Lost and found pets in Paulding County, GA

If your dog or cat went missing anywhere in Paulding County, including Dallas, Hiram and Powder Springs (part), this page has the shelter, the phone numbers and the order to do things in. Everything here comes from the county’s own published information.

Do these today

1. Contact Paulding County Animal Control. Paulding uses printable Lost Pet and Found Pet report forms, available on its documents and forms page. The county advises looking for your pet at the shelter immediately.
2. Check the shelter in person, often. Paulding does not publish a stray hold period online. Call and ask, and check in person right away. Walk the kennels yourself every couple of days. Staff may not match your description to the animal in front of them.
3. Watch the online list daily. Paulding Animal Control on Petfinder. Online listings can lag behind intake by a day or more.
4. Search close to home first. In a national ASPCA-backed survey, about half of recovered dogs were found by searching the neighborhood, and most recovered cats came home on their own or were found nearby. Walk your streets, look under decks and in garages, and talk to everyone you pass.
5. Post everywhere free. File a report on Petco Love Lost (many metro shelters photo-match against it), post on Nextdoor, and share in local lost-pet Facebook groups.
6. Get the word to neighbors who aren’t looking. Flyers at eye level on main roads near Dallas still work. A targeted neighborhood alert reaches the people who never check lost-pet groups.

Paulding County shelter and animal control

Some details for Paulding County are not published on the county’s own site. Call before you drive over.

Good to know in Paulding County

• Shelter hours: Tuesday to Friday noon to 4, Saturday noon to 6, Sunday noon to 5. Closed Mondays.
• Paulding has a new shelter project underway, so call ahead to confirm the address before you drive over.
• The shelter also posts on its Facebook page.

Found a pet in Paulding County?

Check for a tag, then take the animal to any vet or to Paulding County Animal Control to scan for a microchip. Scanning is free. Report the animal to the county at 770-445-1511, post a found pet report, and add it to Petco Love Lost. Before you hand a pet over, ask the person to describe something you left out of your post. Our guide to lost pet scams covers the common tricks.