Don’t just sit at home and wait for your animal to get home! Look for local groups, communities, or even organizations that can help. By organizing search groups, they could comb through larger areas! Many dogs can travel long distances while fleeing, so don’t just look in the streets next door!

Visit the nearest shelters, rescues, and larger organizations to see if your pet has come to them or if they have heard of their whereabouts! It is also worth visiting more distant shelters, as people who find your pet could take them to places kilometers away.

It is very important to publish the picture and description of the lost pet on social media—the internet has a huge power! However, it is also worth turning to traditional posting, even in neighboring settlements, in case someone notices it!

It is possible that although your dog has a microchip, there is an error in the registered data, and that's the reason you have not found each other yet. Visit your veterinarian with your pet's vaccination book and check the details to make sure they are correct!

Don’t just trust your own posts to get results—watch the pages and groups of the surrounding and larger animal rescue organizations and communities! It is possible that someone found your pet and posted a picture along with a description of the animal found looking for his/her owner!

Approach slowly and calmly. Do not chase or grab the animal. Look for signs of injury or stress and move them away from traffic or danger if possible.

Look for: A collar with a name tag, A phone number, an address a QR tag, a microchip tag (some collars mention it). If the pet is friendly, gently check the collar.

Someone nearby may know if the animal lives in the area.Ask neighbors, shop owners, or passersby: “Have you seen this dog/cat around here before?” Sometimes the pet belongs to someone close by.

Upload a clear picture and details to:

A veterinarian or shelter can scan for a microchip in less than a minute. This is often the fastest way to reunite the pet with its family.

They can:

Check if someone reported the pet missing

Hold the pet safely

Help with medical care

Provide legal guidance if needed

Take the pet if you cannot keep it temporarily

Provide: water, food, a warm and quiet place, a photo to shelters in case the owner calls.
Do not assume the pet is abandoned — it may simply be lost.

There are legal procedures for found animals in many places. Handing the pet off too quickly may prevent it from returning to its real family.

Shelters or rescues can guide you through the proper adoption process if you want to keep the animal or help it find a new home.