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Lost Pet Advice
Home and Garden Checklist
 

Initial Home and Garden Search Checklist for lost pets
...You won't find your missing Saint Bernard in some of these smaller places, but they are handy if you're looking for little kittens and puppies who get into the craziest and smallest of places...

Once you've searched your home, garden and immediate neighbours thoroughly, please go back to base at Lost Pet Advice .Your next step after this is to add a free lost pet ad to petsonthenet.co.nz and while you're there to quickly check our Found Pet ads too. 

 
Inside 
Kitchen Lounge
All cupboards and drawers
On top of cupboards
Boxes/ paper/ paper recycle
Behind and under stove
In warming drawer
Behind and under fridge
Behind and under dishwasher
Bread maker, crock pot, baskets, pots 
In behind/in vegetable drawers
Stacking vegetable bins
Potato bags
     
Under couch cushions
Under couch/behind couch
Behind curtains
In bookcase
TV/entertainment unit (behind/in)
Under coffee table
In closing boxes
CD cabinet
Behind doors
In fireplace/grate or up the chimney
Sewing box/mending/knitting
Bathroom Dining Room
Waste paper basket
Behind toilet
Vanity cupboards and drawers
Under table/on dining room chairs
On chairs
In/under/behind sideboards etc
Laundry Bedrooms
Linen cupboard shelves
In and behind piles of sheets/towels etc
In the laundry basket
In clean or dirty washing
In any cupboards
Under and behind the washing machine
Under and behind the drier
Rag Bag

 

In/under behind all beds
All wardrobes
Bookcases
Piles of clothes/papers
In/under/behind dressers/drawers etc
In shoes/gumboots
Kids toy boxes
Outside  
Porches and Decks Sheds and garages
Boxes
Large pots and under buckets
In chilly bins
Under decks/porches
Under the house
On/under outdoor furniture
All shelves
All boxes
Piles of paper, carpet, rags etc
Woodpile/woodshed
On roof of garage/shed/house
In rafters/ceiling of garage
Gardens Cars
Up trees
Under hedges/bushes
Stuck in hedges
Stuck in fences
Asleep in the garden (flower & vegetable)
In/behind compost bins/rubbish bins
Under BBQ cover or on BBQ shelves
Kids Playhouse
Conservatories
Shade or green houses
Bird houses, aviary
Birdbaths, water features & pools
 
In and under cars
On engine of car (open bonnet)
In the boot of the car

Next doorknock your immediate neighbours, see our neighbourhood search checklist for tips. 

Any luck?
If so, we'd love to hear your success story!
Did we miss a place to check off our list? Let us know and we'll add it.

No luck so far?  
Click to go back to the Find your Pet Strategy Plan and try the next step

 



 
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