Unfortunately, there are few research studies on lost pet behavior. This is a list of citations and abstracts of published research papers related to lost pet behavior and recovery. There are links to a few of the papers. You may be able to find other papers by visiting your local college or university and checking […]
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When a cat or small dog goes missing, pet owners/guardians are often concerned that s/he could have fallen prey to a coyote or other predator. As a pet detective for over ten years, I have often been asked the question: “Do coyotes carry cats back to their dens to eat them?” Of more concern, I’ve
Missing Pet Partnership Northeast Regional Training – Mystic, CT – May 2017 Missing Pet Partnership is holding a Northeast Regional Training on Saturday, May 20th through Wednesday, May 24th. This training is open to anyone interested in learning about lost pet recovery work whether or not they have completed a Missing Animal Response (MAR) Technician course.
Since there is so little information on cat homing behavior, I started a research survey in 2013. These are the survey results as of July 2018. If your cat has ever displayed homing behavior, please consider taking this very short survey. To take the survey, click here.Homing DefinitionSome lost cats are able to find their way home
Wildlife cameras (also called trail or game cameras) are often recommended by pet detectives as a method to help locate missing cats. They can be particularly helpful to determine the presence of an escaped indoor-only cat, since these cats tend to hide nearby and venture out at night. Wildlife cameras are also commonly used by wildlife biologists in
Missing Pet Partnership has partnered with the University of Queensland, Australia, to conduct the first-ever Missing Cat Study. Lost cats that are not found by their families are a major contributing factor to worldwide feral, shelter, and homeless cat populations. In 2011 a preliminary, non-scientific study by Missing Pet Partnership determined that the majority (93%)
I originally wrote this article as a response to a similarly titled article Should We Catch the Dog? by Mark Johnson, DVM, of Global Wildlife Resources. The article and ensuing discussion were about whether we should always catch feral/roaming dogs or whether it is sometimes in the dog’s best interest to leave them free. This is a rarely asked
The idea of using a tracking dog to find a lost dog is very compelling, but most people who pursue this option do not have a good understanding of how a tracking (or trailing) dog works. In some cases a tracking dog CAN provide useful information for locating a lost dog such as confirming sightings or
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Humane cage traps and enclosure traps are effective methods for catching escaped indoor-only cats, outdoor-access cats lost away from home and skittish lost dogs. However, monitoring a trap is often very labor intensive, especially when set away from your home. Checking the trap frequently (such as every four hours in good weather) is important not only
Many people with a lost pet think that a search dog is the best method for finding their pet. However, most people tend to have unrealistic expectations and a lack of understanding of how a search dog works. I previously wrote an article on considerations for Using a Search Dog, and in this series of articles, I
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Missing Animal Response K9 Boot Camp Mystic, CT – Spring/Summer 2015 Presented by Kat Albrecht with K9 Pet Trackers™ Hosted by Marge Lineweber with My Dog’s Place Pet Detective Kat Albrecht is the founder of Missing Pet Partnership, the CEO of “K9 Pet Trackers,” and the author of the book “Dog Detectives: Train Your Dog to
Google Voice is a free internet phone service that can be used to aid in lost pet searches. You just need to have a Gmail account (also free), and you can select a Google Voice phone number. When this number is called, you can set your account up so that the call is forwarded to
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