Due to staffing constraints we are unable to post photos of stray dogs. If you have a missing pet call and leave us a message with a detailed description. If you have a photograph you can email it to us.

We advise all owners of lost animals to physically come to the shelter to make sure your lost pet is not at the shelter. In many cases, the description given by the owners and staff may not match. Calling without physically checking at the shelter will not protect your right to claim a lost animal. Most animals are placed for adoption after three days at the shelter.

If you are the finder of a dog, the animal shelter is the proper place for the dog to be placed while the owners are sought. Animal Control can legally place the dog in a new home after three days.

Finders who wish to keep a dog under Oregon's lost property statue 98.005 must complete several steps before they can legally own or give away a found animal. At minimum you must notify the County Clerk in writing within ten days of finding the animal.  Within 20 days you must post a notice of the finding in the local papers for two weeks. With that completed, you can obtain legal ownership after three months. Failure to complete this process would make possession or giving away of the animal a crime under Oregon law.  Spaying or neutering the animal during this time period could also be considered a crime.