Awareness Day

Each year on April 23rd we celebrate National Lost Dog Awareness Day. Background: On April 23, 2014, Lost Dogs of America created and launched the first National Lost Dog Awareness Day (NLDAD), a canine-focused day aimed to bring attention to all dogs that are lost each year, while also celebrating the thousands of lost dogs […]

Breed Specific Facebook Pages and Groups

If you have lost or found one of these breeds, click the link to go to the Facebook page or group to post your information or flyer. Beagles Boxers Brittany Spaniels Great Danes Huskies Vizslas

How To Trace Dead End Microchips and Tag Information on Found Pets

We would like to thank Marilyn Knapp Litt, the Director of Lost Dogs of Texas for the information in this article. After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Marilyn formed a group of volunteers which successfully reunited animals that had been displaced by the storm with their families.  Lost Dogs of America has a trained team of […]

Use Facebook to Help Increase Your Shelter’s Return to Owner Rate

Many animal shelters in America have contracts with local municipalities to hold “stray” dogs for the state-mandated stray hold to give owners an opportunity to reclaim their lost dog. This period of time varies from state to state. A shelter typically has two windows of opportunity to help people find their lost dog: When a person who […]

Media

The 2023 National Lost Dog Awareness Day is coming up on April 23. In the world of animal advocacy,  adoption efforts of “homeless” dogs in shelters and rescues is a major focus.  National Lost Dog Awareness Day places a new focus on lost pets and reminds the public that “Not All Stray Dogs Are Homeless”.   […]

Finding Finn

On March 31, 2012 Finn, a two-year-old Brittany, escaped from a vehicle in a parking lot in Joliet while being transported to a foster home in Canada by the group National Brittany Rescue and Adoption Network (NBRAN). Finn quickly became somewhat of a celebrity as hundreds of volunteers across several counties in Illinois followed his […]