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Robi Pack Leader 
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1. Call every shelter, veterinary clinic, law enforcement office within a 100 miles. Many dogs can run very fast and get far away quickly. 2. Call every radio and tv station including public radio and tv and cable stations. Ask them to run an announcement. Offering a large reward sometimes will encourage them to run the announcement. 3. Call everyone you know to join in the search. Get search parties out in organized patterns immediately. The majority of pets who are found are found within 24 hours so act as quickly and without as much people power as possible. 4. Put up REWARD posters all over the area. They should be large, in color and with photos. Many copy centers can make color copies. You can take a photo to them and have them enlarg it onto large pieces of paper. Glue them on poster boards. Write clearly and neatly. Make smaller copies of the same thing in flyer form. Put stacks of flyers at businesses, libraries, the post office, banks and other places where many people visit in the area. 5. If your dog has been stolen by a Buncher they are required by the Animal Welfare Act to keep records of all the animals they handle. They are also required to hold the dog for five days before they ship them. Every dealer and hauler who is licensed with the AWA and go see the dogs they have. You can't trust them to look for your dog if you call so you have to see the dogs. You may have to get the police to go with you. You can get the list of dealers and haulers from the AWA at 310.436.7833. This only applies to resale to laboratories. NOT resale thieves. 6. Leave your fence gate open in case your dog comes home on his own. 7. Post the information to every dog related newsgroup on the Internet. There are many search groups on the Internet. One of the most recognized is SherlockBones.com. 8. Ask your mailcarrier if s/he would take around flyers to the homes they deliver mail to. Don't give up. Some dogs are found months or years later. PROTECT YOUR PET! MICROCHIP....TAG....SUPERVISE!
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zzkenoman Pack Member
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I've had my share of finding my lost dog. Back when I was a kid, we had several white german shepards. Troy, the 5 year old grew big enough to jump the back fence, and we looked for days. We went to shelters, called the S.P.C.A., and just looked endlessly thru the neighborhoods. The best thing was he was found walking along the freeway about 15 miles from our house, we picked him up and fed him 2x as much, so he was too heavy to jump. Our second lost was several years ago, Gi Gi, who was our small maltese that was able to sneak out thru the gate by the pool. We looked for hours, calling her name, walking and driving around, posting posters, and putting a big photo of Gi Gi on our car as we drove slowly and asked people walking if they had seen her. One of the neighbors said they had seen her and would call us, we got a call and Gi Gi was only 3 doors away playing with our neighbors kids. The kids didn't want to give her back, so we let them play with her for a short while and got to know the neighbor better, and we were able to re unite with Gi Gi shortly afterwords. Gi Gi also had a license.
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Joanne Pack Member
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Number 8 "Ask your mailcarrier if s/he would take around flyers to the homes they deliver mail to." is illegal and your mail carrier could get fired for putting anything other than official stamped US mail in people's mail boxes....
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Robi Pack Leader
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Does apply to ALOT of places...here we are a small town and know everyone by name. So here it wouldn't be a problem.
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