Forest Hills Association

ANIMAL ALERT!

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ANIMAL ALERT!

How You Can Help

1. DONATE: Any amount is greatly appreciated!
2. PLACEMENT: Do you have a location in your yard we can place a dog run and have access to during the day? With a little muscle these dog runs can be moved from one person's yard to another. So, if you can offer your yard for a period of time, say 2 or 3 months, then we can move it to a new location if need be. We do not want to wear out our welcome!
3. TRANSPORTATION: Do you have access to a truck and can help us go pick them up when we find one for sale? Or they need to be moved for one reason or another?
4. HAVE AN OLD DOG RUN? Let us use it! Either at your location or if moveable, we can find another location if need be.

Remember... the pet we are working to keep safe could be yours. Your help in any of the above areas would be greatly appreciated.

To discuss what you can do to help or donate- please call Andie Comini (214) 328-0508 and she will be glad to visit with you or come by and pick up your donation. Please be sure to mark the payment for ANIMAL ALERT! DOG RUNS.

Registration is Easy

Please contact Andie Comini (214) 328-0508 or Grace Evans graceev@sbcglobal.net if you have any questions about registering your
pet(s).

As if now, we have over 115 pets officially registered with the program! The process only takes a few minutes to complete and with only 3 steps:

Complete a Pet Registration form – one per pet. To obtain the form download by clicking here: Pet Registration Form Make as many copies as you have pets.
Take a picture of each pet - attach the picture to the form
Contact either Grace or Andie on where to send your form.

What to do if you Lose or Find a Pet

Call Animal Alert! (214) 930-5910

Steps to take when you lose or find a pet!

1. First of all - be SURE all your pets are wearing a collar with up-to-date tags. It is BEST to also have your pet MICROCHIPPED. Sadly most of the pets we find have no collar or chip- making it very difficult to return the pet to its home. About 2 in 10 pets we work with has any kind of identification/information and often it is out of date. Please take a minute to be SURE your pet is well identified. His/her life could depend on this. Our volunteers do the best they can to keep your pet safe and returned home ASAP. HELP US HELP YOU!

2. Secondly - be SURE Animal Alert! has a form filled out on each of your pets along with a photo if possible. You can call Andie Comini (214) 328-0508 and she will drop off a form or download our Pet Registration Form

3. When you lose or find a pet immediately call (214) 930-5910 the contact number for Animal Alert! A volunteer will ask you a series of questions as she/he fills out a form on the animal. We will do our best to guide you through any questions or problems you may have. Please remember we are all volunteers and do the best we can as fast we can.

4. LOST PET: HELP US HELP YOU by having Emergency Information on your pet ready to go in case you should need it. Time is important when your pet goes missing and having this ready to go will help speed things up. Have a good current photo of your pet which shows the pets color, size and any unusual markings if possible. You should have a description of your pet already written out. We have found that when a pet goes missing so does the owners brain cells. They go blank on pulling the necessary information together. So, do it NOW while you can think clearly and not pressed for time. Your pet will thank you for this if they should every go missing.

5. LOST PET: You can help by visiting nearby vets, groomers, pet stores, etc. to see if they have your pet, know who might or will put up a flyer for you.

6. LOST PET: Be sure to check the area shelters in person for your pet. Vaccination records will be needed to prove ownership of the pet if it is there.

Foster Care Volunteers Needed and Dog Runs

Animal Alert! is having trouble finding Foster Homes be it for a few hours, a few days to a few weeks. Many WANT to help but due to their yard and/or pets, just cannot. Often we need a "holding place" for a just a few hours until we can get home from work to figure things out. From time to time we have been forced to leave a pet at one of the neighborhood vets. While it helped with the immediate problem- there is the problem of cost in doing this.

We have come up with the idea of purchasing some dog runs in which the pet can be placed for however long we need- until we can either find the owner or a better solution. As of now we have two of them and it is working wonderfully! We could easily use at least 4 more. We are getting good deals on Craig's List- thus, saving as much money as possible. It is a WIN - WIN!

Volunteers and Donations Needed

Good News!

We are excited to announce that The Forest Hills Animal Alert! program has joined forces with the Little Forest Hills Animal Alert! program. By doing this we can speed up getting the information out, work with more volunteers, save money, etc.

As with any program - volunteers are needed.

Can you donate a day? A few days? A week?

We do our best not to wear out our volunteers so volunteering with us is not a "life sentence." But just as long as you have the time to donate. The "cell phone office" can be handed off from one volunteer to another- be it for a day or longer. Thus, making it easy for people to volunteer but not be "stuck" for a long time with it.

We need your help to work the "cell phone office"

The "cell phone office" is easy. The volunteer can go about his/her daily activities- just be sure to carry the cell phone with you.

If you would like to volunteer please call Andie Comini (214) 328-0508

Responsibilities:

1. To answer the cell phone and take down information about any lost or found pet.

2. The volunteer will be keeping two notebooks filled with completed neighborhood registration forms. (Is yours in yet for each of your pets?) The volunteer will quickly check the notebooks for both Little and Big Forest Hills to see if the pet belongs to anyone here. Hopefully there is a registration form on the pet and we can reconnect the pet with its parents quickly.

3. If not, the volunteer will get an email ready to send out with a description/picture of the lost or found pet. This email will then be sent a copy of key people so they can quickly post it to other contact people and neighborhoods. It will also then be sent to our two web pages for any one that might be looking there for a lost pet.

As with any program donations are needed!

We need donations of any amount be it $5, $10 or more.As with any program- there are always costs. Be it paper to pet food.

If you would like to donate please call Andie Comini (214) 328-0508 and she will gladly come pick up your donation. Please be sure to indicate it if for the ANIMAL ALERT! program.

Forest Hills Neighborhood Association / ANIMAL ALERT! Project

Mail to our Treasurer:
Margaret Smith
8448 Santa Clara Drive
Dallas, TX 75218

Please be sure and write on the check AND envelope that it is for our
ANIMAL ALERT! Program.

PLEASE DON’T WAIT! REGISTER NOW!

OUR PETS ARE DEPENDING UPON US TO HELP THEM FIND THEIR WAY BACK HOME!

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