FindToto information

How does FindToto work?

• We use the address of where your pet went missing as the center point of your neighborhood lost pet alert.
• Our system can call thousands of your neighbors within 1 hour so they’re on the lookout for your missing pet.
• The message will be a description of your pet, your contact number, and where to view your pet's picture and information.

Why does FindToto work?

• We know and our previous lost pet owners know that you will receive a greater response from your neighbors by using FindToto.com.
• It is an immediate, efficient, and proactive service. Timing is most critical when your pet goes missing.
• FindToto brings your neighborhood together to reunite you with your lost/stolen pet.
• It’s the quickest way to notify your neighbors of your lost pet.

What makes FindToto different?

• Proactive - You are personally notifying your neighbors of your lost pet and not waiting for them to walk by your poster or scan a lost pet database website. You’re reaching out to them for immediate help.
• Fast - In the critical first hours of your pet missing, FindToto’s system can call everyone in your neighborhood, (while you are still working on those lost posters).
• Efficient - Enlisting in the help of your neighbors means you’ll have up to 5,000 sets of eyes looking for your missing pet compared to the handful of neighbors who might take a walk that day and actually read your poster.

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Tips for Finding a Lost Pet

• Act immediately. The longer you wait, the farther your dog, cat or any pet can travel and the chances increase that it may become injured.
• Post signs at intersections within a 2 mile area of where your pet was lost. In addition, post signs at grocery stores, community centers, pet stores, veterinary offices, churches and apartment complex laundromats.
• Advertise in local newspapers and check "Lost and Found" for at least three months.
• Search the neighborhood. Walk, ride a bicycle or drive slowly through your neighborhood several times each day. A lost pet may hide during the day, so be sure to go out again at night with a flashlight and call for him.
• Ask neighbors, letter carriers and delivery people if they have seen your dog, cat or pet.
• Visit all animal shelters and file a lost pet report with every shelter in your city. Check with the shelters every few days. Notify the police if you believe that your pet may have been stolen.
• If lost anywhere near a busy highway or road, contact your local transportation department, to see if a car has hit your pet.
• Contact veterinary clinics both in your area and surrounding areas. An animal could be injured, rescued and taken out of the area in any direction for some distance.
• Leave items with a familiar scent outside your home. A litter box, pet bed or a sweatshirt recently worn by a loved one can attract a pet who has strayed and become disoriented.
• If your dog, cat or animal is a purebred, contact breed rescue groups in your area.

Don't give up your search - even when you have little hope. Dogs, cats and all animals who have been lost for months have been reunited with their families. If you find your dog, cat or pet, make certain to inform all places you contacted and remove flyers. Otherwise, valuable time is wasted which could be used for animals who are still lost.
(Information provided by cap4pets.org)