Have you ever had a dog run off when a gate broke in the wind, or a dog or cat run off spooked from a storm or fireworks? Your mind goes to every bad thing that could happen from coyotes to traffic and you call the pet’s name till your throat hurts and you get everyone you can posting online and on telephone poles. Karen Nixon looks at the lost pet posts and offers to help along with other volunteers at the Pet Detectives Team. They come to you with a dog on a leash, like Halo the white Swiss Shepherd, that can sniff your pet’s scent off a blanket or pet bed and follow the trail from where it left your home to where its hiding. Karen describes how this works and how cats and dogs hide differently. Deb mentions videos she uploaded onto deb wolfe-pet expert on YouTube which demo how to teach any dog to find the car and find people with a game.
EPISODE NOTES: ‘Halo’, The Dog Who Finds Lost Pets