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Show If You Lose Your Pet By FELICIA AMES hace crayoned posters are nailed to trees along the suburban parkway announcing that “Sammy, a beloved member of the family, has disappeared ... sorely missed... reward.” Sammyis a Germanshepherd. He has never strayed before. His young master is desolate. What can he do to get him back? Besides the posters—a Always check such booby traps thoroughly. Before you have to go through the »seculiar anguish of losing a “beloved member of the family,” see if good idea because children are excellent pet finders— there are other steps to be taken immediately. In fact, you have done all you can to prevent it. All dogs and short-haired cats {long-hair- ed ones can’t wear collars the sooner ycu start the better. Don’t nourish the fan- comfortably) should be tagged with your name, ad- tasy that dogs or cats always find their way home. dress, phone number, and “Reward.” Don’t include the Some do and some don’t. It is estimated that about half pet's name. If your pet has been stolen, the thief might of all pets reported lost are never recovered. Your best chances of recovering your pet are during the first 48 hours. Cu on the police, especially if your pet is a pedigreed animal. Dog- andcatnapping ar prevalent in some areas. Also report use this friends. The ordinary pound has sticks. The Miracle Brand pound has 6. Those two extra sticks will spread 36 extra slices of toast. That's what whipping does for you. And whipping also makes Miracle Brand Margarine extra light, extra delicate and extra spreadable. Taste the delicious difference. The Miracle Brand pound. From Kraft. ed up for your inconvenience but for your protection. If your cat is allowed outdoors, keep an eye on him, and always call him in before dark. Have your cat manesocieties, giving them spayed or neutered. It will not only not wander as much, butit will live twice as Jong. The most effective and pictures of your pet. Advertise in the local paper and throw-away. Enlist the mailman, newsboy, milkman— anyone who comes to your modern way to safeguard homeregularly and knows the pet. your pet is by tattooing it with an identification num- Alert your radio station. Thousands of lost pets are found each year through the P ‘See Kraft Music Hall, Wednesday Nights, NBC-TV. American Humane Association’s “Pet Patrol” program. If you pet is gone for more spring than anyother time of year. Even an old dog May turn into a wanderer and veterinarians are providing tattooing services for P inless It is astonishing how far a 37 miles a day! Morepets are lost in the ber. More and more SPCAs both dogs and cats, filing the numbers with a national registry. The operation is than a day or two, widen the search to nearby towns. a cat can cover as much as make Keep your dog in a fenced yard or on leash atall times. Leash laws were not dream- your loss te the local hu- dog or cat can travel. Onc authority has estimated that name to when the sap begins to rise. If your dog has been lost on an outing, leave a familiar blanket or garment near the spot where he was last seen, and he may comeback to stand guard. Or a bowl of his favorite Friskies or other dog foods.It is also a good idea to organize a search party, including another dog ortwo.If your dog is trapped or has injured himself, the oiher dogs may discover him faster than you will, thanks to his scent. A lost cat presents some problems that a lost dog does not. Cats love small, enclosed spaces. A cat that is thought 1.0 have strayed has sometimes merely been shut in a cupboard or drawer, washing machine or dryer. and per t. One veterinarian in Texas, whose black cat, Faux Pas, had a tendency to roam, monogrammedhis pet as only a doctor could—by changing the color of some of its black hair. Resuit? Permanent white hair in a neat initial. Family Weekly, February 21,1971 a |