Texas Pet Detectives Association

Texas Pet Detectives Association Search and Rescue for Missing Pets
Having a missing pet is one of the most devastating and daunting experiences we can imagine.
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People in the midst of this crisis are physically exhausted and emotionally drained, which can leave them open to scams and mistakes. We provide professional and compassionate search management, giving our clients the best chance of recovering their lost pet. Lost Pet Specialist uses trained search dogs to find lost cats in Texas and neighboring states. Our clients also learn to use the best techn

iques for their unique scenario. We can even provide search strategies by phone or Skype so that no one needs to face this situation alone, no matter their budget or location. If you are missing a dog, we can still help, but we no longer track them with search dogs. We found that tracking dogs rarely results in bringing them home alive. The simplest explanation is that dogs run and cats hide. By the time we are called out, most dogs are miles away or they have been picked up by a someone. For people with lost dogs, we offer in-depth phone consultations to get your search on the right track.

03/17/2026

Tango found Leo back in January on a cold day in Highland Village. I was so worried about him when I looked at the satellite map of the neighborhood because they are smack in the middle of a wooded area near Lake Lewisville that is teeming with predators. Even his family was convinced that he would surely have been killed or died in the 10 days he'd been missing . They really just wanted to recover his body if possible . But once I pulled into the driveway I could see that there were plenty of hiding places for Leo to stay safe. I don't think we had been working 30 seconds when Tango stopped, pointed like a bird dog, and stared intently into the bushes near the open foundation of the lake house from which Leo had escaped. I followed her gaze and saw two golden eyes blinking back at me. Apparently Leo is quite the fighter and even his family didn't dare try to pick him up. So he had to be lured step by step into the house. Welcome home Leo!

02/14/2026

Even though we have almost as many unhappy endings as we do safe recoveries in our work finding cats, I rarely post about the sad ones. But I hope this one is educational. Most people expect that a predator attack on a cat would result in a pretty gory scene but that is almost never the case. In fact, there's barely any physical evidence at all.

I've been trying to attract a bluebird to my yard for years and this guy finally showed up at my bird bath yesterday! Ye...
02/11/2026

I've been trying to attract a bluebird to my yard for years and this guy finally showed up at my bird bath yesterday! Yes, I did drive to Petco to get him some live mealworms. He (& possibly his friends) have eaten 17 worms today.

Ulrik, a super shy Siberian who prefers spending his time ensconced in the innards of a recliner chair, managed to escap...
01/19/2026

Ulrik, a super shy Siberian who prefers spending his time ensconced in the innards of a recliner chair, managed to escape under mysterious circumstances from his home in Hutto TX on Jan 2. His family had another search team out a few days later and Buck and Tango arrived to continue the search on Day 9. The only alert my dogs gave was at a storm drain a few blocks away but the clients dutifully followed instructions at that location... to no avail. They were already offering a $1,000 reward and when a friend offered to match that, I suggested updated neon posters with the bigger reward....$2,000. Well, there's a little boy--a very observant little boy--who happened to notice both the sign and the cat (who was sitting right next to a different storm drain) as he drove through the neighborhood with his mom. Somebody's college fund just got a nice bump!! The storm drain where my dogs alerted was about a 1000 feet from where Ulrik was ultimately spotted by the boy. My clients rushed to the sighting this afternoon and called me for additional instructions. He was back in the drain when they arrived, but it was a delight to hear Ulrik meowing loudly as we strategized his safe recovery after 17 DAYS UNDERGROUND. Welcome home Ulrik!

12/03/2025

If anyone is paying attention right now, please send good thoughts for Callie getting safely home after spending 5 days away from home! UPDATE: See my comment below

11/21/2025

Taj, a pretty Grey tabby, escaped early yesterday morning when the back door blew open sometime during the night. It took me longer to put on my work shoes than it took search dog Tango to finding Taj's hiding place. I wish I had a picture of Tango daintily crawling up this pile of rubble but I never have a spare hand at these crucial moments in cat searching. She was so cute with her snout in the rubble and her tail waving in the air to show me that she had found him. Good girl, Tango! Welcome home, Taj!

11/18/2025

If I ever get around to writing my book, guess the chapter title for this rescue would be "Who Pooped?" We had been searching the neighborhood for about an hour last week, trying to find Cookie, an indoor only flame point, who is said to be as friendly as he is beautiful. I was bringing search dog Buck back to the car to get a drink of water before continuing when I noticed that the neighbors across the street, two big Burly dudes, were crouching around in their garage, looking under the car that was parked there. I was working up to asking if I could search the garage by asking if their ring doorbell had maybe picked up some video of Cookie as he scampered away two nights previous when suddenly my client, who was standing behind me, said "hey is that a cat under your car?" One of the guys answered "oh I don't know... we're trying to figure out who's been pooping in the garage." Sure enough the culprit was our target Cookie, who found himself a safe place to hang out until David could find him. Most cats who are hiding do not need to go to the bathroom for several days, but this isn't the first time that the missing cat's droppings have been the thing to help us find them.

10/16/2025

Andy and Lara called quick after their 12-year-old orange tabby Oliver made a bad decision about using a dog door that he had ignored for years. The panic to find him was real because the couple and their pets are scheduled to move overseas in just a few weeks. My guess is that the chaotic energy of moving are what motivated Oliver to bust a move early that morning. We don't realize how confusing and unsettling a move can be to our pets, especially to cats. Fortunately Tango got us going in the right direction to find him quickly, and Buck found Ollie's exact hiding place (the long skinny space between two parallel fences) in pretty short order. Lara and Andy followed instructions to the letter and got Oliver into the house in time for his afternoon nap.

Wow! Dog saved by a sausage drone!
06/23/2025

Wow! Dog saved by a sausage drone!

05/05/2025

Woohoo! Yuki is home! Tango did an incredible job of air-scenting Yuki from nearly 100 feet away. If you watch the video you can see where we were standing when Tango picked up his scent. Getting to the spot where the cat was a whole other project. And I have to admit it was not the prettiest recovery. But we got Yuki home safe and sound.

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