Lost Dog Tracking Network - North Yorkshire

18/10/2026

Did you know that Lost Dog Tracking Network North Yorkshire is a charity? All our team members are volunteers and our only funding comes from donations and fundraising activities. There are lots of ways you can support us apart from making a donation, even if you don’t have a dog.

Could you help spread awareness about what we do? Whether that’s mentioning us to your dog owning friends and family, sharing our Facebook posts or having our leaflets on display, word of mouth is the best way to make people aware we exist

Do you have an event coming up that we could be part of? This year we’ve attended craft fairs, dog shows, fayres and country events with our stall.

Would you like to hold a fundraiser for us? Whether it’s a cake sale, a quiz night or something more energetic like a sponsored walk or run we would be very happy to support you!

We are also always on the lookout for extra pairs of hands to help at events, whether that’s in the planning or on the day itself. All you need is a smile & a willingness to help

Please do get in touch if you can help us with any of what we do - many hands (and paws) make light work!

16/10/2026

🐾🎨 KIDS’ COLOURING COMPETITION – WIN A DOGGY PRIZE BUNDLE! And something for you too! 🎨🐾

🎁 Calling all young dog lovers! 🐶

We’re excited to be exhibiting at Edition Dogs Live, and we’ve got a special competition for our younger visitors!

Come and visit Lost Dog Tracking Network, meet some of our amazing tracking dogs and collect your FREE colouring competition sheet! 🐕🖍️

We’ve got some tasty dog treats & food for your dog & something for you too up for grabs for one lucky winner! 🏆

🐾 HOW TO ENTER – IT’S EASY!

🖍️ 1. COLLECT your colouring competition sheet from our stand at Edition Dogs Live.

🎨 2. COLOUR your picture! Get creative and make it as colourful as you like.

📸 3. SNAP a photo of your finished masterpiece.

📱 4. POST – Ask a parent or guardian to upload the photo in the comments below this Facebook post.

❤️ 5. FOLLOW – We’d love your parent or guardian to follow our page, Lost Dog Tracking Network North Yorkshire to see more of our tracking dogs and their adventures!

🎉 THAT’S IT – YOU’RE ENTERED!

⏰ COMPETITION CLOSES:
Sunday 25th October 2026 at 9:00 PM (UK time)

🏆 THE WINNER

One lucky winner will be selected at random from all valid entries using a Facebook comment picker tool after the competition closes.

The winner will be announced on our page, so keep an eye out! 👀

🐕 COME AND SAY HELLO!

While you’re visiting our stand, find out how our specially trained tracking dogs help locate missing dogs and reunite them with their families.

We can’t wait to meet you and see your amazing colouring creations!

GOOD LUCK, EVERYONE! 🐾🍀

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📋 COMPETITION RULES

• Open to children under 18, with entries submitted by a parent or legal guardian aged 18 or over.

• One entry per child.

• Entries must be photographs of the completed official competition colouring sheet, uploaded to the comments of this original Facebook post.

• Entries close at 9:00 PM (UK time) on 25th October 2026. Late entries will not be included.

• One winner will be chosen at random from all valid entries using a Facebook comment picker tool.

• The prize consists of a selection of dog toys and treats, as pictured. No cash alternative is available.

• The winner will be announced on this page and contacted through their original entry where possible.

• Please do not include children’s full names or personal details in the comments.

• Following our page is encouraged but is not a condition of entry.

Facebook disclaimer: This promotion is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Facebook or Meta. Entrants release Facebook from responsibility in connection with this promotion.

🎁 PRIZE DELIVERY

The lucky winner will receive a some food and treats for you & your dog.

📦 The prize can be posted FREE of charge to the winner at a UK postal address.

The winner will be announced on our page after the competition closes and asked to contact us privately to arrange delivery.

⚠️ Please be scam aware: We will never ask for payment, bank details or for you to click a link to claim your prize.

16/10/2026

This time next week our newest teams will be right in the middle of their level 3 training & final assessment. So how did they go from normal pet dogs to being on the verge of becoming qualified tracking dogs?

The requirements for joining the training are very few - dogs need to be fit and healthy and not reactive to dogs or people. Any breed is welcome and our new class includes spaniels, lurcher, whippet and spaniel cross

Initial training began back in February with teaching the dogs to take a scent from an article and then match it to an article on the ground - the first step in scent ID. Gradually we increased the distance between the sniff and the article so the dogs were tracking to find the article - adding tracking to the scent ID. We then asked the dogs to do the same with different scent articles, reinforcing the mechanics of the process and also confirming they were able identify and follow a specific scent they were given. Scent ID tracking in action! Gradually the distance they tracked increased. Tracks started to include turns, decisions for the dogs, different terrains and environments.

