# One of my dogs is missing **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-dogs-is-missing/514189 "2009-10-18T01:32:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-dogs-is-missing/514189/21 "2009-10-22T15:30:18Z")
> [@rhubarbarin](#): > > … > > Microchipping has limited usefulness, IMO, since so few shelters have a scanner. The microchip makers offer universal scanners to shelters for free. Now sometimes a universal scanner can miss a chip or you miss a chip if you don’t scan correctly or the chip migrates but most of the time, if there is a chip we find it. We have reunited numerous pets with owners at my animal hospital, so the pet never had to go to the shelter (saving the owner some money in fines they would pay to reclaim the dog). There is also the added benefit that microchips are additional proof that you own the dog, providing you register the chip. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-dogs-is-missing/514189/22 "2009-10-22T18:21:49Z")
> [@Boscibo](#): > > Don’t be too quick to be mad - if I saw a uncollared, uneutered dog wandering around, I’d take it too - for the dog’s safety. I’d try to find the owner, but with no chip or collar, it could be hard. > > I’ve found dogs can roam farther than you’d think. Like others have said, don’t call shelters - visit in person. Call the sheriff, the police, vets, animal control in neighboring areas and visit as many shelters as you can. > > Good luck, I hope you find him soon. Yeah, more than once I’ve taken in lost dogs - put up signs, looked through the paper, etc. I had one for a week once, her owners never even imagined she’d go across the big road so they never saw my signs. (This was pre-Craigslist, of course.) They put a lost dog ad in the paper, and I knew it was the right one because I yelled “Sheba!” and she went apeshit. So yes, they could have seen me with their dog - I was, you know, _feeding_ it and keeping it out of the road. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-dogs-is-missing/514189/23 "2009-10-22T19:56:22Z")
Every time I see this thread is up I hope there’s good news. But there’s a lot of good advice, anyway. Fingers and toes remain crossed. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-dogs-is-missing/514189/24 "2009-10-22T20:30:22Z")
I hope you find your dog soon, snailboy. I lost one of my cats last week, and I’ve been a basketcase. ---
**Author:** ![snailboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@snailboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snailboy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-dogs-is-missing/514189/25 "2009-10-22T22:35:12Z")
> [@MoodIndigo1](#): > > I’ve found that calling shelters doesn’t help, going there and looking at the pets is better. Even their websites with pictures of found pets are usually way out of date. Yeah. They don’t seem to respond to reports made. Plus yellow labs aren’t rare. I’ve been visiting the local one about three times a week. I’ve seen several yellow labs there. > [@Boscibo](#): > > Don’t be too quick to be mad - if I saw a uncollared, uneutered dog wandering around, I’d take it too - for the dog’s safety. I’d try to find the owner, but with no chip or collar, it could be hard. Well I left an ad in the local newspaper and on Craigslist. All they have to do is look in the newspaper and pick up the phone, which several people have done but unfortunately they weren’t my dog. > [@](#): > > I’ve found dogs can roam farther than you’d think. Like others have said, don’t call shelters - visit in person. Call the sheriff, the police, vets, animal control in neighboring areas and visit as many shelters as you can. As far as I know, there’s only one animal shelter around here. According to the yellow pages, it’s the only one within 18 miles. I’m guessing dogs found in White Oak are brought here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-dogs-is-missing/514189.md?page=1)