Locating Lost Pets: Services and Fees

Below is a list of the services I provide in locating lost and/or stolen pets.

On-site searches with a trained search dog for dog and cats and other pets, large and small.
This service would be for newly lost pets for less than one week, including stolen pets. This would also be used for fresh sightings of pets lost for more than one week. If the pet has been missing for more than a week, then see the section Cold Case Investigations

Fee:
$65 per hour with a four hour minimum
$0.90 per mile

Phone and email consultations (available nationwide)
This service would be for newly lost pets when a physical, on-site search if not possible. This includes a full behavioral profile of your pet and the individual situation to help you focus your resources in the proper direction.

For cold cases for pets missing more than two weeks, please see the section on Cold Case Investigations.

Fee:
$50 per hour and $25 for each following half hour (one hour minimum)

Cold Case Investigations
This type of case would be for pets who have been lost for more than two weeks, either lost or stolen. I would perform a thorough review of the case from beginning to present time including:

- Reviewing exactly what has been done in the current search.
- Making sure fliers and posters are updated and still current.
- Reviewing shelter records of all the animals who have come and left during the time your pet has been missing.
- Making sure your case remains current at all shelters in your area, public and private.
- Performing a review of the physical area with maps to review the different routes your pet could have taken and where to put posters and distribute fliers.
- Posting online to rescue groups and various lost pet websites to keep your fliers current.
- Considering the option your pet has been removed from the present search area and then decide the next steps to take like extending the search area and poster and flier distribution.
- Bringing a search dog back into the area to look for animal remains that may be hidden. This would be a final option if a thorough review and update of the case still does not yield any results.

Fee:
$50 per hour and $25 for each following half hour (phone consultation, one hour minimum)
$65 per hour if a dog is brought back
$0.90 per mile


Poster/Flier Design
Fliers/posters are a very effective way of aiding in your pet's recovery. I offer a wide range of different flier/poster designs that can be sent to and printed at your local Office Max, Kinkos, Staples store etc for you to pick and then distribute in your area. Sizes, samples and corresponding prices are listed below.

You can also download our template for a simple yet high-impact flyer that you can customize for you own use.

***All orders have an additional one-time $25.00 design/handling fee***
*** For an additional $10.00 I can give you a detailed mapping of the most strategic placement for the posters to help your pet get home ***

8.5 x 11 flyer:
(black and white) - 50 cents each These can also be laminated and mounted for an additional cost.

8.5 x 11 flyer:
(color) - 85 cents each
These can also be laminated and mounted for an additional cost.

11 x 17:
laser paper - $2.00 each; lamination - $5.00; mounting - $5.00
vinyl (like banner material) - $20; mounting - $10.00

18 x 24:
high quality paper - $20; lamination - $10.00; mounting - $10.00
vinyl - $30.00; mounting - $15.00

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Microchipping
$49.95 includes lifetime registration
A microchip is a rice size piece of technology that carries a number identification that can be traced back to you, the pet's person. The microchip is inserted between the shoulder by a small needle. When a scanner is run over the location of the chip, a number shows up on the screen on the scanner and then that number can be traced back to you through a registry company.

Typically an animal shelter or veterinarian's office can scan an animal to see if the animal has a microchip.

Tattooing
A tattoo is a permanent mark with a unique combination of letters and numbers that can be traced directly back to you, the pet's person. Typically, the tattoo is placed in either the pet's ear or on the inside flank.

Individual Animal:
$35.00 (includes lifetime registration with Tatoo-A-Pet) http://www.tattoo-a-pet.com/ Can you add this hyperlink to the name Tatoo-A-Pet?)

Kennel Rate (two or more animals tattooed at one time):
$25 lifetime registration for all animals with Tattoo-A-Pet
$20 per tattoo.

Service dogs:
Free lifetime registration
$20 per tattoo

Miscellaneous Number Registration:
We can register any tattoo that is already on a pet.
$10 lifetime registration fee

Special rates available for non-profit organizations such as shelters and rescue groups. Please ask for rates!

Microchips vs. Tattoos

Shelter checks
This service is to physically check both the records and animals in the public and private shelters surrounding the area where your pet has been missing.

Fee:
$25 per hour (one hour minimum)
$0.90 per mile

Website posting and rescue group notification
This service maintains current posting of your pet's flier on all the online rescue groups and lost pet websites.

Fee:
$25 per hour (one hour minimum)

Humane Trapping
This service would include an evaluation of case to determine if a humane trap is the best choice to safely return the pet home. A trap or traps would be set in the best location and set and monitored.

Fee:
$25 per hour plus trap rental
$0.90 per mile

 

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