What to do if your pet is lost.
Call the Sheriff Department at 608-339-3304 and report your missing pet. The Sheriff Department picks up stray dogs and they bring them here to ACHS.
Call 608-339-6700, the Adams County Humane Society with the info about your missing pet or click here to fill out a lost report. If you can email or private message us a recent picture of your missing pet in Adams County we will post the info and picture on our Facebook page. Please provide a picture, if possible, the animal's name, color, age, if it is spayed or neutered, if it has a collar and the color, the closest cross streets to area animal was lost and who to contact. If you do not have internet but have a picture of your missing pet, you can come into ACHS and we can scan your picture to post online.
Some other great resources are Lost Dogs of Wisconsin and Lost Cats of Wisconsin. Both are on Facebook and will generate a missing pet flier for you and help you share it.
You can also post on a Facebook page called Adams County, Wis. and Surrounding Areas, Lost, Found and
Adoptable Pets as well. The more you can get the info and picture out there the better chances you have of finding your pet.
Call 608-339-6700, the Adams County Humane Society with the info about your missing pet or click here to fill out a lost report. If you can email or private message us a recent picture of your missing pet in Adams County we will post the info and picture on our Facebook page. Please provide a picture, if possible, the animal's name, color, age, if it is spayed or neutered, if it has a collar and the color, the closest cross streets to area animal was lost and who to contact. If you do not have internet but have a picture of your missing pet, you can come into ACHS and we can scan your picture to post online.
Some other great resources are Lost Dogs of Wisconsin and Lost Cats of Wisconsin. Both are on Facebook and will generate a missing pet flier for you and help you share it.
You can also post on a Facebook page called Adams County, Wis. and Surrounding Areas, Lost, Found and
Adoptable Pets as well. The more you can get the info and picture out there the better chances you have of finding your pet.
Things to do to help get your pet home quicker if they become lost
Get your pet microchipped!
You can get these at any vet clinic and most humane societies. At ACHS we charge $25 for a microchip and we register it for you. Check with your local humane society and vet clinics on price. You can get them year-round at either place.
A microchip is about the size of a grain of rice and it goes under the skin on top of the shoulder blade area. If you go through a vet clinic ask them if they register the chip or if you need to register it yourself.
A microchip is not a tracking device, it is a permanent form of identification. If the pet is found and goes into an animal shelter or vet clinic they will be scanned for a microchip. The facility will then call the microchip company and be able to contact you in about 10 minutes.
A microchip also comes in handy when you need to prove ownership.
The 2 biggest mistakes people make with microchips are:
1) They forget to register the microchip if the clinic does not do it.
2) They move or change phone numbers and do not change the info with the microchip company.
If a microchip does not have the update information it makes it almost impossible to find the owners.
Keep a collar with tags on your pet.
Do you have problems keeping tags on your pet? There are a couple of things you can do:
1) Get an embroidered nylon collar with the dogs name and phone number on it (you can order them online).
2) You can buy little pouches that go on the collar and hold all the attached tags together so they do not get ripped off as easily (you can order them online).
Do you have a hard time keeping collars on your dog?
You can buy a collar on line and in some pet stores called martingale collars, it is a flat collar that they can't back out of.
Other ways to keep them safe:
Always go out for playtime or potty breaks with your dog. This can help in many ways; it can help them to not be stolen, will help you be able to stop them from eating something they shouldn't, help them not run off and there are many other benefits to this as well.
You can get these at any vet clinic and most humane societies. At ACHS we charge $25 for a microchip and we register it for you. Check with your local humane society and vet clinics on price. You can get them year-round at either place.
A microchip is about the size of a grain of rice and it goes under the skin on top of the shoulder blade area. If you go through a vet clinic ask them if they register the chip or if you need to register it yourself.
A microchip is not a tracking device, it is a permanent form of identification. If the pet is found and goes into an animal shelter or vet clinic they will be scanned for a microchip. The facility will then call the microchip company and be able to contact you in about 10 minutes.
A microchip also comes in handy when you need to prove ownership.
The 2 biggest mistakes people make with microchips are:
1) They forget to register the microchip if the clinic does not do it.
2) They move or change phone numbers and do not change the info with the microchip company.
If a microchip does not have the update information it makes it almost impossible to find the owners.
Keep a collar with tags on your pet.
Do you have problems keeping tags on your pet? There are a couple of things you can do:
1) Get an embroidered nylon collar with the dogs name and phone number on it (you can order them online).
2) You can buy little pouches that go on the collar and hold all the attached tags together so they do not get ripped off as easily (you can order them online).
Do you have a hard time keeping collars on your dog?
You can buy a collar on line and in some pet stores called martingale collars, it is a flat collar that they can't back out of.
Other ways to keep them safe:
Always go out for playtime or potty breaks with your dog. This can help in many ways; it can help them to not be stolen, will help you be able to stop them from eating something they shouldn't, help them not run off and there are many other benefits to this as well.
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