Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:36 pm Post subject: If your dog goes missing, some sound advice
As well as posting the Labrador Welfare dogs on this forum I also post on a number of other forums specific to my local area where they rehome. One of these sites is Sheffield Forum. I have been involved, along with a number of other members there, in trying to find a little Lowchen, Jake who went missing on 23 November.
Unfortunately Jake was involved in a fatal road traffic collision within a day after he went missing. The horrendous thing is that his owner was not made aware until 29 December!
On the forum we have a lovely lady who works at the local pet crematorium and she has given some excellent advice which I would like to share with you all, should you find yourself in such a terrible position. Do not rely on the council notifying you promptly or at all of such an incident if your dog is chipped. You should ensure that you notify them of your missing dog. The lady who works at the crematorium was bound by politics and confidentiality and had to stand back whilst we all made a futile search for more than a month. This lady has also given us her details and invited us to send details of any missing pets and she will personally check all the dogs that arrive in her care. She has a scanner on loan which she uses. Perhaps there is a similar crematorium near you who would offer a similar service.
This is not the result that any of us would wish for, however, at least Jake's family can now have closure. They have had an awful month believing he had been sighted and was starving out in the area but too scared to be caught. I would hate for anybody else to go through this. As well as doglost, ensure you notify your local council/s.
The first time in 10 years Amber wandered off from me in a local park was last October. She had never done this before and I had the worst two hours of my life trying to find her. Fortunately she was picked up by a fellow dog walker within 5 minutes and went to their house for tea!! They were leaving messages on my home phone which I had not found until I returned from trying to find her, despite believing I was checking the phone remotely. I hate to think what could have happened had this lovely lady not taken her in so promptly, she has absolutely no road sense.
____________ Gillian, Millie & Arya, watched over by Becky, Arwen & Amber from the Bridge. Run fast & free
My landline and mobile numbers are registered on each pet's chip, but their tags only have my mobile number on because if they're missing then the chances are that I'll be out searching for them.
I've said it before and will, undoubtedly, say it again, microchips CAN make all the difference but you CANNOT be dependant upon them being the sole reason your dog gets home. They stop working, they can move to an area on the body not necessarily scanned, scanners don't always work and, most importantly, not everybody cares enough about getting your dog home to bother either scanning them or getting them to somebody with a scanner
My dogs are all going to be tattooed so that I know that I have done everything I can possibly do to make it as easy as possible to get them home to me, but lots and lots of legwork, spreading the word, phone calls, etc etc is what makes all the difference in lots of cases.
DogLost is an excellent first stop to get the word out there and for advice if you can get internet access as soon as possible.
____________ Sarah and Bran
Always watched over with love by our angel, Flora, from Rainbow Bridge
Bran Training
Learn something every day. On your tattoo thought I have just looked it up and watched a pup being tattooed. Was a second of pain and a lifetime result and easily seen. Something I will certainly explore further. Thank you
____________ Gillian, Millie & Arya, watched over by Becky, Arwen & Amber from the Bridge. Run fast & free
there was an old thead on here ' jaspers law' a campaign fighting for councils to have to ID dogs involved in RTA's.
I'm not sure what happens in my local area tbh - can I ask though, would all councils pass dogs onto a pet crematorium? I sort of assumed they wouldn't be treated that well tbh
If they are then I might make some calls locally and see if our local crematorium scans routinely, seems so logical to help ease so much heartache
I'm not sure what happens in my local area tbh - can I ask though, would all councils pass dogs onto a pet crematorium? I sort of assumed they wouldn't be treated that well tbh
You do indeed learn something new every day, because I would have thought that you were right, Sarah, but I found this on Bristol City Council's website:
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Dead animals are collected from our contractor's depot daily and taken to Cambridge Pet Cremetorium. Ashes are then sprinkled across the grounds.
____________ Sarah and Bran
Always watched over with love by our angel, Flora, from Rainbow Bridge
Bran Training
____________ Natalie x
LAB LINK RESCUE Co ordinator and Forum Administrator for my sins
Jack, Molly & Maia, watched over by Tara Banana from the Bridge
Just a short update on this one. The lovely lady who we have at the pet crematorium for South Yorkshire, Jody, has now started updating on Doglost. It doesn't make 'nice' reading when you see the number of dogs who are fatally injured following road traffic collisions. It does however give some closure. If any LF members have any contacts with the pet crematoriums for their areas, perhaps they could suggest they do likewise on doglost. Sadly there were another two labradors (one black, one chocolate) killed on the A1M Doncaster/Rotherham area on Saturday
____________ Gillian, Millie & Arya, watched over by Becky, Arwen & Amber from the Bridge. Run fast & free
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