Found a lost pet?

First thing first, see if you can get them to come to you. Ideally, you have a sliplead to get them so you can bring them to your home or a safe place.

Check for tags or other identification information that may be on them.

If you find no contact, call a local vet or rescue org nearby. Most if not all veterinarains will have a microchip reader. and check for free. The way that works is the chip reader gives you the company contact that made the chip, you call them, they call the owner, and give the owner your information to connect you. Hold the lost pet until you hear from them.

If there is no chip, no identification to contact an owner - post them.  The best bet is to look on Facebook for ‘Lost and Found Pets” and find a site that is in your area.    Denver Lost Pets has over 2000 followers for instance.  But there are many more in for both whole states and towns and counties.

Nextdoor.com is excellent for this.  Since it is geared towards neighborhoods you can often find someone that knows the dog even if the owner is not on the site.

Example of language to post: Found lost dog. At main and 3 rd by barry’s gas station in <TownName> today 01/01/20XX just before noon. He’s got a pnik collar, looks a sneutered male. Cute little guy, Probably 10-15 lbs. White and tan, bit skitt…

Example of language to post: Found lost dog. At main and 3 rd by barry’s gas station in <TownName> today 01/01/20XX just before noon. He’s got a pnik collar, looks LIKE a neutered male. Cute little guy, Probably 10-15 lbs. White and tan, bit skittish, cannot get him to come to me.

Post a picture or as many as you ahve.  Always post a picture even if you cannot get near them, get whatever you can.  Owners can recognize their pets even from sketchy photos.

The cross streets town and zip code, or if you know the neighborhood name, use it! Landmarks are helpful.

Date and time.  This is both useful to people to know how old the post is and to the owner that knows when they learned their pet was missing.

Describe them as best you can.  Color, size, guess the weight range, if you can tell the gender that’s helpful.  Is the pet skittish, or comes right up to you?

Once you post them, ask if anyone has a microchip reader. There may be a rescue volunteer or shelter in your feed that will see this and step forward. You can reach out to animal control or your local shelter, and most veterinarians have one and will check the chip for you.

Try to remember where you post so you can update the post if the pet was returned to the owner.  This way people don’t share a pet that is safe and can look at the ones that need help!

Be sure you have found the rightful person to take the pet back. Although less common than we here there are people that will take the pet when they are not actually the pet’s person. It is reasonable for a responsible pet owner to show ID or identify something that will make you know they are the real person you are looking for!

 

Find or post a your lost pet

Facebook Pages: Lost Pet Pages Full Search

Pawboost

Lost Pet Alert

Pets Needing Forever Homes in Colorado Click Here

Pets Needing Homes in Colorado Click Here

Colorado Pets: Advice & Free To Good Home Only (No Sales) Click Here

Pets Needing Homes in Northern Colorado Click Here

Colorado pets in need of homes Click Here

NextDoor Click here

All Things Pets - COLORADO - Click Here

Rehome by Adopt-a-Pet.com & The Petco Foundation Click Here



Prepare for success

We need you to get all the information on your pet together for any organization to help you.

Do not be afraid of these questions. There is no wrong answer. And if you don’t know one, that’s ok too, give as much info as you can. It is just best to clearly define the pet in question so the right organization can best serve the pet.

Pet Information:

  • Your name (or person to contact) and all contact information (phone and email)

    • You MUST provide a name and email for us to crosspost)

  • Location of animal (at least town or zip code but cross streets as well help)

  • At least 1 photo of the pet

    • Quality helps immensely

    • When in doubt, send more photos. Pets with more photos statistically get pulled/fostered/adopted faster.

  • Where the contact (and the pet) are located (City, zip code - full address if possible)

    The following is to the best of your ability. But these will likely l be asked if it is not offered up front and delay the time to find help.

  • Pet Name

  • Age

  • Breed

  • Spayed or Neutered (if known)

  • Microchipped?

  • UTD (up to date) on vaccinations?

  • Does the pet get along with cats?

  • Does the pet get along with dogs?

  • Does the pet get along with kids?

  • Are there any medical issues?

  • A description of the pet

    • personality.

    • behavior issues