After a difficult life at the end of a chain and used only for breeding in her first 2 or 3 years of life, the humane society first rescued Vixen, an Alaskan Husky, from a breeder (also possibly a hoarder) in Canada last December. From there, she made her way to Northern Virginia as a Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation rescue dog. She was fostered at Woofs! Training Center for most of the time from when she was taken in by LDCRF, and when she was adopted by Antonia on Sunday, August 22nd.
As Vixen and Antonia returned home from a walk on Tuesday morning, August 24th, and were almost at the front door, Vixen made the surprising move of backing out of her halter, and bolting! Antonia didn't know that a dog could just do a kind of a stretch/bow thing, and slip out of her halter with ease! Remember that Vixen had zero socialization with humans during her formative years, so she experiences a host of fears pretty much every day of her life! Name it, and she's liable to be afraid of it. She's improved some during her time as a foster dog, but she has a long way to go, and Antonia wants her chance to help build Vixen's confidence and show her how good life can be.
If the numerous sightings that have been called in have truly been Vixen, she has been moving around quite a bit since Tuesday morning. Those sightings will be plotted on a map as soon as we can get this done, but we think that after started her run from Ft Williams Parkway, she first went west towards Jordan and Seminary, and was later was seen near the Lexus dealer at the Quaker Lane/King Street/Braddock Road intersection. By Friday (8/27) about 5:30pm, she was spotted near Crestwood and Quaker Lane; several people were trying to catch her as she crossed Quaker and ran into Fairlington. They lost sight of her as she ran towards another Fairlington entrance at Quaker and King.
We are now looking for more sightings, each of which we need to investigate -- so call Antonia at 571-243-9881, or if no answer call Laura, with Woofs! at 703-622-8001 as soon as possible if you see her! And please check back for more information, which wil be posted as it comes available.
