WHAT TO DO: advice articles

They've been rescued once; let's not fail them again

Effective missing dog poster campaigns You’ve done the basics; stayed at the point of loss,  left out scent articles and food, and found...

Quizzy, our double-chipped rescue girl “Chipped but unregistered’,  How often do we see ‘found dog’ posts where it says this? According...

Photo by Jean Estrella on Unsplash Holiday booking season is here! One of the first things we do is check the dogs can get a reservation...

Create Your Dog’s Digital Pawprint: The Essential Checklist Welcome to the Safe Paws ‘Digital Pawprint’! We want everyone to know about...

How to report sightings of loose dogs usefully

Photo by Fran Taylor on Unsplash OK, it's confusing! So let's track those trackers. How do they work and what do I need? Some trackers...

We are not here to 're-invent the wheel'! We have gained our knowledge from personal experience and from talking extensively to dog...

Recent Facebook dog search posts have showed the full horror of fake SAR scams. These parasites create NOISE which distracts and confuses...

Milo with sister Petal, minutes before he went missing, December 2023 The Safe Paws Network was set up primarily to help dog owners know...

Scam SAR, cruel pranks and wankers like Jakki to be wriittgen

Most of the 13 million dogs in the UK will always remain safe, so please don’t panic! According to just one of the officially recognised...

Once a search is launched, it should be tailored to the dog, the situation and the environment by the experienced team you will hopefully have found, but there is key guidance that applies to almost every search initially.   DOGS WILL TRY TO RETURN TO THEIR OWNER / THEIR HOME depending on where they went missing. This can even apply to newly rescued dogs, or dogs missing in a place they don’t know. If your dog is missing FROM HOME: Someone should stay there 24/7. The dog wil