Success Stories

Have we helped?  Please take a moment to fill out a success story form.  Thank you.

Did the website help find your pet/pet's owner? . . . 

Thanks again for your help this weekend. We got a call from the
little Schnauzer's owner last night and she went home to sleep in her own
bed!!!  Kim

It was great! We got our dog back the next morning!

Yes,
Although I was able to place the dogs with my inlaws, your site was very helpful. I was able to gather useful information and the listing generated two phone calls and a call from the Austin Aussie Rescue group. I am pleased to see sites like this exist and will try to support your effort with a small donation as soon as possible. Your work is greatly appreciated.
Teresa

I found my dogs at the Town Lake Animal Shelter. However, the steps to find them were taken from your advice from the LOST PET packet. I appreciate it.

Yes. I found some information on finding a missing cat. Thank You!

your site has been helpful in retrieving my wife's dog before.

Yes! It helped us find Scooby right away! Thank you for your service.

Not specifically for this dog, but it did help me find my other dog =)

We lost our dog Oct. 6, I listed it on your web site on Oct. 9 and received a phone call Oct. 10 from someone who thought maybe she had our dog, but it was just so far away from home we didn't want to get our hopes up but sure enough it was him. We had distributed flyers in our neighborhood and maybe a couple adjacent and put an ad in the paper but it was your site that helped us find him. Thanks go out to you and especially to Angela (she knows who she is) who found our Pork Chop. She was so wonderful and would not even accept the reward offered. We are forever in her debt.

Our two dogs got out on Sunday 10/8 and we couldn't find them. When I called around to the animal shelters on Monday, one suggested that I look on your website. I immediately recognized a Found ad posted and called. Sure enough, they had found Scooby! We haven't found Sonic yet, but I posted a Lost ad on your website and I'll keep checking daily to see if someone posts a Found ad. Your website has been very helpful and convenient. Thank you!

A terrier mix was helped on her way home by your website.

Yes. I was at the Williamson County Humane Society when I saw a pet which was listed on your website. I e-mailed the owner to let her know he was there. I also appreciated all the helpful phone numbers for the Humane Societies, Animal Control in local cities, etc. It sure helped me know who to call. Otherwise, I many not have contacted Austin.

This time my posters worked but the last time I found a black lab and put up posters and listed on this site and after getting no response I looked back on your January thru March dates and contacted a few people and luckily one of them was the owner, months later. happy ending!

Yes!- My dog was found seven months later! The lady who found her searched your recent listings with no success, and then went back and searched the listings from Jan-Mar 2000 where she found my listing. I have no idea where my dog was for seven months, but I'm glad to have her back.

I received a call  from a person who had found my dog nearly five miles from where I lost her in a car wreck.  She is now safe at home thanks to your site.  My entire family thanks you so much for this wonderful service!

This is an absolutely GREAT web site !!!   Many thanx to everyone who contributes to it and monitors it !!!

We found our Gracie tonight at about 9:30 PM several miles from home.  She was missing for three weeks and four days.  Kim & Lynne read this listing and called us.  WE ARE SO GRATEFUL!!  Signs, flyers, newspaper ads and countless visits to the pound did not bring her back home, but your service reunited us with our dog!  I can't wait until our children discover that she has come home to us when they wake up tomorrow morning.  It will be like Christmas in August!  Thanks again!

Mary & Ray

Dalmatian Found on Harcourt...owner FOUND!
All Happy.................Thanks

Your site was very helpful in that it gave tips for me to follow - vet numbers, SPCA numbers, etc.  As I was posting signs for "FOUND - HUGE BROWN DOG", I found a sign that said "LOST - BLOODHOUND" that had been posted that very afternoon.  "Trusty" has been returned to her family!!  It was truly a happy ending!!

My dog was found in Manor, TX. A very nice lady called me on Monday 8/1/00
and told me she had her. I was so happy to get her back. Thank you for all
you've done to help.   

Very helpful!  Jake was turned in the following day to the Town Lake Animal Shelter.  The website got me out of a panic attack and gave me the resources to search more effectively.  Thank you!

It did not directly lead to location of my dog, but I found the advice very helpful, especially on how to create the lost poster.  I wish I would have consulted the site earlier.

