I contacted Lost Pet Tracker nearly 2 weeks after my BabyGirl went missing. She is an 8 pound Yorkie/Terrier mix. We recently adopted her in December from a rescue. She has always been scared of people. Very fear aggressive. It took days before she was comfortable with me and weeks before she was comfortable with my husband. She runs FAST so the chance that someone would catch her was slim. The only hope we had would be that she would remember me and come to me... should I get the opportunity to see her. She ran out the front door from my mom's house while I was out of town. It seemed that she went to look for me so I took an early flight back and decided to take my maternity leave early just so I could spend every day looking for her. She went missing 01/17/17 and I happen to be due with my first child 02/18/17. Time was ticking. I'm a very organized person, so I was already doing a lot of the recommend steps to find my BabyGirl: I made, hung and passed out flyers, offered a high reward, posted on various social media sites, alerted local Vets, searched local shelters, reported her missing with the microchip company and Animal Control. I was keeping a timeline of her sightings and mapping her route. I paid to have an ad in the local newspaper. I paid to have a lost dog "amber alert" phone call sent out to 1250 local residents. Family, friends, neighbors and strangers were now on the hunt for her. I was receiving sightings, but I was always one step behind her. By the time I would get to her location, she had already moved on. Often her sightings described her as "running away". She was not familiar at all with my mom's neighborhood, so there were no familiar locations for her to find refuge. There was no chance that she would happen to "find her way home". At 8 months pregnant I knew the amount of time and energy I could spend looking for BabyGirl was becoming less. Plus, her most recent sighting described her as looking injured, which increased my worry and desperation. I was willing to pay and do anything to find her. I found Lost Pet Tracker online through the Missing Pet Partnership. I contacted other companies also listed on the website and felt pushed aside. I was told I wasn't trying everything, that I should try trapping her... which I had been. I felt dismissed, just another lost case. And then Sarah at Lost Pet Tracker called me... Right away I could tell Sarah cared just as much about finding BabyGirl as me. The main difference was that she had the knowledge, experience and tools to help improve my search. She was sweet, not pushy, not a sales person. I genuinely felt connected to her and was confident that even with miles between us that she could help guide me. She rushed to have Judy and Mellie come to Northern California to help me. [They are based in Southern California] I contacted them on Sunday and Judy and Mellie were out on Tuesday. The search dog, Mellie, was an interesting experience. To be honest, Mellie didn't help too much with the search. And I don't mean to undermine her work. I believe with some cases of lost dogs I am sure she helps immensely. However in our case, BabyGirl would find a location, people would sight her, approach her and she would run away. Thus, starting our search from the beginning. I'm sure this makes "following her scent" a difficult task. Especially considering we had been having weeks of some of the worst rains in the past year. Judy [the dog handler] worked for nearly 10 hours that day, not only with working Mellie, but also helping me to create and hang large signs at the major intersections in the area. Those signs were what eventually helped to bring our BabyGirl home. Out of all of their suggestions this was the big "Ah-Ha" moment. That... and their suggestion to have us tell our search party to not approach BabyGirl, but to leave food, make her feel safe and keep an eye on her until I could reach her. Finally, on day 18, I received a call from an employee at a local business. She heard about our large sign from a coworker, drove down the street to take a photo of it and called me. At this point she was watching BabyGirl head toward the main road. I happened to be in the area hanging more large signs. As soon as I saw BabyGirl I got down on the ground and opened a can of food. As I was saying her name I could tell she remembered me. She sniffed the food, got closer and sniffed my hand. She eventually let me pick her up and hold her. She was whining with happiness. She was uninjured, dirty, but healthy. The stars had aligned!!! If it were not for those large signs and the suggestions from Sarah and Judy with Lost Pet Tracker, we may still be looking for our BabyGirl. I cannot THANK them enough for all of their love, support and help. They were crucial members of my "team". I recommend them highly. Each lost animal situation is different, but they greatly helped to BRING MY BABYGIRL HOME. THANK YOU!!!! read more

Lost Pet Tracker - A happy BabyGirl, safe at home, snuggled up with the Baby Bump, while I write my 5 star review for Lost Pet Tracker. - Pet Services Near Me

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Our sweet lab mix, Lola, ran away from my parent's home in Truckee, CA. We did everything we could think of to bring her back (searching throughout the town, flyers in the neighborhood and posting all over social media), but we were starting to lose hope. Despite stories of dogs returning months after they'd gone missing, we knew that time was not on our side. My mom had seen 2 coyotes chasing a deer right through their back yard just 2 weeks prior, and Lola is smallish, only 45 pounds, and not very "tough" so we were imagining the worst. We felt paralyzed. It wasn't until we called Judy and Sarah after 3 miserable days/nights, that we felt any measure of hope. Sarah and Judy calmly and warmly walked us through the next things we needed to do (neon posters, not just flyers!), and what to stop doing (frantically calling her name could actually be keeping her anxious and away!). They encouraged us to not give up hope or stop searching prematurely. At 8pm that very night a neighbor who had seen our signs called with a sighting of Lola in our neighborhood. We immediately called Judy and Sarah, and they coached us on how to LURE instead of chase. We did exactly what they suggested, walking in the neighborhood with our other dog to set a scent trail back home, talking calmly and light-heartedly so she would feel safe instead of scared if she heard us, firing up the grill to may our house the yummiest one in the neighborhood, leaving articles of our worn clothing and pillowcases around the yard so she would be drawn to the familiar scents, and leaving the garage door a few feet open so she'd have a place to shelter if she showed up while we were asleep. We did EXACTLY what was recommended, felt hopeful for the first time since she'd gone missing, and THE NEXT MORNING we woke up to Lola whining at the door. I can't thank Judy and Sarah enough! I think we could have really screwed this up if we hadn't had their calm and confident advice. I especially appreciated Judy's background in EVIDENCE-BASED search techniques and protocol. My husband and I are both science geeks and it helped tremendously to know the reasoning behind the advice. Priceless! read more

Lost Pet Tracker - Lola, back safe-and-sound thank to Judy and Sarah's advice! THANK YOU!!! - Pet Services Near Me

I went out of town and my 6 year old yorky / schnauzer was staying at a friend's house about 20 miles away. My dog is a rescue with several issues and literally got frightened by a broom. She ran off and we couldn't find her for days. We did signs, talked to neighbors, posted flyers, lost dog websites, checked shelters, left trails of food but she was so far away it was looking and feeling hopeless. After the 11th day, I texted Lost Pet Trackers. Sara called me within hours. She gave me great insight as to what other strategies I could try on my own or I can opt for a consultation. My situation was bleek, but Sara gave me hope. I had the consultation the very next day and she gave me a trillion strategies to work smarter and not harder. On the 15th dqy I had all my supplies ready and started my search. Sara coached me the whole time as I went out every day. My baby was spotted that same evening, but I couldn't find her because my lost, frightened dog was roaming the city. She was just too far from home. We finally tracked my dog to a location about 6 miles away, across the freeway, on a major street across from a busy shopping center, hiding in an apartment complex in the sewers. We saw her and she was so disoriented, she ran away again. Sara gave me suggestions on how to lure her in. I went out the very next morning. I followed her advice. My dog saw me again and just walked right into my lap. After 19 dqys trying to find her way home, my Squirt is safe at home with me. read more

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Roxie, my 9.5 year old Maine Coon kitty was missing. She got out between 10pm and midnight on a Thursday night. After searching all night, we called Judy. She got back to us within a few hours. The tips she gave us over the phone were helpful and we followed them to a T. We still scheduled her and her search dogs to come out on Monday, and I was so excited to text her at 2 AM last night to cancel because Roxie came home!! If you're missing your furbaby, call Judy right away. Leave her a message and she will get back to you. I am so grateful to have such a wonderful resource so close to me. Thank you for bringing my baby back. Thank you so much!!!!! read more

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Judy is amazing! My Golden went missing on 12/31 and a neighbor knew about Judy. We gave her a call and we had set up for her and her dogs to come track my dog down. She had given us a lot of suggestion on things to do in the mean time. She was scheduled to come over at 3 PM on 1/2.I had gotten a phone call that morning saying someone spotted my dog. My friend and I went to the location and found her! I am so happy that i was able to find my dog before the search dogs came out. I am so very thankful for the knowledge and honesty Judy came Forward with. If your pet goes missing, i highly suggest giving Judy a call! read more

