Micah is a dark sable and white sheltie who was last seen on Friday, 02/22/08 in York Township, OH (Cleveland area) on the east side of Rt. 252 between Wolff Rd. and Spieth Rd. He is very skittish, so please do not attempt to catch him. Instead, simply call the numbers listed below. Micah is about 14 pounds and one of his stands up and one tips. He was last seen wearing a blue collar (with sheltie rescue tags) and a blue harness. If seen, please call Erica or Ken at 330-725-3318 or 330-416-1370, or call N/E Ohio sheltie rescue at 330-650-4846 or PSSR.

On January 16th, 2008, Corky disappeared out of his yard on Wendleton Lane in Bevercreek, OH. His Dad was right there talking to a neighbor. One second he was there, the next second he was gone. Corky is a 3-4 years old and is a smaller sable and white male and half of his face is white. There have been many sightings of him, but we can't get there fast enough. If seen, please contact PSSR or call Pam at 513-374-0558

Bailey is a un-neutered male, who bolted out of his house and into the woods. He has been missing from Middletown, OH since June 22nd. If seen, please contact us at PSSR or contact his Mom at 513-422-1264 or redbarron1967@yahoo.com

Mya is a therapy dog that was last seen in South Foley, Alabama. She was stolen by someone in a black SUV with Tennessee plates and a Stone Mountian GA tag holder. Mya is dark brown and white, 14 inches tall, about 15 lbs, and 1˝ years old. She is microchipped with an AVID chip. There is a $1000 reward for her return. Please call Emily at 251-943-8393, 251-943-6481, or 251-213-6133, or email emszoo@gulftel.com.

Simba was lost in the Toledo area. He is a 3 year old sable and white. If seen, please contact PSSR or Nicole at 419-870-2285 or email her ar nicole_apodaca124@hotmail.com.

Otis has been missing in Columbus (Reynoldsburg) since March 6, 2007. He is 9 years old and needs meds. If you have seen him, please contact PSSR or his owner at 614-746-2764 or at p-oates@sbcglobal.net

These two shelties (Tennessee the tri-color and Titan the sable & white) strayed away from their home in Huber Heights (Dayton) Ohio on January 20, 2007. They were last seen near I-70 and Rt. 202. Please do not try to catch them as they are running from everyone who has tried to catch them. Instead, please contact PSSR immediately at 513-336-0559 or 513-374-0559 as we have the humane traps just waiting to catch them.

Annie has been missing since 12/23/06 from a southern Ohio town called Scottown (near Huntington, WV). One of Annie's ears has a small slit on top. If seen, please contact PSSR or Vickie at retrodad1@peoplepc.com or by calling 740-643-2058.

Ellie was lost in September of 2006 in White Plains, Kentucky. She is 3 years old and is microchipped. If you know where Ellie is, please contact us at PSSR or her owner, Nicole, at sheltielvr@vci.net or call 270-836-6451.

Rodeo
White feet, white tip of tail, white chin, a little white on face on snip of nose and forehead
Approx. 14.5-15.0" at shoulder
Micro-chipped & tattooed on innner thigh
He still has front dewclaws, the breeder had not removed them
$1000.00 reward
847-658-875 or 847-658-7711

Blaze is sable and white, 4 yrs old, about 17" and 30-35 lbs, an un-neutered male (she plans to change that as soon as she gets him back), with a partial thin white collar on one side and a white triangle on the muzzle, with prick ears. When he disappeared, he was wearing a collar with name and phone number on it. Lost in the Carmel, OH area Nov. 10th, 2006. Contact Cindy at (937) 466-2461 or Precious Secrets Sheltie Rescue at 513-336-0559.

Roddie was left outside when his owners were not home and disappeared out of his yard in London, OH in November 2006. If you have any info about Roddie, please contact PSSR or Dean & Jennifer Moshier at 740-845-0678

When Brooke's owner passed away, she was instantly adopted by her daughter. Brooke had only been with her a few months when she escaped out of a friends yard in Montogmery County, OH on nov. 3, 2006. If you have seen Brooke, please contact PSSR at 513-336-0559 or Deb at 937-231-3644.

