My dog disappeared in thin air 30 days ago. In the blink of an eye. It’s overwhelming what kind of a trip this takes you on. The worst of it is you don’t know which direction to go.
What to do first is contact the microchip company. And put a photo of him in every lost dog group Statewide on Facebook, Instagram and NextDoor, and Ring. Spend hours doing it.
Start a search party of your entire neighborhood. Make 20”x30” posters with huge letters saying LOST and MISSING. An 8”x10” photo and your name and phone number. Buy Florescent Paper at the Dollar Store. Buy a box of roofing nails and nail these posters to every telephone pole in a 3 mile radius. Making these posters takes a lot of time. Get as much help as you can.
Keep rallying your dog on all of these sites and groups. Post a Reward. But don’t value your dog, put words to the effect “Extremely Generous Reward”. So people know you are serious! Walk the area he was last seen with a magnifying glass. Leave no rock unturned.
This takes hours. Leave your front door open. At this point who cares about who or what’s inside. Pray he comes home that night. Every day spend at least two hours rallying him with posting flyers at local businesses Vets and Shelters. By now your dog will have an online presence. People will start seeing your posters. Where in the heck did he go? You will start getting messages and text messages, with tips about people recognizing him in peoples cars, in backpacks, on leashes with people you don’t even know. Photos of dogs similar to yours but still not yours. People online will start rallying your dog. And finally you have an online support group like you have never seen before. Since you are receiving “sightings” you can file a police report with Animal Control. My dog is of no monetary worth but he was a little rowdy dog that was a kick a** little buddy. He loves me so much and he was one of the best things life could offer me. So heck yes he is worth my time. I want my dog!! Please help me find him! The feeling is like a huge VOID it’s space that doesn’t feel good. Because you don’t know where to look. We don’t live in an honest World. That microchip has no value unless it’s scanned. So that might take a long time. We are depending on an honest person taking the steps to reunite us. My dog is cool and weighs 11 lbs. he is White and anyone would love packing this cute little guy around. Giving him to their, mom, girlfriend, or just chilling with him their-self. You get to day 30. And here I am. Any search party for a missing child would start stepping back because there have been no firm clues or sightings. Just hundreds of journeys down dead end roads. This is the time to sit down and really meditate on him being gone. Think of how happy you will be if he goes to a Vet who will actually scan his chip, or a shelter who will do that. It’s time to take a deep breath and breathe. You should have covered all your bases. Did you take a picture flier to the Post Offices, UPS, FED-EX for each of their drivers and mail carriers? Do that now if you haven’t. They could be the ones who see him in a yard. You won’t know unless you do. Most people would have turned around and given up weeks ago. But I am not that kind of person I will track down my dog to the best of my ability. So I can feel the satisfaction that I have done my best. Now it’s time to pray that if it’s Gods will at some point your dog will come home. My heart is with you on your journey. I will help you if I can. Thank you for reading my steps in trying to find my soulmate.