I lost my dog Hank while hiking. After 5 days of hanging signs, contacting various agencies, and posting everywhere on social media I could think of, I was still without my Hank. I was on the trail everyday at least once looking for him. I was without hope at this point. I knew I would not see my dog again. I called Lost Pet Tracker and Judy talked me out of my despair. While I thought there was no way Hank could survive that long, but sure assured me he could. It was such a relief to finally talk to someone with some experience with all of this, and knew what they were talking about. Judy was able to provide me with some advice on how to get Hank to find me. Not 4 hours later, Hank was in my arms. Lost Pet Tracker not only provided me with the tools to find my dog, but they gave me hope that it could be done. Thanks to them, Hank is asleep on his bed while I type this review. read more

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Judy and Sarah are AMAZING human beings and VERY good at their jobs. The amount of desperation you feel when your pet goes missing is overwhelming, but these incredible human beings are not only empathetic, they are very, very thorough. They really go the extra mile. Though they never over promise, they very much over delivered!!! If they were here I would kiss them right now for helping us reunite with our baby!!! Our gratitude knows no bounds for you two!!! read more

We recently moved to Sacramento and we thought our beloved Brucie the black cat had escaped the minute we opened his traveler. After several hours of searching inside and outside I was referred to Judy and she returned my phone call within the hour. She was calm, caring and completely professional, explaining her methods and making sure I understood the statistical probabilities of finding our cat. As it turned out, Brucie had hidden himself incredibly well underneath a crate and was too scared to come out or even meow. But there is no question I would use her and as she is a licensed PI I felt her rates were reasonable. Paul Sacramento CA read more

When I lost my dog I reached out to four or five tracking dog service providers and several of those individuals strongly recommended Judy. She used to work in law enforcement and has an impressive background in her current field. Once I got in touch with Judy, I immediately felt a relief, even when my dog was nowhere to be found. Here was a person who genuinely cared not only about my lost pet, but also my emotional trauma. She thoroughly followed up with me as the search continued and gave practical and thoughtful advices every step of the way. She spent countless hours on the phone with me consoling me and giving expert guidance at the same time. This is exactly what you need when you are going through an immensely stressful event like losing your dog. When the situation became desperate and I asked her to come out to California, lucky for me, she was able to make it happen on such short notice. We ended up finding the dog before she could start her work. She was very fair about how she handled the fees and refunds. I cannot fit into this review all the words to describe how grateful I am of Judy's support and guidance. I could genuinely feel that her priority was not about money but about safely bringing my dog back to me, with or without her services. Judy is a true professional, a wonderful, warm person, just the person you need if your pet ever gets lost. read more

Judy and Sarah were very helpful and enjoyable to work with. My cat went missing and I scheduled a time for Judy to come out with her dogs 2 days later. They were both very knowledgeable and answered all my questions and were very upfront about all of the possibilities that could come of the search. While the news was not good, (it was pretty definitive that a coyote did in fact get my precious cat) I am very very grateful they were able to help me find the closure I needed. Do I wish my cat was found alive, yes every day and I will miss her greatly, but I would highly recommend them to any one with a lost pet. They were able to provide me with what truly happened and with out that I would still be waiting and hopping for my cat to come home, instead of moving forward with the loss. Thank you. read more

Judy was a rock for me when I was falling apart after a canine patient escaped from me at work. I had no idea what to expect when I called her. She dropped whatever she was doing at that moment to help me. Losing someone else's pet is worse than losing your own I think. We had several sightings, but were always one step behind. This dog was scared and would run if approached. Talking to Judy for the first time, I felt a brief sense of relief just being able to talk to someone who knew what they were talking about. My brain had stopped working because I was so stressed. Judy helped explain the behavior of a dog when they're lost, what I needed to do and provided me emotional support. Judy is a retired police officer that worked in human search and rescue. She and her husband Kevin got to work right away with mapping the sightings and next steps in finding this girl. I live in a different state then Judy, so I was quite impressed. We had searched all day for this girl before I called Judy. She and her husband stayed up late working on a plan of attack for what I could do the next day. The plan was to have her bring her search dogs within a few days if I couldn't find her. Judy was always just a phone call away for help as our search developed the next day. I was sick and in much despair that we were not going to get this girl back, but Judy kept me going. She told me, we had to work smarter, not harder and eventually we would get her. One day later, we found the dog in exactly one of the situations that Judy had predicted. While I did not end up needing her to come and search with her dogs, she provided me the tools to find this dog. I will be forever grateful for her help. Judy is compassionate and knowledgeable. It is evident that she loves what she does and helping others. So thankful for someone like her during a time like this one. read more