If your pet has runaway, let us help. We will immediately call thousands of your neighbors to notify them of your lost dog, missing cat, or lost/stolen pet! After we send your “Pet Amber Alert” out, you can use FindTotos lost pet flyers to start posting around your neighborhood. Lost pet flyers and posters can take hours and days while FindTotos “Pet Amber Alert” rescue service phone calls can be broadcasted within minutes. The combination of FindTotos alert phone call service and lost dog/cat flyers will be the best way to “help find your lost pet.”
If your dog has a tag with a current street address or phone number that has voicemail or a working answering machine, and if your dog is found with its collar and tag still on it, then you have made the job of your pet coming back to you much easier. More current information, less work.
There are many reasons why a pet would run from their home. They can run away if they are new to a home and are looking for familiar surroundings. They can run away out of curiosity if gates, windows or doors are left open. Sometimes it is due to sudden and unexpected events that frighten them, from acute loneliness or boredom, or to mate if they have not been neutered.
Households that have pets are most likely to respond favorably to a lost pet. Also households who do not have a pet but include someone who previously had a pet will usually respond positively as well. Many households that do not have a pet but have children will be eager to take in a lost pet. That is a lot of eyes and ears. That is a lot of strangers who are on the side of finding and helping your pet return home. Using the TotoAlert can bring awareness to those ears and eyes the moment your pet runs away.
People take lost pets to pet stores, groomers, kennels, animal hospitals, local veterinarians. They take them to animal shelters (which are sometimes distant and have restricted operating hours) and to rescue organizations. If found with a tag with current information, it makes the return to you straight forward. If found without the tag, unless the dog is taken to the local shelter at which you have registered it as missing, it is just a puzzle that will get solved when there is time and opportunity to try and solve it.
How Big is Your Lost Dog?
As a general rule, most lost dogs are found within a two-mile radius of where they went missing. This is because dogs are unlikely to run in a straight line for a long period, no matter how strong or fast they are. However, the size of your dog will greatly influence the distance they can travel in a day. Big dogs can cover more ground than small dogs, simply due to the length of their legs. A big lost dog may be able to run 5 miles or more, especially if it’s young and strong. Larger dogs also tend to have more energy and stamina than small companion or toy breed dogs, which means they may keep going for longer and end up running further away. A small lost dog, by comparison, may only be able to travel around half a mile before it gets tired.
Where did your pet go?
There are quite a lot of possible places where a missing cat or dog might be. Pets may run away if they’re suffering from anxiety, or the simple reason that they were distracted exploring around or chasing a fast-moving squirrel. Based on animal behavior and instincts, as well as the experiences of people who were able to find their missing pet, you have great odds of finding a lost cat or dog after 24 hours if you take these things into consideration: