'Smart Snout' app uses dogs' NOSE PRINTS to help identify and reunite lost pups with owners

The idea of losing your dog is something that fills any owner with dread, but a new app could make it easier to identify and reunite with your pooch, should it go missing. You can then communicate via email to reunite with your dog The app is free to download but costs £4.99 annually if you want to register your dog's details. Smart Snout is the brainchild of Bradley Watson, 44, who came up with the idea after watching a police show on TV Users are asked to enter some basic information like name, breed and colour, as well as uploading a nose picture 'I've been watching the growth of dog thefts, and I've witnessed it first-hand from customers. Once the dog's information is in, if it were to be lost or stolen and then recovered, the finder could simply scan the snout, Bradley claims Smart Snout was only launched properly eight weeks ago but already has more than 2,000 subscribers - with even more downloads, Bradley said Dog thefts soared in lockdown A huge rise in heartless dog thefts has been blamed on the coronavirus pandemic. It's free to download, but costs just shy of £5 a year to submit your dog's details - which are necessary for it to be found Phil James, 45, left the emergency services 'quite a while ago' but, for the last 18 months, has been finding missing dogs with his drone.