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Lost Pet Poster
Examples

Missing dog flyer maker

Half-page flyers to hand out door to door: two per sheet, with your photo and phone number. Prints at home, free.

Lost or found
Pet

Use a clear photo of the face.

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Flyer or poster? Use both.

Posters are for walls and poles, read from a distance. Flyers are for hands: smaller, easy to carry, and you give them to the people most likely to see your dog.

Poster

Full page, huge headline, tear-off tabs. Taped at intersections, vets and stores.

Flyer

Half page, two per sheet, cut along the dashed line. Handed to people, left at doors, pinned on boards.

Missing dog flyer sheets

Real posters made with this tool, stamped SAMPLE: not a real missing pet. Phone numbers are fictional.

Who to hand your flyers to

The best flyer is one that ends up with someone who is outside all day in the area your dog went missing. Those people are easy to find if you think about who moves around your neighborhood.

  • Mail carriers and delivery drivers: they cover every street, every day.
  • Neighbors who walk their dogs: your dog may follow or approach another dog.
  • School crossing guards, park staff and street cleaners.
  • Vet front desks, groomers and pet store staff, who often hear about found dogs first.
  • Joggers and cyclists on the trails near where your dog was last seen.

What to say at the door

Keep it to three sentences: "Hi, my dog Rufus went missing near here yesterday. Here is a flyer with his photo and my number. Could you check your yard, shed and doorbell camera?" Most people say yes. Asking about cameras is the part that most often turns up a sighting with a time and a direction.

If nobody answers, leave the flyer at the door, not in the mailbox. In the US only stamped mail can go in a mailbox; a flyer tucked in the door frame or under the mat is fine.

Printing and cutting

Each sheet holds two identical flyers with a dashed cut line in the middle. Print on Letter in the US and Canada or A4 elsewhere, at 100% scale. A paper trimmer is fastest, but folding along the line and tearing works fine when you are in a hurry. Fifty sheets gives you a hundred flyers.

Questions people ask

What is the difference between a missing dog flyer and a poster?

A poster fills a whole page and is made to be read on a wall from a distance. A flyer is half a page, two per sheet, made to be handed to people, left at doors or pinned on boards. Most owners print both from the same details.

Can I leave flyers in mailboxes?

Not in the US. Under USPS rules only stamped mail goes in a mailbox. Hand flyers to people, tuck them in the door frame, or give a stack to your mail carrier and ask them to keep an eye out.

How do I cut two flyers from one page?

Each sheet has a dashed line across the middle. Cut or fold and tear along it. Print at 100% ("Actual size") so both halves have even margins.

Should the flyer say how much the reward is?

Usually not. The word REWARD alone gets attention. Leaving the amount off means fewer calls from people who only want money and have never seen your dog.

Can I print it in black and white?

Yes. There is a black and white mode made for home printers. It uses solid black instead of red so the phone number stays sharp and dark even on a cheap printer.

What should I put on a lost pet poster?

A clear photo of the face, LOST plus the species in big letters, the name, one to three things that stand out (a collar, a marking), where and when they were last seen, and your phone number. That is it. Every extra sentence makes the poster harder to read from a car.

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