Many web sites (and even some pet detectives) recommend that if your cat is lost that you spread cat litter, cat feces, or scent articles of the cat owner around the home that the cat is missing from. The concept is that your cat ran away or is out of the area and by putting something with your …
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Paper Collars: IS THIS YOUR COMMUNITY CAT?
I love a good mystery. And when one of my (Missing Animal Response) students told me that a super friendly cat had showed up repeatedly outside his apartment and asked me what he should do, I suggested a paper collar. My student already knew that we did NOT recommend taking the cat to the …
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To REWARD or NOT to reward…That is the Question
I can't believe that it has been 3 years since I've blogged. My absence has not been due to a lack of lost pet recovery content but rather due to a lack of TIME. However, the explosion in Facebook lost pet recovery teams as well as increased interest by animal shelters to develop lost pet recovery …
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Bloodhounds and Scent Evidence
Officer Kathy “Kat” Albrecht Because of their ability to scent discriminate and to work “cold” tracks, the Bloodhound is a tool that can be utilized by investigators to develop leads in criminal cases. Bloodhounds are most often used to search for missing persons, criminals who have fled the …
Lost Pet Recovery Training
Here are 5 reasons why anyone involved with dogs or cats should be trained in Lost Pet Recovery: 1. Each year, millions of dogs and cats become lost. Knowing what to do should a dog or cat escape could mean the difference between life and death for that animal. 2. The only thing worse that …
Fire Starter
Life purpose. Have you found yours? I found my life purpose back in 1997 when I realized that the world needed pet detectives. I was a police officer at the time and I loved my job. But after having successfully trained my retired cadaver dog, Rachel, to track down lost dogs and cats, I realized …
Zekeless in Seattle
How do you measure love? Last week, my husband and I euthanized our bloodhound Zeke who fought a long battle with lymphoma. What has surprised me is that I have not felt this level of grief in sometime. Although I had euthanized two of my other pets over the past two years, my grief over those …
Grace for Gracie
Catching a skittish, displaced cat is usually a straightforward operation. After several days, an indoor-only cat that has escaped outside will typically be hungry enough to enter a humane trap baited with yummy cat food. But once in a while, a cat comes along who simply will not show interest in …
