AC: Animal Control / Animal Communicator
BOD: Board of Directors
CM: Case Manager – Manages a case and is the primary contact for a pup’s family.
CM1: Can manage any case, until trapping.
CM2: Can manage any case, including trapping.
CT: Case Thread – You will find this in the Den when you search for the dogs’ name. It will contain their completed RA, graphics (such as flyer and Facebook graphic), comments, and team discussion related to that dog.
CTG: Case Thread Generator – You will find this under “Announcements” in the Den. It is a form that the CM needs to complete to get the dogs’ case listed both in the Den and publicly.
CWU: Case Wrap-Up – Form completed to close out the case. Whether the dog is found safe, deceased, we are disengaging, owner conceded, or moving the case to Cold Case – this is filled out. This is filled out on every dog- independent of Case Thread or GABA.
Den: Retrievers Private Facebook group where all internal Retrievers “business” is conducted.
GABA: Gone and Back Again – In Den, under Announcements. This form is for when a dog is safe after the CM accepts, but prior to the CM completing a Case Thread, the GABA is then filled out. * This is not in place of the Case Wrap Up.
FR: First Responder – The first team member to contact the person who filled out the RA. At times, a CM will accept a case before a FR has contacted the family and if the CM prefers to make the FR call themselves, they can state in the den “No FR call needed” and tag the head of the FR team. \
GS: Good Samaritan – Usually a person in the community who is helping the dog in some way. Sometimes a Good Samaritan submits a Request for Assistance for a stray dog being seen.
POF: Point of Flight – The location where the dog escaped from.
RA: Request for Assistance – The form that an owner/rescue/Good Samaritan fills out on our website to ask for our help.
RT: Ray-tripper – a device that emits a beam to reflector and triggers door closure via magnets and battery.