Praise From Shelter Staff
Here's what animal shelter staff are saying:
Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society
Leverett & Greenfield, Massachusetts
I'm the director of a local humane society that routinely recommends your website to our lost-and-found clients. This week I had the misfortune of having to use it for myself. A frightened little dog I had been fostering went to a new home in a nearby town. The morning after his adoption, he snuck out the door behind his adopter. She was frantic because he was too scared to let her catch him; he quickly disappeared into the neighborhood. I referred the adopter to your website to start working on signs while I took my dogs (the missing dog's best friends) out to look for him.
After reading more on your website about the behavior of xenophobic dogs, I came to the conclusion that he had to be holed up nearby. As temperatures plummeted and the snow and sleet continued to fall, we became demoralized. But AS SOON AS we hung big signs up in major intersections, we began to get calls. Through the calls and a door-to-door canvas, we were able to narrow his location down to the brushy hillside backyards between two streets. Streets and backyards, by the way, we had walked down a dozen times calling the dog's name--he had to have been watching us go by!
One day after our first calls, a nice lady set food out for the dog, noticed our signs, and called us. With her help, our animal control officer set a humane trap and had the little guy in custody within hours. He is now curled up on my couch with my dogs safe and sound. This is the second time I've had to help people search for their lost pets using MPP's online advice. Both times, MPP was absolutely correct and we recovered the animals. This is an invaluable service. THANK YOU!
-- Leslie Harris, Director
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