My name is Bentley Potter, Founder of Lost Pets of The Hudson Valley. Since as far back as I can remember, I have always loved animals, especially Dogs. I dreamed of having a large farm where I would let all homeless dogs run free, enjoy life, and freedom. Back in June of 2012, I was taking a drive through Woodstock, NY, enjoying an early Summer day and saw a flyer for a missing dog. It immediately triggered this idea to use social media to help spread the word about a missing pet. I came to find that nothing like this existed for the Hudson Valley. There was a serious need for an operation like this, one that is completely 100% dedicated to helping reunite lost pets with their families. Since then, I have brought on several great people to help keep this operation running smoothly. Along with my wife, Katie, we have a wonderful group of volunteers consisting of: Kim Kraska, Erin Talarico, Carol Baisley, Jeanine Abrams, Sarah Nace, Lindsay Kennelly, Lisa Benjamin, and Melissa Kappler, who have helped make sure that each missing pet case is handled and shared to 56,000+ people within minutes. Countless pets have been found safe and returned home to their respective families, many directly due to a LPOTHV post. We now have a brand-new, state-of-the-art website to help reunite even more pets. I am beyond excited to see this work how I envisioned it and to see so many people have faith in LPOTHV and our mission. We truly have the most passionate and caring volunteers around and for that I am truly thankful. We also couldn’t do this without our wonderful community of supporters who help out complete strangers on a daily basis. Thank you, Hudson Valley!