubby & I) are active members of NISA (Northern Illinois Samoyed Assistance) so we are fairly well informed on the ins and outs of rescue. We have two rescue Samoyeds of our own; one is going on 11 and the other will be 3 in August. I train with a dog training club and help out wherever I can.   Top If you have found a 'one breed ' (purebred) dog - try to find Breed specific rescue clubs - they often have a lost and found section on their sites - or you can contact them and let them know the particulars of the animal you found. Of course - the first thing I do check is if the dog has a tattoo - if it is legible - there is no problem to follow it up - it may take some time and a lot of phone calls - but there is usually a national registry to find where the tattoo has come from.   If I found a dog I would, place an ad in the local papers and I would call the local veterinarians and shelters.  And I would put ads up in the stores in the area.  I would also go to the internet and post any info through there. I would go through any of the web sites I know of to place an ad for this found dog.  I would place it wherever I could think.  I would place it under found dog.   I would also talk to anyone I see to ask if they or anyone they know may have lost a dog.  I don't know what else I would do.  I would keep it until I found an owner.  I would not turn it over to the shelter. Top

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