• Search Your Property: For a missing indoor cat begin at the escape point, looking around and under your house. For dogs or outdoor cats, call the missing pet as you normally would on a frequent basis.
 

• Canvas the Neighborhood: Go door-to-door looking for neighbors who may have seen your dog. Establish a line of travel and focus on that direction. For cats, ask permission to search yards within a five-house radius. Check carefully under houses and hiding places with a flashlight.
 

• Update your voicemail: Make sure that callers hear a message with details about your pet’s situation and your cell number.
 

• Make posters: A reward can be helpful if you can afford it. Make a ‘Lost Dog / Cat’ poster with your pets description, a picture if you have one, and information on how to reach you. Place posters within a one mile radius of your house and along major intersections. Also, seek permission to hang your posters in the following local businesses:

• Gas Stations
• Restaurants
• Convenience & Grocery Stores; ask to add an extra poster in their pet food aisles
• Veterinary Clinics
• Pet Groomers, Stores & Trainers
• Dog Walking Services or Doggie Day Care (they're quicker to spot animals).
• Laundromats
• Churches & Community Centers

Click here for a printable 'Lost Pet' poster template.
 

• Post and Place an Ad: Post an ad on websites like Craiglist.com that allow you to submit a written description of your pet as well as a picture immediately. You can also place an ad in your local newspaper; some will run a lost pet ad for free.
 

• Call Nearby Veterinarian Offices and the Emergency Vet Clinic: In a worst case scenario, your pet may have been hurt and brought to a veterinarian office or hospital to receive care.
 

• Check Local Shelters: Call the shelters and report your pet as lost. Many people call when they have found a pet and a match can be made. To report a lost pet to Greenhill Humane Society call 689-1503 and Lane County Animal Services at 682-3645.

• Important! When describing your pet on posters or in ads, leave out one identifying characteristic. This will protect you from pet-recovery scams and will let you know when you have definitely found your pet. Be wary of people who insist that you wire them money for them to return your pet.

There are many places on the Internet to list and look for a lost pet. Below are a few of the most popular:

• craigslist in Eugene, Lost & Found
• Lane County Animal Services posts found animals they have received.
• PETS 911 and Petfinder.com offer a lost/found posting service.