Libby
Libby has been missing from the Wickliffe, Ohio area since 8/14/06. She is a 3 year old female who slipped out of her collar at her Vets office. If seen, please contact PSSR or Brenda at 440-209-9246 or at roski2@comcost.net.

Beau
Beau has been missing since May 9th, 2006 when he disappeared out of his fenced yard in Norwood. He is very dark sable and white. He was wearing a collar with his owner’s info and a Precious Secrets Sheltie Rescue Tag. He was possibly spotted near Fenwick Park(near Cincinati Gardens) the weekend of May 20th. If seen, please call PSSR at 513-336-0559.

Baily
Baily has been missing since March 19th, 2006 from Lawrenceville, IL. He is 9 years old, oversize and recently diagnosed with cancer. If seen, please contact PSSR and Bobbi Metheny at 618-943-3318. There is a very nice reward for his safe return.

Griffey
Griffey is a male sable and white sheltie. He weighs approximately 22 pounds, he has no tags because he slipped his collar, but he is wearing a tan flea collar. He is very shy, but extremely sweet. Griffey escaped from a boarding kennel on December 26, 2005, and was last seen running east on Bethel Church Rd near Kothe Rd in Manchester, MI. He also may have been with a woman at the horse auction in Manchester on 1/1/06. Griffey is terribly missed, and his owner is desperate to find him. Please call 201-314-0407 ASAP with any information. REWARD!!!

Smokey
Male - Sable/White
Missing from the Dayton/Springfield area
Lost on Monday 4/11/05
If seen please call PSSR at 513-336-0559

Lillie
Tri-color female
Last seen in mid-October 2004
Cincinnati, OH (Eastgate area)
Clough Pike and Eight Mile Road

Bailey
Blue Merle Male
St. Leon, Indiana
600 West & 250 South

Bailey was lost in St. Leon, IN while visiting another couple around October 16, 2004. Bailey is 6 years old, bashful around new people, and has very distinguishing marks. Bailey is a blue merle sheltie and has a blue spot in his left eye (along the bottom and medial corner). Bailey also went through a very traumatic event as a puppy, leaving him with scars on the right foreleg (healed fractures in the right radial/ulnar bones and in the right elbow region as well). Reward from owner.

Rufus
Sable & White Male
Last seen November 1, 2004
Lapel/Anderson, Indiana
600 West & 250 South Roads

Delilah
Bi-Black Female
August 30, 2004
Henry County, Kentucky

Kramer
Tri-Color Male
Last seen November 29, 2002
Upper Arlington, Ohio (Columbus)
Coach Road

LOST DOG TIPS: THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE IMMEDIATELY!

Get posters up ASAP. The posters should not be any smaller than 14 x 18 (we use neon poster board and cut it in half). Everything must be in BOLD-WIDE lettering so people can read them as they drive by. The fewer the words the better. This way people can actually read them from a distance (see below) and call from their cell phone. If people have to get out of their cars and walk up to a sign to read it, they will rarely do this, so you are totally wasting your time and money if you make them on standard 8.5 X 11 paper. We have tracked down countless dogs and it is usually these HUGE signs that bring home the dog.

LOST

Sheltie

"Little Lassie"

State the color of the dog (ex: gray, white and black)

REWARD

(list two numbers where someone will answer the phone 24/7)

Note: Plaster the area where the dog disappeared with posters...at least a 4 mile radius the first day. Go further out each day.

Do NOT post the dogs picture or name. One person did and never got her dog back. Someone had found her dog and ran an ad in the paper. When the owner called the person who found the dog, she was told a man had just claimed the dog. It was later learned that this man cut the picture out of the poster and showed it to the lady. She thought she found the owner since he showed her a picture of the dog.

The entire time the dog is missing, post signs (with the dog's picture) on your cars with all the info. Get your friends and family to do the same. The more people who are aware that a loving pet is lost, the better chance the dog will be found.

Make up average size flyers (8.5 X 11) and post them anywhere people will see them: grocery stores, gas stations, convenient marts, drive through restaurant speakers (don't ask to do this, they will probably tell you no - just do it), etc. Be sure to give one to all Vets in the area (including any night time Emergency Vets), UPS drivers, postal workers, school bus drivers, construction workers, churches, schools, etc.

