Pet Sightings
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Pet Sightings will help you find your pet if your pet is on the run.  The key is to spread the word and get as many sightings as possible.  There may be patterns to a dog's behaviour that you can spot if enough sightings are entered.

The two key factors in a sighting are:

1) The older a sighting gets, the less valuable it is.

2) Identifying the pet the sighting was for.  It's critical to get the sighting info to the owner of the pet so they can act quickly.  However, a sighting of a black dog could be one of 10 different dogs missing in that area.  As more sightings are reported, the certainty of the pet it is, should increase.

If a sighting is entered for a particular pet, only the pet owner will be notified.  Each pet owner has the ability to control the release of the sighting information.  The owner may not want the sighting information released because they are afraid a large group of people may spook their pet.

When a sighting is entered, the person entering the sighting picks pets in the area they think it may be and ranks the certainty of their sighting.

Be sure to turn on your Mobile Alerts so that sightings will be sent to your mobile phone.  You will find the set up for this by clicking on the Subscriptions tab and then mobile alerts.

 

To see sightings for your pet, click on the little square beside your pets name.  The menu will pop up and then you can click on Show Sightings.  Only the person who listed this pet can see the sighting details.
   
This pet has 4 sightings. In a glance, you can see how old the sighting is as well as the sighting confidence level or Rank as we call it.

The number in the circle represents the sighting age.  The number 1 is the most recent sighting.

The shade of green represents the age also. Bright Green is a sighting < 2 hours ago.

The amount of colour in the circle represents the confidence level or rank.  A solid coloured circle has a rank of 9 or 10.  The person who has entered the sighting really think it's this pet.

The slightly darker green for sighting #3, is a sighting < 24 hours ago.

The darker green for sighting # 4 is a sighting > 24 hours ago.

   

 

 

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