Is your greyhound lost?
Call us immediately: 1-800-610-2026
Send us an email: info@brga.org
Give us information that will help in the search. Name, gender, color, age, with/without collar and tags, microchipped, location last seen, and a recent picture.
Things to Do Immediately
Print/Copy Flyers: Templates available here: FLYER
Call local shelters and vets and email with a pdf/jpg of the lost dog flyer.
Contact local dog walking services
Post lost dog information on Facebook (FB) page and other social media apps
FB: Search for Lost Dogs groups e.g. Lost & Found Dogs - Virginia
FB: city/county groups e.g. Western Prince William Chatter, Eastern Prince William Chatter
FB: Greyhound Amber Alert
Post on your own FB page and set so others can share your post
Things to do long term
Call a pet tracker to narrow down potential area
Buy or Borrow Trail Cameras to monitor potential areas
Continued visibility in the community
Ask neighbors to check their security camera footage
Put up flyers in at least a 5 mile radius
Make yard signs to place at large public intersections
Put an advertisement in the local paper with the lost dog information
Send out Lost Dog Postcard mailers to neighboring zip codes
Contact golf courses, fitness clubs, gatehouses of gated communities, community centers, schools, churches
Contact local dog walking services, USPS, UPS, Fed Ex, Trash services, Internet Provider trucks, Lawn Care, anyone who might be riding through on business regularly
Ask local businesses if they would put a flyer in their front window
Create smaller handout sized flyers in black/white
Give small postcard sized flyers to Pizza and Chinese food delivery places nearby to give out with each delivery
Ask coffee shops to leave a stack of postcard sized flyers for patrons to take
Place in people's paperboxes (never place anything in a mailbox, it is a federal offense)