Medium dog found. Long black hair with some gray. Found in Cypress Bendon Heather Drive in Cedar Park. Had Williamson County Humane Society and Lakeline Animal Clinic tags on it, but no owner information. Since I found the dog on a Sunday, I was not able to contact the Humane Society. Fortunately, Lakeline Animal Clinic was open on Sunday from 5:30-6:30p.m. and they gave me the owner's name and phone number. I immediately contacted the owner who was re-united with her dog on Sunday evening. Thank you for having this site.

Help:
Yes. I think that the Williamson County Humane Society must have been contacted about my listing with you, because they called me Monday, July 10 to inquire about the dog. Fortunately, I had good news for them!

A 7 month old Labrador was returned home with help from our website.

A Shepherd, Chow mix was assisted on her way home by a listing on our website.

Yes it was helpful. We found an owner! (Labrador Retriever up for adoption).

This dog was found and returned to us. thanks

Last Sunday, my husband found a Boston Terrier. Since she wasn't wearing her tags, it was impossible to trace her to her owners. On Monday, I posted a FOUND listing with www.austinlostpets.com and on Tuesday the owner called and was reunited with Princess.

A blue heeler's owner was found via our website.

The site was very helpful in finding the owner of the 2 pit bulls. A lady had checked the found listings and recognized the dogs to be the pets of her friend. Thank you!!

Tucko, a white German Shepherd, found his way back to his owner with help from our website.

A tri-colored beagle mix was returned to his owner through our website.

Bucko, a 9 year old spaniel mixed found his way home with help from our website.

yellow & white female cat 12 years old --  Lady rescued her from pound on the 3rd day and found us thru this site!

Help:

Thank you so much for having this available to us.  It was very helpful!  Our cat was caught in a fence and someone found her and took her to pound. Her leg was not broken but cut off blood supply to her foot and it looks bad but she is using it. A lady thought she was her cat and got her out of pound. 

Owner of (the two) dogs found me here and I was able to return them.

I posted my missing "friend" on Sunday, and by Tuesday she was back home again.  I did find out about you through the newspaper, as did the person who found my dog.  Thank you so very much and keep up the good site!!!

I would like to thank you for your service.  We lost our dog, Marley on
March 17th and thanks to you we have him back by the 21st.  A very special
Thank You goes to DARREN, without whom we might not have Marley back home!!
Thank you AustinLostPets and thank you Darren!

Very helpful!  The owner read about the dog on your site (listed March 17) and picked it up March 21.  Thanks.

I posted that a Chihuahua was found. Actually this little dog was hit by a truck and we rescued him. He had no residual problems from the accident and had the greatest personality. Someone saw your site, told a friend who was looking for an adult Chihuahua... and this little guy now has the most loving new home. It was a convenient way for me to notify people and an easy way for the adopting family to find exactly the dog they wanted. Thank you so much for this service!!

(Samantha is an adoption pet, previously listed on our website.)  Yes, Samantha's new owner found her through your site.

Your site was very helpful.  A neighbor saw my pets listing and knew that a family near our home had found a dog that matched Mary's description on your site. The neighbor called us and now our dog is home and well.

Thank you for your help.

A Tri-Color, male, Beagle found 02/09/00 on Golden Quail Dr.  Has been returned safely to the owner on 02/10/00.

Absolutely-The most wonderful couple rescued Zoe from the middle of 360 with cars speeding past. They lovingly took her home and posted a "found" notice on your site where I had also posted a "lost" notice. They read my notice and called me to see if they might have my dog. Amazingly enough it was Zoe! They were truly her guardian angels. Thank you.

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Year old black dashund mix from our found pets site, thanks to your site she was returned home last night!

Thanks again for making Zoe's return to her owners so smooth!

We assisted in a Sheltie's return home.

A border collie mix returned home with help from this site.

A black lab found his way home:  "This is a great website.  Thank you for the help."

A Great Dane was assisted on his way home through our site.

The information provided on this site was helpful to finding our lost dog.  thanks!

The owner of a Fox Terrier found his missing pet listed on our site.  Per the person finding the dog  in answer to Did the Site Help?  "You bet! Thank you so much for your great idea!  Both the little dog I found and his owners were so happy!!!"

A Schipperke turned up missing on Thanksgiving in Manor.  The Town Lake Animal Center later picked him up in South Austin two weeks later.  A woman from Underdog Rescue spotted Gizmo and remembered the posting we placed in the Austin Pets Alive! Handbill.  She phoned the owner, who immediately retrieved the dog.  It was her birthday. 

A long haired, black and white cat found his way home though our site.