Wordless Wednesday
Big thanks to Lost Dogs of Wisconsin for this lovely reminder to focus on reuniting dogs with their pet parents and not on passing judgments. Share this one with your community!
P.S. Scroll down to the comment box to let us know how you’re working with your community to return lost pets! Looking for a good reason to buy something blue and sparkly? Check out the answer to last week’s Wordless Wednesday.
Update, June 26: Found – a really inspirational mentality from Lost Dogs Illinois and Lost Dogs of Wisconsin, who together reunited 968 dogs with their families in 2011. Don’t get lost on your way to the comment box for more info!
Related Links:
Reuniting Lost Dogs with their Families
Strategies to Return Pets to their Homes
Lost Dogs of Wisconsin
Lost Dogs Illinois
Tags: Return to Owner, webinars, Wordless Wednesday
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Nancy Clark Says:
Although we may sometimes make judgments about how a dog or cat got lost…we do it very privately…and concentrate on the joy of finding owners for the animal and the reunion of the two. We are trying however, to educate our community on how to ID their pets and how not to lose them. Micro-chipping, collars, tags etc. Not allowing them to roam free, keeping them indoors or on a leash. There are several new groups in our area starting to work together on helping owners find their lost pets…with free help, advice and a Facebook page. The poster featured here is beautiful and I love the sentiment. It is an awful feeling to lose a pet, no matter how it happens.
Elyse Orecchio, Shelters' Edge Says:
Well said, Nancy! It’s great to hear that your community is working together to reunite lost pets with their families; let us know how it goes. If you need some inspiration, read on:
Susan Taney, founder of Lost Dogs Wisconsin and co-founder of Lost Dogs Illinois, recently presented a webinar explaining how these orgs. use a Facebook page to return lost pets to their homes (get the free recording here!).
“If you take away one thing from this webinar, I hope that it’s the importance of keeping your page positive,” urged Taney, who encourages you to focus on reuniting families and maintain a zero tolerance policy for judgmental comments. Taney deletes such comments from their Facebook page and sends a private message to the offender with a warning that they will be banned if they continue their behavior.