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paris
post Jul 19 2007, 06:28 AM
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I'm still looking for my Bennett. sad.gif

Has anyone used Sherlock Bones or any other pet detective services? Opinions?

thanks.....
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Simba's Daddy
post Jul 19 2007, 07:15 AM
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I highly recommend Hilary from CalmPet.com
She is a pet communicator rather than a pet detective.
You can read her stories about how she has connected with lost pets and helped them get reunited with thier companions.

http://www.calmpet.com/foundpet_gallery.html

Good luck, I hope you find your Bennett safe and sound.


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Simba's Daddy
post Jul 19 2007, 07:17 AM
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Oh, sorry I forgot (didn't read who posted this before I responded) that you don't believe in pet communicators... either way, I hope Bennett is safe and is home soon.


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paris
post Jul 19 2007, 09:57 AM
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that's ok, simba's dad.

I do want to put my money in the more concrete for now.....posters, ads, etc. as I realize many people have stray cats that come to their home, and they assume the cats are dumped or not wanted, and are not trying to locate their owners.
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zookeeper
post Jul 19 2007, 06:53 PM
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Paris,

Wish I knew about Sherlock Bones, unfortunately I don't. It sounds interesting.

Your message struck me b/c of the way we aquired our last cat. My husband was driving home from work, late at night, in the middle of a (very) large city park. No houses around and many wild kitties (this wasn't a wild kitty). It was December and freezing. This little guy was darting around in traffic , despite the park setting, it's a very busy road. My husband pulled over and opened the car door. He said, "hey tiger, get in here, it's cold".

The cat jumped in. As my better half tells it, he sat calmly on the passenger seat and was very pleased to be petted.

Initially, we were only going to "triage" him - get him shots, neutered, socialized, etc because we really do have a houseful. I did check lost and found ads in the local paper and checked Craigs List for about a month or so. I called the local shelter and told them I had a cat fitting a certain description (his markings are quite unique).

My sense has always been that this litle guy was dumped - even jumping into the car - it was almost as if a car was the last place he felt safe or maybe it was my husbands voice, he called this little guy because he couldn't leave a fellow creature in distress and the cat heard him.

He's napping on a sunny windowsill as we speak. I hope I don't have someone's baby, but then again, I hope I do - because the alternative that night wasn't promising. The love we have for him would make his owners proud. He's a very good boy.

I know that your Bennett's cir%%stances were very different, but who knows, my Georgie could have gone off on a walkabout - far from his loving home and just so happened to land where he did.

I wanted only to give you hope. That some well intentioned but befuddled stranger could have him, and he's okay.

My father was a detective for twenty five years. There's a system and a methodology to it - why not with animals?

smile.gif I hope you see your Bennett soon.

Sharon
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E.M
post Jul 20 2007, 04:20 AM
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Just finished reading my book last night and in the back of the reference section are these listed for help in finding lost pets, thought I would detail them here in case they are of any use to you?

Apart from Sherlock Bones they have listed this one below.

www.k9sardog.com (although this may be an expensive service is does say to contact them for their referal list of credible pet detectives)

On the above website they also list in their links the following:-

www.lostandfound.com and www.missingpet.net/anlost.html

The third one listed in the back of the book is www.petfindersalert.com

As I say I don't know if any of these are of help to you but at least you have somewhere to go to check out the credibility of pet detectives, which can only be a good thing I would have thought.
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paris
post Jul 20 2007, 06:41 AM
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QUOTE (zookeeper @ Jul 19 2007, 06:53 PM)
I wanted only to give you hope.  That some well intentioned but befuddled stranger could have him, and he's okay.

Sharon

EM,

thank you for those websites.

Sharon,

Thank you so much for your message of hope. I do find that everyone here is giving hope, and this is helping at least to cope and get through the day.

As far as you having picked up someone's pet, well, you did due diligence by checking the shelters and lost ads. I'm worried that, as you said, Bennett is with "some well-intentioned but befuddled stranger" smile.gif That person may not think that this is someone's LOST pet. That is why I have contacted Sherlock Bones. He thinks there is a good chance that Bennett may be in that situation and has advised me to create a certain type of flyer and where to post it. He said that if Bennett is with somone, he/she is not going to respond to my classified ads as they would have already contacted me or even the local shelter. So now I have to go around and post flyers and hope someone sees it and makes the connection. It's still a bit of a dice roll, as the cat could be in quite a large radius, miles.
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