Call the local police departments and make a lost dog report. Also, contact any rescue groups in the area. Rescue groups usually belong to many Internet dog lists and can get the news out to countless rescue people. Some rescues, like us, have humane traps available to use.

Make up small business type cards with the missing dog info on them. Give one to everyone on the street walking, jogging, etc. If there is a dog park nearby, be sure to see the people there. They are already dog lovers and more likely to help.

Get an ad in the major newspaper ASAP. Not just the local paper. People pick up stray dogs all the time, take them home and then try to find the owners. Maybe they do not live in your area. Since it takes 24 hours to get it in the paper, you need to do this right away. Every second counts.

Go to your local humane societies at least every three days. Be sure to ask them to see the injured dogs that are being housed elsewhere. Also, be sure to place a written lost report with them. Do NOT expect them to call you if the dog shows up there. They take hundreds of lost reports a week and are simply too busy to help return your lost dog. YOU must go there. (Note: Most shelters only have to hold an animal 72 hours, that is only three days, before they can kill them or adopt them out).

If you adopted your dog from a rescue organization, be sure to contact them. They may have people available to come help put up signs, help search, etc. If the dog is microchipped, contact the microchip company and report the dog missing. Also make sure the dog is actually registered and that the information is correct.

List your lost dogs on the following websites: www.Petfinder.com and www.PetFBI.com.

If anyone contacts you and says they are from "XYZ Company" and they can contact all these Vets, etc. for $$$, hang up on them. They are scammers. There is definitely one guy out there who calls and tells owners he is with Petfinder. If you read Petfinder's info, it tells you they do not have anyone who does this. If you don't believe us, contact them when he calls you. Trust us. These "thieves" are taking advantage of people when their hearts are hurting. There are people out there who will help you for free - just like us - because we love animals.

Respond to ANY call you receive. Even if you think the dog could not get that far or it doesn't sound too much like the dog - go anyway. Call on any possible dog listed in the paper as "found."

One of the hardest phone calls to make is to the road crew department. Although we all pray our dog is not hit and killed by a vehicle, it happens. If it does, you do want to know. The not knowing where your pet is will be worse than not knowing.

Dogs usually run until they find a "safe zone" and stop. They will remain in that area, until something spooks them and they take off again. When you get a call that your dog may have been seen, be sure to get the caller's name and phone number. You may need to call them back. Also, be sure to get the exact address where the dog was seen and the exact time. Once dogs find their "safe zone," they usually do the same routine, at the same time of day, every day. We have trapped many dogs by knowing the pattern they had been taking.

If you get a call that your dog was seen near woods, do NOT go into the woods looking for him. This will only spook the dog and he will probably leave the area; maybe traveling many miles away. Instead, put posters in that area and wait for your dog to come out of hiding and more phone calls to come in. After this, your best thing to do is sit and watch the spot where he was seen for him to come back. They usually return to where they have been before.

If you are lucky and spot your missing dog, please do not expect your dog to come to you when he/she sees you. Most dogs will turn and run the other way. Once they are in "flight mode," they forget everything and everybody - including their loving owner. Dogs travel fast when they are scared, so do NOT chase them. It is okay to follow them from a distance, but do not chase them. We were in hot pursuit once and the dog traveled two miles in only 30 minutes, crossing two major four lane roads.

If you dog is seen and does seem interested in you, do NOT go towards the dog. Instead, sit down on the ground and calmly call him/her. Do NOT make eye contact with him/her. If this does not work, pretend to cry loudly. This usually brings them in. If it does, do not make a move for the dog until he/she is 200% in reach of you. This trick will usually only work once. After that, the dog will be on the run again. He/she may bite you, so be prepared NOT to let go, not matter how much it hurts.

If a humane trap has been set, make sure someone is able to check the trap at least every three hours. If the dog gets trapped, do NOT open the trap until the trap has been taken inside a closed garage or home.

FYI - One dog we helped look for had been living in a guy's barn for three months when learned about our missing Sheltie. Six months to the day, "Knight" was finally reunited with his family.

NEVER GIVE UP!

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