Lakewood Pet Watch

Lakewood Pet Watch is a neighborhood program designed to promote an animal-friendly community and pet responsibility. The program was started in the spring of 2006, and it continues to grow. The main goal of Pet Watch is to help reunite lost and found pets in Lakewood with their families. If someone finds a pet, they contact me... if someone loses a pet, they contact me... and hopefully a match will be made! The more people who know about Pet Watch, and the more people who participate, the more successful we will be at reuniting lost pets with their families.

It's also not uncommon that someone finds a dog in the neighborhood who has probably been abandoned, and nobody ever claims him/her. In these cases, I do my best to help find foster homes, permanent homes, or other resources that will help keep the dog out of a city shelter (although I do not serve as an adoption agency or rescue shelter, and do not take personal responsibility... I just do my best to help...). I try to limit my "area" to within the boundaries of Lakewood, as defined by the Lakewood Neighborhood Association, though I do share communications with other Pet Watch programs in surrounding neighborhoods. I do nearly all of my communication via email, and send out "Pet Watch Alerts" when there is a new report about a lost or found pet, information to update, or other news that concerns the health or safety of pets in the neighborhood.

I will eventually post all information about lost and found pets in Lakewood, as well as other pet-related news, on this website -- once I figure out how! Until then, I will continue to rely on email...

To participate in PET WATCH:

1. Sign up to receive Pet Watch Alerts (send an email to petwatch@lakewoodneighborhood.org to be added to the mailing list)
2. Register your pets by filling out a Pet Registration form (available online at Lakewood Neighborhood, and sending a photo (digital by email would be fine), so that if your pets are ever lost or found I have all the necessary information on hand to help identify them.
3. Be a responsible pet owner: have collars and ID tags on your pets at all times; consider microchipping as a back up; have your pets spayed/neutered, and keep them up to date on their vaccinations.
4. Although there is no fee for participating in Pet Watch, I would encourage you to join the Lakewood Neighborhood Association if you are not already a member, as they support my efforts, and many other programs that better our community (for more info visit www.lakewoodneighborhood.org)

Thanks again for your interest in and support of Lakewood Pet Watch.

Stefanie Spaeth, Lakewood Pet Watch Founder & Coordinator petwatch@lakewoodneighborhood.org