Good suggestions for finding lost pets

Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 08:27:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Kit Donner
Subject: Good suggestions for finding lost pets

Thanks, Kathleen, for your very good suggestions for finding lost pets.

I want to add two more suggestions.

1 – Take and keep current pictures of your pets that will show clearly in black and white. If a pet is missing, signs with pictures get a lot more attention than signs with just words, and a picture is easier to  match to a dog or cat than a description. Color copies are expensive, but a good black and white picture is almost as helpful and a lot cheaper. Even if you can afford the color copies, some times your picture may be recopied in black and white, so make a black and white copy yourself in advance to make sure that the picture is still clear and the dog doesn’t disappear into the background without the color.

2 – In case the tags come off but the collar doesn’t, write your current phone number on the collar with a Sharpie or other durable permanent marker. I have recovered one of my pets this way.

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