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 Pet Watch, and hopefully a match will be made! The more people who know about Pet Watch, and the more people who participate, the more successful the program 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, Pet Watch will help circulate the information to help find foster homes, permanent homes, or other resources that will help keep the dog out of a city shelter. However, please note that Pet Watch does not serve as an adoption agency or rescue shelter, and does not take personal responsibility for such animals.

The territory that Lakewood Pet Watch covers is the neighborhood of Lakewood, as defined by the Lakewood Neighborhood Association. This is the neighborhood east of Abrams, south of Mockingbird, north of Gaston, and west of Williamson/Lawther.

If you have lost or found a pet in another neighborhood please contact your local neighborhood association or Pet Watch.Of course, animals on the run do not recognize any boundaries, so communication is often shared with neighboring Pet Watch groups. Nearly all Pet Watch communication is done via email. “Pet Watch Alerts” are sent out 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. 

Keep a watch for Pet Watch alerts on Facebook and Twitter.  For more information about Lakewood Pet Watch, visit www.lakewoodpetwatch.org