What to Do When Your Pet is Lost

You come home to an empty house and your dog isn't there. You can't remember if you let her inside before you left for work. You drove down the street on your way home and didn't see her. Immediately, you start to panic. You want to find her as soon as possible. If you know that your pet is outside than there is no point looking indoors. Take something that your pet loves such as Tuna, or treats and go looking for your pet. Take the day off of work if you can afford to. The sooner that you find your pet the more likely you will find him or her. Start looking at areas close to your home.

The next thing you want to do is check with all of your neighbors to see where your dog went. See if they saw your dog run by their home. Drive slowly around in your car. Check the busiest roads first because you don't want your pet to get hit by a car. Print out pictures of your pet and place them around town. Check your local humane society to see if anybody has brought your pet in. Never give up hope. If you have faith that you will find you pet than you surely will find him or her. Is there somewhere that your pet loves to go? Perhaps that creek behind your house?

Grab up the whole family and split up. The more people searching more areas, the better. Search until sunset and call the dog or cats name out loud. Leave water and food outside for your pet, preferable under some type of motion light to see if your animal returns to eat. Chances are that your animal got a smell of something and is outside investigating. These animals are great at surviving in the wild so do not become upset. Chances are that your animal will return within the next few hours. If your pet does not return it might be because a neighbor has found your pet and is trying to find you!