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Ping Dan - any news on Sammy?
On Nov 6, 4:00*am, "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER
wrote: "Sherry" wrote in message ... On Nov 5, 5:02 pm, Daniel Mahoney wrote: In article , wrote: Just checking in. No news yet. I've got both vets, the shelter, and neighbors looking with me. Dan, I wanted to pass along this, just in case it might apply in your case: At our shelter, when someone inquires about a lost cat, they go on a list. There are *so many* different volunteers, and they're so busy down there, it really helps when the owner checks with them every single day. *It's just a madhouse down there; your shelter may be much better organized with better communication. I know you and Nancy are frantic. I hope he appears at the door, soon. Sherry *snipped A friend of mine recently learned that her beloved dog (which ran out the door when a housekeeper came in) was euthanized, despite numerous phone calls. snipped MaryL This has happens, more often than we probably know. Overcrowding, inexperienced volunteers, and breakdown in communication. I don't remember any dogs being euthanized, but I *do* remember a case where a dog was adopted to a new family; the owner discovered the dog and claimed she had repeatedly called the shelter. Except she would ask for a "Collie" when she called; this dog was a blue-merle Collie mix and looked really more like an Australian Sheepdog mix. So the person answering the phone would say "No, we don't have any Collies" Sherry |
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Ping Dan - any news on Sammy?
"Sherry" wrote in message ... On Nov 5, 5:02?pm, Daniel Mahoney wrote: In article , wrote: Just checking in. No news yet. I've got both vets, the shelter, and neighbors looking with me. Dan, I wanted to pass along this, just in case it might apply in your case: At our shelter, when someone inquires about a lost cat, they go on a list. There are *so many* different volunteers, and they're so busy down there, it really helps when the owner checks with them every single day. It's just a madhouse down there; your shelter may be much better organized with better communication. I know you and Nancy are frantic. I hope he appears at the door, soon. Given my own experiences, I'd want to personally check the cages at the nearby shelters. Jo |
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Ping Dan - any news on Sammy?
Daniel Mahoney wrote:
We did that when Nancy got home last night. Checked every place we could think of, including places we had checked right after he disappeared. heading to the Animal Rescue League today to drop off a couple of my color Sammy posters. Also left some with neighbors and one with the mail man. A couple of things I did, and also that I heard about, when Smudge went missing a couple of years ago: - I called Animal Control every single day. I got on a first-name basis with one guy who worked in that office, and he allowed me to mail him a photo of Smudge and said he'd put it up so that nobody would euthanize her before I had a chance to come get her. (I can only hope that he really did post it - he'd told me that they didn't usually do this, but because I was checking every day, he had developed a relationship with me and seemed willing to do me a favor.) I don't know if Animal Control deals with this stuff where you live. Of course, we have shelters in my area, too, but they generally don't accept animals off the street. Those go to animal control first. But I live in an urban area where agencies are spread pretty thin - they might have a better handle on animal issues in your area. - There are some websites that have extensive information for how to look for a lost pet. (I think David Stevenson has links - I might also have them on my home browser, but I'm at work right now.) One of the sites suggested that you talk to children in your neighborhood. Kids are outside playing every day and they know more than you think. They might have seen Sammy but didn't happen to mention it to their parents. You could also post some signs low down on the phone poles (or wherever you're posting them), at kid level, and worded in a way that's easy for a child to read (big block print, easy phrasing, etc). Hope this helps! Continued GYFBH purrs. -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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