![]() ![]() #Snappy snare leash free#Our next step after capturing MoMo was to do the following: (1) although the dog had a collar, he did not have an ID tag so an easy reunion was not possible (2) we scanned him for a microchip but he did not have one of those either (3) we posted his FOUND DOG information in the free “lost-and-found” classifieds on Craig’s List (4) we created giant FOUND DOG signs and put them up at the major intersection near where we captured him, hoping his owner would be driving around in search of their lost dog and see our obvious signs FOUND DOG Signs We Used on the MoMo Case Here’s what we accomplish by doing this innovative work: (1) we save the animal from injury or death by recovering it before it can run into traffic or be lost forever (2) we save taxpayer money by not having burden animal control and our shelters with one more “stray” to process (3) we save families money (impound fees) and the heartache of not being able to find their lost pet, and (4) our volunteers get practical animal recovery experience as they prepare to offer lost pet services in times of disasters. Our goal at Missing Pet Partnership is to train and develop teams of volunteers who recover strays and lost pets and get them back to their families WITHOUT HAVING TO INVOLVE ANIMAL CONTROL. We then went to work right away in our efforts to get this lost dog back home. Kody and MoMo (right after his capture)Īnd he was! It was a text book style recovery. The stray zoomed right up to sniff Kody and as he did, I caught him with the Snappy Snare. I grabbed hotdogs and was prepared to try food-as-bait again, but I wanted to bring Kody out of my truck to see if this dog would be attracted to her. We never know which “bait” a dog will respond to (food or other dogs). Some dogs respond to treats, others are hyper excited with meeting a new dog. ![]() This enables us to position a Snappy Snare over them and right as they are sniffing noses with our magnet dog, zing, we release the snappy snare and capture the dog. They get tunnel vision and never notice us because they’re so focused on making eye contact with the magnet dog. We use magnet dogs to draw in panicked strays that may be leary of people but that will zoom in right up to our magnet dog. Kody is wiggly, friendly, and gives off play signals to other dogs. Plan B would have been to run back to my house and grab real treats, which I did, but I also grabbed my Snappy Snare and my dog Kody, a magnet dog. The dog did approach Brian but quickly realized the “nummy, nummy” was a total scam and took off trotting down the road. But there was one problem – Brian was actually treatless! He was picking up grass clippings (fine if you’re enticing a goat) and pretended like the grass was treats. So, as Brian did his “nummy, nummy” routine, the dog was hiding inside bushes in a front yard and watched Brian with great interest. It doesn’t work all of the time, but it does work! By fixing their attention on food on the ground and NOT on the panicked dog, it helps calm a loose dog down, enable our rescuer to get close, and encourages the dog to approach us for food. Instead, we train volunteer pet detectives to ignore the dog, to approach slowly but by “curving” and to focus their attention on the ground as they drop treats while making “nummy, nummy” noises. These are three biggest mistakes that would-be rescuers make when trying to capture a loose dog. He was careful to NOT call the dog, to NOT look at the dog, and to NOT walk directly towards the dog. Never passing up a chance to rescue a loose stray, Brian went to work. While driving to one of our weekly K9 training sessions, MPP volunteer Brian Newsham spotted a loose white husky-like dog in my neighborhood. Here’s an example of how these techniques recently helped MPP capture a skittish, stray dog.Ĭase 10-012 – MoMo (“Mo” as in the three stooge’s dude, not “moo” like the cow sound…yeah, WE don’t name these pets, we just help recover them!!!) Magnet Dog Kody with a Snappy Snare #Snappy snare leash how to#Skittish, hard to catch dogs are hard to catch, unless you know what you’re doing! Our volunteers at Missing Pet Partnership are trained in how to approach panicked, stray dogs using two different techniques: calming signals and a snappy snare combined with a magnet dog. ![]()
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