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Lost and Found Animals
Grapevine Animal Services is here to help animals get back to their home and the people who love them. Here are services that we provide to assist:
Review Found Animals (if you are missing a pet).
Report a Found Animal.
Review Lost Animals (if you have found a pet).
Report a Lost Animal (your pet is missing).
Please visit the shelter once every 3-5 days while your animal is missing. We do our best to make matches by taking and providing reports/photos as a reference--you know your animal best.
Review Found Animals (if you are missing a pet).
Report a Found Animal.
Review Lost Animals (if you have found a pet).
Report a Lost Animal (your pet is missing).
Please visit the shelter once every 3-5 days while your animal is missing. We do our best to make matches by taking and providing reports/photos as a reference--you know your animal best.
What Else Can I Do If I Have Lost My Pet?
Once you have reported your pet missing, consider the following items. There are so many places that your animal may end up or be reported to, we encourage you to be an active participant in locating your sweet friend.
What Else Can I Do If I Have Found A Pet?
Once you have reported the found animal, consider the following items.
Once you have reported your pet missing, consider the following items. There are so many places that your animal may end up or be reported to, we encourage you to be an active participant in locating your sweet friend.
- If your pet is microchipped, call the company the chip is registered with to ensure your contact information is up to date and to notify them the animal is missing
- Connect with neighbors on NextDoor or via the NextDoor app
- Make a free lost pet search/notification with Petco Love Lost that uses facial recognition: Petco Love Lost
- Try online lost and found websites and search Facebook sites such as: Lost Dogs of Texas, Lost and Found Pets HEB, Lost and Found Pets Keller Southlake Colleyville, Texas - Lost Dogs, Cats & Pets, Lost and Found Pets of Grapevine, Texas.
- Create a flyer at Helping Lost Pets, PawBoost, or other similar website for distribution or make your own "missing" flyer with color photo and phone number--keep it simple
- For missing cats, place a litter box or bedding on your patio to help them re-orient to their home
- Call surrounding area shelters to leave a lost report
What Else Can I Do If I Have Found A Pet?
Once you have reported the found animal, consider the following items.
- Please have the animal scanned for a chip. We will happily provide the service or you may visit your nearest veterinary clinic. There is no charge.
- Connect with neighbors on NextDoor or via the NextDoor app
- Make a free found pet search/notification with Petco Love Lost that uses facial recognition: Petco Love Lost
- Try online lost and found websites and search Facebook sites such as: Lost Dogs of Texas, Lost and Found Pets HEB, Lost and Found Pets Keller Southlake Colleyville, Texas - Lost Dogs, Cats & Pets
- Make a simple flyer. Don't be afraid to use a picture thinking that someone who is not the owner will want to reclaim. You may ask that anyone coming forward provide details about the pet, veterinary records, or simply several photos of the animal that most owners would have in their possession
- Call surrounding area shelters to leave a found report