As well as the dogs learning how to track, the handlers learned how to read the dog. Is the dog actually tracking the cockerpoo that just walked past or the lurcher she’s been asked to track? Is she saying there’s no scent there? There was also a bucketload of learning about how lost dogs behave.

Since then there has been a lot of practice, some more practice and a bit more practice. And of course, these are pet dogs living in families with jobs, children and lives to be getting on with so tracking has to be fitted in around normal life. It’s been a lot!

So good luck to all of our new teams for their assessments - we can’t wait to have more dogs and handlers available to help reunite dogs with their owners

11/10/2026

❤️🐾 MISTY IS HOME! 🐾❤️

The news we absolutely love to share… beautiful Misty has been reunited with her family! 🥰

Misty, a Rottweiler, went missing whilst staying at a holiday park with her family.

She had been taken out for a wee when something caught her attention in a hedge. In a split second, she gave chase, pulling the lead from her mum's hand and disappearing with her collar and lead still attached.

With Misty missing in an unfamiliar area and concerns that her lead could become tangled, her worried family contacted us for help.

Within 24 hours, we were out searching. 🐾

Last night, we deployed Bailey, our Lost Dog Tracking (LDT) dog, who tracked into woodland and to an area that hadn't yet been searched by Misty's family.

The woodland was thick with brambles and nettles, and with darkness making conditions increasingly difficult, we made the decision to stop for everyone's safety.

But Bailey had given us valuable information, and we were able to guide Misty's family on where to concentrate their search.

With no tracking dogs available to return today, the wonderful Steve, a Drone SAR For Lost Dogs UK pilot, kindly volunteered to help tomorrow morning.

But tonight came the news we'd all been hoping for… ❤️

🎉 MISTY WAS HOME! 🎉

Misty had emerged from the very woodland Bailey had tracked into the night before, and somehow she'd managed to lose her collar and lead along the way!

What an absolutely wonderful ending! 🥹❤️

A huge thank you to Steve for offering his time, and a special mention to Bailey, whose hard work in challenging conditions helped point the search in the right direction.

Tracking doesn't always mean finding the dog there and then. Sometimes it's about providing those vital clues that help bring a missing dog home.

And tonight, that's exactly the happy ending we have. ❤️

One very relieved family, one beautiful girl back where she belongs, and a whole lot of happy hearts!

Sleep well tonight, Misty. You've given everyone quite enough excitement for one holiday! 😂🐾

❤️ WELCOME HOME, BEAUTIFUL GIRL! ❤️

09/10/2026

Today we had a CPD day for the new teams approaching their level 3 assement in a few weeks.

All teams are doing really well and were challenged today but aced it!

Thank you Claire Brown !

I failed at many photos! 🙈 but I promise there was more tracking than sitting !

08/10/2026

Waffle is still missing with no sightings.

Please keep an eye out and call the number with any information no matter how small it may seem.

Waffle has been missing since Thursday 24th September. She went missing from home at Great Smeaton, near Northallerton. What3words///shunts.submitted.unite.

She & the other dogs were let out in the garden that backs onto the owners fields. Waffle & another one of the dogs disappeared. The other dog has since being found, but there has been no sign of Waffle.

Perhaps you were driving in the area at the time of the disappearance & saw a dog ( or maybe 2 ) on the road or running in the nearby fields.

If you live locally please can you check CCTV, ring doorbells.

Please do not chase or shout but report any sightings to the number below.

06/10/2026

FLO IS HOME 🥳🥰

03/10/2026

Some of our team are at Fletchers Farm for their craft fair today at Great Ayton.

Pop along and say hi and grab yourself some bargains and learn more about what we do.

27/09/2026

Waffle has been missing since Thursday 24th September. She went missing from home at Great Smeaton, near Northallerton. What3words///shunts.submitted.unite.

She & the other dogs were let out in the garden that backs onto the owners fields. Waffle & another one of the dogs disappeared. The other dog has since being found, but there has been no sign of Waffle.

Perhaps you were driving in the area at the time of the disappearance & saw a dog ( or maybe 2 ) on the road or running in the nearby fields.

If you live locally please can you check CCTV, ring doorbells.

Please do not chase or shout but report any sightings to the number below.