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I don't know what to do. my dog got out sometime today while we were at work. my dh went looking for him when he got home but couldn't find him.
I thought maybe he would come home by himself. he still isn't home.
im really sad and scared. im so stupid coz he isn't registered and i didn't put a tag on his collar with my number on it. :wall::wall: so dumb i know.
so what do i do now? he has never been gone this long and never at night.
Maybe contact your local vet, see if someone has found him and dropped him in. Is he microchipped? I'd give the animal shelter a ring tomorrow morning, see if he's there, if he's not at the vet.
Ours dogs fled years ago, we called all local vets, drove the streets, called the animal shelter. I made flyers at work but then we got a call a lady up the road had them both.
We had left our details with the vet and she had called them.
If you can maybe do a quick door knock?
Sent from my iPhone, more than likely while I should be doing something else!
yeah we got home too late to ring anywhere so i will be doing that in the morning.
he isn't even microchipped. im such an irresponsible dog owner.. but i love him soooo much.
i might try to get the day off work tmrw and try and track him down.
Sorry to hear your dog has gone exploring.
There is not much you can do tonight. Is he chipped? If he is then hopefully he is picked up and taken to a local vet. If not I would still ring all local vets and give them details. Make flyers straight away. People tend to think that they can keep a dog until they see a flyer that someone has lost their dog. I don't know about your area but in NSW there is a Pet find line you can call and they also send out flyers for you to different places.
Make sure you contact all shelters and pounds too.
I really hope you find him soon or he finds his way home.
Sorry, you posted while I slowly typed. Goodluck.
Also my big advice would be if you do get a tag for his collar, just have a contact number on it. No names (dog or yours). Or if you have a vet you always use then put their details instead. And when you get you dog back make an appointment straight away and get him chipped:)
I am so sorry :( This is horrible and I really hope you find him.
hugs hun- definately try the local pounds, local vets and also try anywhere that community groups meet- esp elderly people as they always notice something like a stray dog.
Our dog went missing whilst my mum was watching her whilst we were on holidays. She was missing for 5 days!
We put posters up everywhere and drove the streets asking anyone we saw. we got some positive sightings by talking to people so we knew she was around still!!
In the end a person rang us at 10pm one night to say that they had seen her running down a court in the suburb where she went missing. She had recognised her from a poster we had put at a bus stop and she went back to the bus stop to get our phone number!!! btw we put pull off pieces of paper on the bottom of the notice so she ripped one off!
We drove there as quick as we could and cornered her and got her!!!!!
She was tired, scared and hungry but she was OK!!!
we were soo lucky and i reckon if we hadnt been proactive in trying to find her, we wouldnt have found her!
btw she hasnt tried to escape since !!!
good luck hun and i hope you are as lucky as we were!!!
Lulliloo.. Oh I hope you find him!! I know what its like to lose a dog :( Good Luck tomorrow !!! Hopefully the rat bag turns up somewhere :)
I'm so sorry hun, I'd go nuts if I lost one of my dogs :(.
I hope he follows his tummy and comes home asap!
I hope you find him.. But chances are, someone has found him and he is being well cared for until his home is found.
When my dads dog went missing from our place earlier this year, she was found by someone who took her in and treated her like on of them, so she had a great 'holiday' even though my DH was stressing like crazy.
i really hope you are right and that someone has found him or he will just come home.
i will print up some posters tmrw.
Oh hun I'm sorry you're going through this. I hope you find him soon. Pets are family, it's just awful to know he's out there somewhere. Hopefully he's with someone trustworthy and he will get surrendered to a shelter or vet. Call all your local ones hun. Gl hun :crossfingers:
Hope you find your doggie safe and sound.
This is sad hun, I hope he can find himself into safe care or comes home. I am not sure if your councils up there do it but ours offers a free microchipping day once a year for cats and dogs. Might be something to look into for next time. I cannot add to the suggestions other than that because everything that I would have said has been said.
I really really hope this story ends happily for you :hug:
Nae x
:( I hope your doggy comes home soon.
oh no!!
I'm so sorry, Lulliloo! I really pray he comes home soon, safe and sound xoxoxo
^^^ yeah that!!!! i hope hes home soon huni xxx:
hope you find him this morning!!!!
i really thought he would have come home overnight. but he hasn't
i barely slept last night and have been up for hours already this morning driving around the neighbourhood.
my tears have started now and i feel like crap.
you must be a wreck.
one of our dogs has "escaped" twice (house sitter didn't close the gates properly once, and someone reversed through our fence once!!) but each time we got calls pretty quickly ...
but my MIL and my sister each have had a cat run away, and both were gone about three days - but got home.
I really, really hope that:-
1) he comes home!!!
2) he is safe and well
3) you don't have to wait three whole days
4) you aren't too torn up during the wait ... waiting is awful ...
:grouphug:
oh no i hope he turns up soon!! our neighbours (who are luckily retired so generally home) catch our escape artist of a dog all the time. does he talk to strangers or run away? thats our biggest issue with ours, shes scared of strangers so wont let them catch her, she thankfully knows our neighbours so will go with them.
i would definately door knock and ask, even if they have just seen someone catch ur pup and to take him to the local vet or pound. get those posters up, ive got everything crossed for you
Get a photo and do some signs around the neighbourhood, call the local pound, all the local vets and any shelters eg, rspca etc. My dog was missing for a few days and I kept doing the rounds and we eventually found her about a week later. She had caught a train to the city and then another one out to the end of the line so she was about 25km from home. She had slipped her collar and had no microchip - fortunately someone had her and reported her. I hope you find him :hug: It's just so worrying when you don't know ehere they are!
how did the day go? any sign??
great news... he is back home now.
this morning i rang the pound and rspca and then the pound rang me straight back as a local vet had just called them to come pick him up from there.
someone had taken him there. so he is home safe and sound. did some more repairs to the fence and next week will book him in for a snip, chip and registered.
thanks everyone for all your concerns though. much appreciated.
Yay! That's great news!
Must be the hormones but i started to well up that he hadnt returned! :lol: Im so glad hes home now!
Great news hun I am so very happy for you x x x
What wonderful news, actually the best news I have heard all day :) Yay!
awesome!! so glad hes back...bet hes getting big hugs and extra treats tonight!!
Great to hear!!!!!!!!!!!
so glad he is home! with the chip, make sure you contact them each time your number or address changes. one of ours went walk about and they took him to the pound near our old address as we forgot to update details, a 2 hour trip just to pick the poor bugger up:o
yippee!!!
whoot
so glad your furbaby is back home!!!
awesome
hooray!!
so glad that he's home safe and sound. he must have been so happy to see you!
thank God for good people, who take the trouble to bring lost animals to the vet where they can be safe, and reunited with their owners!!
no doubt you'll both sleep much better tonight :hug:
I only just came across this thread now!! Was so glad to read you got him back safe and sound lulliloo...xo