Check list of things to do if your dog goes missing or is stolen!

2) Call dog warden of surrounding boroughs.

3) KEEP calling them every few weeks so her missing report is top of the pile.

4) Call Battersea n fill in a missing report and also call the other Battersea branches and do the same (Windsor and Brands Hatch). This is for dogs stolen or missing within the M25.

5) If your dog is microchipped then call the database, report them as missing/stolen and tell them that under no circumstances will they have been re-homed so if anybody was to call/write to them and it’s not you, they need to alert you immediately. If you don’t have your microchip number your vet will.

6) Call local rescues and other rescues further afield.

7) Put them on all lost dog sites. (see below)

8 ) Put up missing dog posts on sites like Gumtree and Preloved etc.

9) Plaster the area in posters and keep renewing them. Making a dog too hot to handle proves successful.

10) Call local newspaper and radio and see if they will let you do a little story about the dog. Failing that then put an advert in, but do it again a few weeks later too to keep it fresh in peoples mind and perhaps share this page on there too for people to join.

11) Call all local vets, put posters up in their practises and ask them to keep an eye out, same with local pet shops, dog walking spots-anywhere where dog owners are going to regularly visit.

12) You need to call the local council and speak to the street cleansing team just in case, god forbid the dog was hit by a car. They should keep records but I know some council don’t scan dogs and cats which is awful! Feel sick writing this one but it’s a possibility that needs to be ruled out.

13) Put you dogs details on missing dog facebook pages.

14) Put posters up outside traveller sites with a reward on the poster. They are often travelling around different areas and can keep eyes/ears open. There may be a local travellers liaison officer who you can contact through your local council.  They will contact travellers sites for you and are usually very helpful people who the travellers respect.

15) If you have children in school, let them take poster’s into their classrooms and talk to the teacher’s.   The more people you can tell the better for your dog.

16). Get all your friends to put posters in their cars.

17). Talk and give poster’s to postmen, gardeners, window cleaners, builders, everyone and anyone who will listen!