Please call the shelter at 519-824-3091 if you need to file a lost report with us, or e-mail carolined@guelphhumane.ca

How to Find Your Lost Dog
Be aware that your dog could be almost anywhere. Exploring dogs have traveled as much as 20 kilometres in a single day. Do not limit your search to your neighbourhood only.

How to Find Your Lost Cat
If you have lost your cat, search the area at dusk and/or dawn - be cautious around cars and garbage cans. Inform your neighbours and ask them not to feed your cat.

• Visit the Guelph Humane Society as soon as possible
• Make fliers that include the lost date, description and any unique markings, a picture and your phone number - a reward motivates people!
• Make familiar sounds to attract your pet and walk around your neighbourhood in the morning and evening calling your pet's name
• Put fliers up around your neighbourhood, shops, vet clinics and anywhere else, including your old neighbourhood if you've recently moved
• Place the kitty litter outside - while it may sound strange, this helps nervous or shy cats who may have bolted return to a site that "smells" familiar
• Place a lost ad in the paper and check the found section
• Check with the neighbours, mail carrier, newspaper and other delivery people, local vet clinics, etc.

Helpful Hints

• Be specific when describing your lost pet.
  EXAMPLE: A large 6-year-old domestic short-haired cat, all black with white paws. Neutered and de-clawed. Friendly with people. Answers to the name Newton
  EXAMPLE: A 3-year-old medium size dog, 25-30lbs, black and tan, shepherd mix. Female, spayed. A little timid - answers to the name Shadow.
• Make fliers that include the lost date, description and any unique markings, a picture and your phone number - a reward motivates people!
• Be sure to attach a photo
• Help our staff at the Guelph Humane Society find your pet - visit the shelter every other day to check for new arrivals. Ask for help and don't forget to file a lost report!

Upon Each Visit to the Shelter

• Ask to look at all stray cats that have come in
• Ask about our lost and found reports

More Tips

• Update tags regularly
• License and microchip your companion animal - even indoor cats
• Stray animals are held for a minimum of three full business days. For example, if your companion animal arrives stray at the shelter on Monday, its holding time would be up at the end of day Wednesday. Don't wait - come and check as soon as possible!

Found a Pet?
If you find a stray animal and you don't know quite what to do, we can help! A sick or injured stray should be brought to the Guelph Humane Society right away. If you have found a mother and a litter or an orphaned litter, contact us at 519-824-3091 for advice before taking action. Do not move the litter unless they are in immediate danger.
If you have lost or found a pet, please contact the shelter to file a report. We need to know that they are lost or found before we can get them safely home!