File a lost dog/cat report with your county Animal Control via phone or in person. Check in person daily at animal control. They are overwhelmed and may not recognize your pet from a description. Some only hold strays for a few days and then they can be put up for adoption or euthanized. Cherokee County – 72 hours; Cobb County – seven days; Paulding County – three days.

Post a free ad on Craig’s List under Atlanta/Community/Lost and Found -http://atlanta.craigslist.org/

Post a free ad on https://www.fidofinder.com/ and http://www.helpinglostpets.com/ 

Post info on your missing animal on the Facebook page for Georgia's Missing Pets https://www.facebook.com/Georgiasmissingpets/

Make 100 flyers and put them in plastic sheet protectors and hang them everywhere you can, and give them to people in your area. Include neighbors, mail carrier, veterinary offices, animal control, groomers and school bus drivers. Consider offering a reward and include that on the flyer.

If your dog is microchipped notify the chip company that your dog is missing!

Hang a flyer on your mailbox saying "Lost Dog Lives Here" so if someone is driving around looking for signs they know where to stop! Of course, be cautious with strangers coming to your home!

Fax and/or email flyers of the lost or found dog to Animal Control in your county and surrounding counties.

If you have a face picture of your dog, register your dog with Finding Rover, a facial recognition program. Cherokee County and Paulding County Animal Control are now using it to help dogs get home! http://www.findingrover.com/ 

File a report with Lost Dogs Georgia at http://www.lostdogsgeorgia.org/ 

They have a Facebook page too https://www.facebook.com/GA.Lost.Dogs/ 

Sign up with http://www.mylostpetalert.net 

If your neighborhood is listed on https://nextdoor.com/ post a notice there.

Email your HOA contact and ask them to forward the photo/description of your lost pet to everyone in your neighborhood.