Today, more sightings, or possible sightings, were called in, and were also collected while Antonia and a couple others of us were out posting signs and talking to people. These sightings will be mapped later, so check the map tomorrow to see them plotted. (If anyone out there would like to participate in the search for Vixen, and is comfortable with Google Maps or willing to learn, please send a comment. Thanks in advance!)
One of the sightings -- in a townhouse community off Braddock Rd west of Van Dorn -- may well have been the male husky found at Seminary Towers this morning, and we think the sighting at BJ's may have been that dog, too. The sightings that we are pursing more extensively include sightings near Agudas Achim, a synogague on Valley Drive on Friday at the same time as the Parkfairfax sightings, a Saturday evening sighting on Quaker Lane on that scary stretch coming off 395N, and one that put her at Trinity Church on Cameron Mills. These sightings all make sense when considered together with each other and with the sightings reported on Friday evening.
These sightings are encouraging, and we are hoping for many more, especially if they start showing her slowing down and staying in a smaller area. We want to start putting together a plan that will lead to her capture.
If you live close to the Beverly Hills, Parkfairfax or Fairlington areas and can help with the search, please leave a comment on the blog and specify if you do not want it published for others to see. Lots of help is needed in this search!
Oh by the way -- we are in contact with the owner of one of Vixen's puppies from the litter she gave birth to after she arrived in this area. We are considering the possibility that the puppy could draw her out. We hope to get a chance to find out if that works.
3 comments:
Hi - this is Kate in Beverley Hills who saw her Friday evening - so glad there have been more sightings close by. I walk my dog near the park by the synagogue in the morning, so we'll keep an eye out for her. I noticed several signs in the neighborhood during our evening walk, so you covered a lot of ground today. I'll post some in the morning as well. Please don't post this message, as it doesn't have new info, but folks in my neighborhood will definitely keep an eye out for her once they see the signs. I'm also available to help manning traps if it gets to that point.
Ive notified several dog walking companies since these people are out all day walking dogs and would be more apt to notice and/or draw out stray dogs. I hope they can find and catch Vixen.
I hope the 'owners' stop breeding their dog. Since Huskies can travel a great deal of territory there is a chance this dog could end up a ways away in a shelter that does not have a 'no kill policy'. If people out in that area buy puppies and don't adopt Vixen, she could very well end up euthanized.
Hopefully people see the vicious cycle here. Breeders basically kill shelter dogs.
Thanks, Anonymous! Dog walkers are among the best to notify for the reasons you name! And we think Vixen is basically a puppy mill dog, so yes, she's part of the vicious cycle. And so deserving of the second chance she didn't recognize that she was given!
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