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Report Lost or Found Dog and Print The pdf

dog-finder.org

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I really like this idea. Thanks for building it!

Can I make a suggestion? It might help find some dogs.

A lot of breeds have a society for that breed, for example Jack Russell Terriers have the JRTCA.

These societies have lost and found forums. When someone finds a breed they often go and look for information about them [1]

This worked for me around 1998, I made a post there and my Jack Russell was returned to me by a family almost an our drive from where I lived. How he got there, I don't know but I was very happy to get him back!

Maybe add a reminder to the apps workflow with a link to the forum for that breed.

If you automate the process you could charge for it. I paid $39.99 to a dog finding service back then that I suspect did little.

1. http://www.therealjackrussell.com/misc/lostdog.php

The workflow is:

1) Report Your dog by iPhone, android o Web app

2) Share the position of your lost/found dog with other users

3) Get the pdf of your report and print it

4) hang poster in strategic places

very nice app!

Very good idea, for dogs, and other pets indeed; as the ThePetfinder.

1. Needs to get significant traction to be of use. Why not start from one city cover it fully; go US and global, similar to FB/harvard->unis->world. Traction and promotion on facebook seems to be more important than other networks.

2. A classification by users or automatic through image processing, for pet photos may be valuable for found pets to be searched by attributes.

Yep thank! very interesting suggestions

Your PDF really should have your URL prominently. That way every poster hung up spreads awareness about your site (and dog owners who don't know about it).

Next step: an "Amber alert"-like notification system?

Thanks for the idea!

And please - if you have a pet - consider getting them microchipped. It does wonders for connecting pets with their owners.

To the site creator, you may consider adding the microchip # as an attribute for the lost pets.

Can you read the microchips used in pets using an RFID scanner in Android?

Everyone knows pressurenet, right? Distributed barometer network? Distributed RFID network is the next step.

Nope, but virtually any shelter or veterinarian will be able to read the microchip.

RE: Nope. Why?

Maybe I'm wrong but my understanding is that they use passive RFID technology with a variety of frequencies that aren't compatible without specialized readers. Until recently there hasn't been a standardized frequency for these implants - but I think that's started to improve. With that said, this isn't based on first-hand knowledge - just things I've read online, so I may not be correct based on current technology in phones and what's being implanted in pets.

Tile App does that.

http://www.thetileapp.com/

Hi, the api for developer are available

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6185275

http://www.dog-finder.org/api-for-developers

Hi, are you selling your web site? https://flippa.com/2958049-dog-finder-web-and-apps

yes it's a project that I love, but I have never got money from this.The "visitors" is a "Feature" for this app and a it need a good marketing strategy

Great idea.

Any reason you don't appear to have registered cat-finder.org? I see that pet-finder.org is taken but unused.

At least one quick win to be had methinks.

Might be worth proofreading your site or, if English isn't your first language, having someone look over it for you.

Good luck with the site!

You're right :)

Is it supposed to say "Sing In" when you press the "Add Dog" button?

I do like it.

This is remarkably practical. Is the next step putting a GPS on the dog's tag?

I think so, some company today offer a service like your suggestion. But i think that dog finder could be an Hub, because it has a very simple structure, and a set of Rest Api ready to works

nice app!

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