Sun City West, AZ Lost Male Dog, Tucker Is Missing

Facebook Community Response

Sally H.

1 week ago

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Sally H.

1 week ago

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Lex H.

1 week ago

Sue Higbee A loose Chihuahua in Sun City with coyotes, elderly owners, golf courses, open access, traffic, and no containment is a HIGHLY URGENT situation. A skittish dog running from trauma near a freeway and heavy traffic - HIGHLY URGENT. These are completely different than a dog simply hiding near home. Perhaps people think they’re being helpful by doing copy and paste drive-by's because it only takes seconds. The person adding the copy and paste feels good about themselves. Believing they’re helping. They’re a good person. Let’s face it, actually coaching the owners is much more work. They’re in a panic, confused, and don't know how the apps work. I spend hours each week on the phone walking owners through how to download the apps, help them make their post to get it live asap. Sometimes I send them reminders to repost and engage so it keeps circulating. These apps are exactly where FINDERS POST FIRST! THAT'S WHERE THE OWNERS SHOULD BE ALSO. So it comes down to this: are we actually helping, or just doing something that looks like help in the moment?

Lex H.

1 week ago

Sue Higbee We currently have real problems with how missing pet cases are handled in the Valley, and these dysfunctional approaches or outdated methods cost pets their lives. Better response methods would clearly save more animals. The first steps should always be immediate public visibility through Neighbors by Ring, Nextdoor, and local Facebook groups in their city (like Sun City) to quickly generate sightings and awareness. Those steps should come first because speed matters in the first hours. Then flyers and signing up for additional help. For a crisis situation, the response should be, what is the fastest way to get the word out for sightings on this case?

Lex H.

1 week ago

Sue Higbee Sue, your “25 years” comment seems more focused on presenting experience and authority, and taking a moral position, than addressing the actual issue I raised about urgency, sequence, and timing. This is about what works BEST in urgent situations, not personal opinion. I'm puzzled that your responses don’t reflect different levels of urgency or crisis response. If someone truly has 25 years of experience in this field, I would expect clear differentiation in tactics based on risk, environment, and behavior, not a one-size-fits-all response focused mainly on “sign up” or process. We can have experience and good intent, but experience would teach a response should change based on the circumstances and crisis level. In rescue work, there’s often more focus on defending existing methods than updating them, even when better response strategies could save more animals.

Jeana R.

1 week ago