When a DogLost member found a little Jack Russell tied up by Streatham Hill station, south London, she knew exactly what to do: Take him home and look on DogLost. And there he was, reported missing earlier in the day from his home in Brockwell Park.

Little Charlie belongs to Patricia, who was thrilled that she was reunited with him in just three hours as a result of DogLost and one of our members.

So elated with the help she got, Patricia plans to make regular donations to DogLost so that we can help even more dogs and their owners.

After the last attempt at tandem skydiving was abandoned through strong winds, Alison, our Lincs co-ordinator and part-time administrator, is trying again on 5th June.

Jumping for DogLost, this is not Alison’s first fundraiser for us, but is easily the scariest.

Support Alison by pressing the Donate button on the home page and donating a few pounds. We’ll bring you some photos so you can see how she has done!

Once reunited with their dog, most owners want to put the miserable experience behind them. But not Mark Foster, the owner of Dylan a Springer Spaniel with epilepsy.

Writer Mark chose to put pen to paper and recall the three long months that Dylan was missing and eventually fearing the worst despite help from DogLost.

But Mark was contacted by Poppy through DogLost who thought the grainy photo on her friend Gerry’s phone was Dylan.

But Dylan was feral and it was weeks before Mark – with the help of DogLost and Gerry’s family – was to be reunited with him.

DogLost is the story of Mark’s quest to find Dylan and for every copy of the book sold, Mark is donating £2 to DogLost. Your can order a copy of the book from http://www.blurb.co.uk/b/5298248-doglost.

DogLost’s founder, Jayne Hayes, has won another award for the outstanding work that the organisation does.

This time it’s from campaigning dog magazine, Dogs Today. Their annual medal awards are made to people who have made the world a better place.

Said Jayne: “I’m totally honoured – but only accept this medal on behalf of all the people who come together for DogLost.”

Jayne was presented with her medal at the London Pet Show by Owen of Owen and Haatchi fame.

DogLost will be participating in Pet Theft Awareness Week again. The initiative, which ran for the first time last year, is designed to highlight the issue of theft and help owners prevent it.

As one of the main groups behind the event, DogLost has joined forces with campaign groups Dog Theft Action and Vets Get Scanning. We are also partnered with the Kennel Club, Petlog and Halo Scanners.

During the week DogLost and some of its partners will get the message over in the media. And together with the Associate Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare we hope to persuade the government to increase the penalties for dog theft.

The campaign, which starts on Friday 14 March, is funded by the Dog Union and Viovet. http://www.pettheft.co.uk

DogLost will be at Crufts this year and can be found with Dog World in Hall 4, stand 78.

We will be talking about our new website, offering advice to owners and recruiting new helpers.

Celebrity supporter, Jilly, last year’s winner and one of the world’s top dogs, will be in the main arena when the Kennel Club will be presented with a painting of her.

Crufts runs from Thursday 6 March – Sunday 9 March at the NEC.

DogLost helped reunite 7,280 dogs in 2013, the most in any year since it started 10 years ago.

Nearly 12,000 owners turned to DogLost for help – some 15% more than the previous year. Said founder, Jayne Hayes, “Some of that increase is due to the continued rise in dog theft, but increased awareness of our success has brought more and more people to us.”

Jayne Hayes won the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s Innovation Award this year, and Crufts winner, Jilly, raised more than £17,000 with her Jilly’s Jolly Jaunt.

DogLost got over 1/3rd of a million visits this month, with almost 1.5 million page views. We set a new daily record of just under 19,000 visits yesterday.

Throughout the year, DogLost was forever in the media with press, online and broadcast media recognising the organisation as the authority on lost and stolen dogs.

Since DogLost started 10 years ago, much of its success has been through the dedication of its national network of volunteer co-ordinators.

This month 17 of them were presented with long-service awards for five – and in one case – 10 years.

Pictured here is Lincs co-ordinator, Ashmark, receiving her award.