Free specialist lost dog search and rescue team covering Nottinghamshire
Free specialist lost dog search and rescue team covering Nottinghamshire

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After being hit by a car on his 2nd day missing he went to ground until he was spotted 5 days later in a field. We searched with tracker dogs, drones and on foot with no sign of him. He was then spotted again on Saturday 5th Sept laying in a hay field. We put cameras out with food and set the trap. Sunday he came to the camera with food and spent an hour hoovering it up then disappeared. We rebaited the camera and moved the trap closer and waited.
At around 9pm he appeared and again ate all the food at the camera wandering round and coming back to check he hadn’t missed any. Then he disappeared for a couple of hours and reappeared at 11.40pm at the trap. A tense wait whilst he wandered round it and went in and out before finally stepping on the plate and it closed!
Welcome home Murphy!
Thank you to the community of Nether Langwith for sharing and helping to search. Thank you to LDTN Notts & Derby, The Drone Ranger, Murphy’s family and our volunteers for the hours put in to helping get him home safe.
We were contacted by Cello’s owner on Monday evening after he had gone missing on a walk and was believed to be down a badger sett. The owners other dog indicated at the hole and the owner could hear Cello bark underground. We gave the basic advice of leaving scent items by the sett and calling and listening for him and if he hadn’t got himself out overnight we planned to go over the next day.
Cello hadn’t appeared by morning so some of our team went over to assess. The drone was flown to check that he hadn’t gotten out then cameras were put up to monitor the hole. We were aware of the law of not being able to dig or interfere with badger setts and took advice from local badger groups and Natural England.
The wait to apply for the license, 48 hours from entering sett, was stressful and at times we were going round in circles of who would issue the license and who needed to attend.
It was also heart breaking being able to hear him barking and yelping because he could hear us above him.
Finally, the application went in at midday on Wednesday then it was a few hours wait to assemble Natural England, the Fire Brigade and Notts Lost Dogs volunteers and permission from the landowner, Lady Helen Nall, was given to access the field the ground was assessed by the teams on the best way to dig and where to dig for the safety of Cello.
It didn’t take long from start of digging before his eyes were seen and the hole was big enough for him to start wriggling out in to the arms of the fire brigade.
Amazing team work from Natural England, the Newark Fire Brigade, Notts Police and thanks to Lady Helen for facilitating access to the emergency services and helping with the rescue.




We had a grreat day at the Husse Mansfield Dog Show.

The generosity of 'Lost Dog Ayrshire' is second to none. The Notts Lost Dogs team are very grateful to have been donated a 2nd thermal monocular by this amazing team.
Thank you again.

Today we celebrate our 3rd Birthday!
What an incredible journey it has been.
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to every single person who has supported us, shared our posts, donated, volunteered, and believed in what we do. We simply couldn’t have reached this milestone without you.
Over the past three years, we’ve celebrated so many amazing success stories that remind us why we do what we do. We’ve also faced heartbreaking losses that have touched us deeply and strengthened our determination to keep going.
Behind it all is our incredible team, whose dedication, compassion, and hard work make everything we achieve possible. We are so grateful for each and every one of them.
As we look ahead, we’re excited for what the future holds and hope you’ll continue this journey with us. Together, we can make an even bigger difference.
Thank you for being part of our story. Here’s to the next chapter!

For those that haven't seen Nala's story, here is a recap.
We had not one sighting since the night she bolted until 4 weeks to the day she went missing, we had a call of a definite sighting not too far from where we had been searching and had a camera up. A farm across the road and a few fields away. We searched that night and put a camera and food up but nothing was seen overnight. Then Lesley rang to say she was there again wandering around the farm yard. We arranged to go over with more cameras and a trap and put up the drone. After an hour or so a guy living in one of the houses on the farm realised we were there and said he’d got her in his kitchen. He’d seen her when he got home from work and followed her into his garden and managed to catch her by his pond. After 4 weeks she was skin and bone and probably wouldn’t have lasted much longer. She went straight to the emergency vets.
Thank you to Lesley, Stuart and all the guys at Goodhouse Farm for keeping an eye on her and to Martin at Eastfield Glamping for letting us search on his land for two weeks.
Nala is now doing well and has put on some weight. She is recovering from her little adventure!

Nala is safe, 4 weeks to the day she went missing! Not one sighting since the night she bolted until we had a call of a definite sighting not too far from where we had been searching and had a camera up. A farm across the road and a few fields away. We searched that night and put a camera and food up but nothing was seen overnight. Then Lesley rang to say she was there again wandering around the farm yard. We arranged to go over with more cameras and a trap and put up the drone. After an hour or so a guy living in one of the houses on the farm realised we were there and said he’d got her in his kitchen. He’d seen her when he got home from work and followed her into his garden and managed to catch her by his pond. After 4 weeks she is skin and bone and probably wouldn’t have lasted much longer. She went straight to the emergency vets.
Thank you to Lesley, Stuart and all the guys at Goodhouse Farm for keeping an eye on her and to Martin at Eastfield Glamping for letting us search on his land for two weeks.

We are thrilled to share that we were able to purchase this 2nd hand Mavic 3T thermal drone at a really good price almost brand new, only used twice.
Please welcome Alice to our drone fleet in memory of Alice who was sadly lost to the train tracks. A valuable addition.

WOW…we are absolutely blown away by the kindness and generosity from Lost Dogs Ayrshire.
They have very kindly gifted us an amazing piece of kit, a Hikmicro Lynx lq35 3.0 thermal monocular, which will make such a huge difference to the work we do helping lost and vulnerable dogs.
Support like this means more than words can say. It’s incredible to know there are people and organisations out there willing to help us continue what we do for the dogs that need is most.
A massive THANK YOU to Lost Dogs Ayrshire for your support, kindness and generosity which will have a real impact - we truly appreciate it so much.

We had a lovely day at John Eastwood Hospice. Archie came to see us with his mum, the infamous cockerpoo in our “lightbulb moment” video.

Today some of the team met up with Beneath The Surface whilst they were in our area, to do a bit of water recovery training. Sadly we have had to recovery a few dogs from water but was also good for the team to know what to do if a person falls in water.
Thank you Phil, John, Martin, Nick & Martin

We are looking for volunteers in
Bestwood/Top Valley
Arnold
Basford
And other areas.
Get in touch if you are interested and can commit.