We are often contacted by people that have found a stray and want us totake the dog right away. As a rule we cannot take a new found strayinto our program. We simply do not have the room, the resources, orthe number of volunteers needed to house strays while attempts are madeto find the owner.

Here is a list of things you can do to help the dog:

• Attempt to find the dog's owner before trying to give it away!
• Take the dog by a veterinary clinic or animal shelter to have it scanned for a micro-chip. Done free of charge!
• If you can keep the dog temporarily, contact all shelters, veterinary clinics, rescue groups, humane societies, etc.in the area to list the dog as found and to see if anyone has reported the dog as lost.
• Print up and place fliers all over a large area surrounding the areathe dog was found in. A dog can travel several miles in very little time.
• Place a found ad in the newsapaper(s) in the area the dog was found in. Usually run free of charge!
• If, after all of the above has been done, the owner is not located,try to find a responsible home for the dog. You may also fill out and submit ourplacement questionnaire atwww.labrescuenc.org/placementfor assistance in placing the dog as long as it looks like a purebred Lab.(Proof of found ad having been run in newspaper may be required.)

If you cannot keep the dog while trying to locate its owner, you should either:

• try to board the dog at a vet, or
• turn the dog over to the animal shelter (which is where most people who lose a pet will look).

If you place the dog with a shelter, let us know; if it looks like a purebred Laband does not get reclaimed, we will try to pull it for adoption through ourprogram (if we have space available).