Allyn Greenwood
Chappie in a tuxedo spent eight days on the streets of St. Pete. Fort He With the help of Pet Detectives in Lauderdale and St. Her Pete’s lady looking for a lost dog, Chappie got home safely.
Chappie is a 6 year old indoor cat without a collar. On the morning of February 12th, a gust of wind opened the door of Chappie’s house. Owners Allyn Greenwood and Ray Lehmann couldn’t move fast enough to grab the frightened cat and lined up for the door.
The couple posted flyers in their neighborhood and spent hours every day (and night) in the neighborhood looking for him. After posting on social media, people tagged Pet Detective Jamie Katz in Greenwood’s comments. .
“I think 50 people must have tagged her in my Facebook post,” said Greenwood. “Finally she reached out to me and said, ‘People keep tagging me. I can’t travel, but if you want, I can talk to you by phone.'”
Real-life Ace Ventura, Pet Detective
Katz is a licensed private investigator who specializes in “reuniting lost, missing or stolen pets with their families.” In 2016, she launched her own pet detective agency and traveled the country to help reunite pets and their owners. In 2020, she decided to work from home in Fort Lauderdale. Currently, she offers on-location and off-location services depending on the client’s situation.
Her on-location services include scent-focused tracking dogs, Fletcher and Gable. The process begins with the dog sniffing the tufts of bristles on the missing pet’s collar or brush. From the escape point, the two sniff out the direction of travel. Katz then creates weatherproof, brightly colored signs to post around the dog’s discovery.
For Chappie, Katz provided off-location service. She curated the “Lost Pets” poster and suggested its placement. She also guided them to answer the phone.
“The first thing she told us was that there weren’t enough signs. They weren’t colorful enough. They weren’t big enough, they weren’t in the right place. And they didn’t get paid,” Lehmann said.
“Somebody can call me. I’ll look into their case and tell them this is something you need to fix,” Katz said. You don’t even have to hire a , or at least I’ll help you get your case set up right.”
Jamie Katz
Where’s Chappie?
Around 1 a.m. on February 20, eight days after Chappie went missing, a woman texted Greenwood’s phone number as a new sign was installed in her neighborhood. When she was looking for her missing friend Chihuahua, she found a black and white cat.
It was chappie. He hid under a neighbor’s porch in Greenwood.
“He’s gone home and he’s acting like nothing happened,” said Greenwood.
“When Sarah found Chappie, she asked us to donate it to help this dog whose family couldn’t afford her surgery,” said Greenwood. I work in clinics and see many pets whose owners struggle to pay for veterinary care, and they are essentially obliged to euthanize their pets if they cannot afford the treatment. are facing.”
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