My dog is missing, why won't it come to me?

23/05/2025

One of the most common rescue is those of newly rehomed, foster, adoption dogs. Dogs are unpredictable and dont instantly understand that its thier new home. Flight kicks in and 1st chance they get, they bolt. This is the 3x3 rule and helpful advise to help those dogs settle in .

Dogs are unpredictable, newly rehomed, adopted or foster dogs may take a period of settling in, here is some handy tips to help them adjust and reduce the chance of escape.

16/04/2025

Early in March 2025, I was contacted to assist in the capture of a very scared female dog, who had been wandering around Highfields, Toowoomba QLD, dragging a lead.. 2 dedicated sisters, April and Zoe had risen to the challenge to try and secure her..

No one was looking for her
No one knew her
No one loved her..

Lucky Paws Dog Rescue come on board to take her once secured..
This is Bella's Journey..

this is the story of Bella's Journey , a unwanted, scared dog that had been wandering Highfields, Toowoomba QLD for a month, dragging a lead.. and 2 dedicate...

09/12/2024

In May 2022, a group of amazing ladies came together to secure a terrified border collie named Beau, lost in Caboolture.

Kim was our contact at St Columban's, where she worked. Kim liaised with the school to allow us to do food drops, went through hours of security footage when we set the food stations, to see if he came in, we sat for hours in the dark together, sharing laughs, when we attempted to trap Beau, and Kim was with me when we finally secured him after 17 days on the run.

It was this rescue that inspired me to start this page.

The world has lost a beautiful person, and heaven has gained an Angel.
Rest in Peace Kim Easton, you were one of a kind.😪

18/11/2024

DONT CHASE A LOST DOG

Excellent Web page

Every single day, people with good intentions try to help a lost or stray dog by chasing him. They almost never catch the dog this way, and it resluts in many dogs being hit by cars and killed....

08/11/2024

On the 22nd of September, 2024, in Bendigo Victoria, an 8 month old Beagle x Harrier pup called Max escaped.

Max's father and siblings had been found living under an abandoned house when new owners moved in. Max's father and his siblings were picked up by BARC, Max was hiding.

The new owners decided to keep him, but Max escaped., With very little himan contact and socialisation, this is the story of his 6 week journey, Sherri and her team, supported by Milly's Search and Trap Community Group and My Dog is Missing, why wont it come to me? and a community who came together to rescue a little dog no-one knew.

This is Max from Bendigo

12/10/2024

IF YOUR DOG GOES MISSING
Not every dog goes into survival mode, but ANY dog can.

ALWAYS
Add a contact name number to your posts
This could be the difference between your dog being there or not.
People CANNOT ring you on messenger unless a message has been seen and responded to. By the time people find a post, comment, and you see it, your dog could be gone.

ADD TO YOUR POST
DO NOT WHISTLE, CALL, FOLLOW, CHASE OR TRY AND CATCH
Your dog may not be in survival mode, but it doesn't take much to flick that switch. Calling a dog loudly projects your voice, and a dog will run from that, if the dog gets a fright and bolts, it could go straight under a car. This is how the majority of dogs are killed when they are out. Scared lost dogs do not respond to voice.

Posters, letterbox drops around the area are very important, not everyone is on facebook.. Generally a dog stays around the area they have run from..

It is storm season now, and silly season when people let off fireworks without thought to animals.. You can not always be there to keep your dog safe.
MAKE SURE YOUR DOG HAS A COLLAR ON, WITH THEIR NAME AND A CONTACT NUMBER.
Make sure the microchip is uptodate with the correct details.
This may save you pound fees, as people will always try and reunite a lost dog, and contrary to popular opinion, council rangers will attempt to contact an owner if they are called to a lost dog, and will attempt to take the dog home, before they take to the pound.

IF YOU SEE A LOST DOG
DO NOT CALL IT LOUDLY

call the dog, softly, get down low or sit, ALWAYS allow to dog to approach you or come to you.. if the dog turns and walks or runs away, DO NOT CHASE OR FOLLOW.. this will only scare them. Try and take a photo or video, so an owner can positively identify their pet.
PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW, THERE IS INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP

A short informative video that may help in the event your dog is lost

09/10/2024

Maisie was rescued from a rural pound in Queensland on 19th April, 2024, and escaped when she was placed with a foster carer. for 32 days she was on the run..

02/06/2024

In Apil, 2024, a very shut down female dog who was due to be ethanised, was rescued from a rural pound and transported to Brisbane by The Mini Rescue.. She was given the name Maisie. This is Maisie's Journey, from rescue to when she escaped, to rescue again. Maisie, like Connie-aka Missy has found her home will take a lot of love, patience and care in her rehabilitation..

https://youtu.be/YBv2tBIrHFs?si=p_ZK43TZWNpqvf-0

12/05/2024

Bruno, the little sausage that for 10 and a half weeks, travelled in excess of 37 klm, across the Yarra Valley in Victoria..

Bruno escaped from a pet sitter on the 16th of February, 2024 when his owners were visiting from NSW, and through the tireless hard work of Sherri, from Pearl's Army in Melbourne and a local lady, Tracey who spent countless hours tracking, driving, putting out food stations, scent items sent down from his owners..
with Lyn from Milly's Search and Trap Community Group, in NSW and Myself in QLD, advising..
Bruno was finally trapped safely on the 30th of April..

This is his story, the story of a little sausage who survived the odds..

Bruno escaped from a pet sitter, on the 16th of February, 2024 in Launching Place, Yarra Valley, Victoria.. for 10 and a half weeks, he traversed a staggerin...

26/03/2024

This shows how success can be achieved when everyone pulls together to secure 4.. yes 4! timid, dumped Maremma girls.. It is hard enough to trap one dog, to successfully trap 4 is an enormous feat of dedication.. Huge shout out to Milly's Search and Trap Community Group who devised, assembled and advised on these girls capture..

IN In late February 2024 a large flurry white dog appeared in the Cranebrook/Castlereagh area of Western . Then another one, then another...