I gotta say, when you're dealing with a dog that wants freedom this bad, maybe it's time to consider just giving it to her:
In the days after wildfires devastated the Los Angeles area, a formerly stray dog named Jackie lucked into a new life. She was rescued from an overburdened shelter in Los Angeles County, where she faced possible euthanasia, and given a home far away in Juneau, Alaska.
But Jackie didn't stay long.
No, she certainly did not. Jackie (pictured below) lit out for the territories just about as quickly as she could.
The pup — a German Shepherd-Husky mix — "slipped her collar on the first day with her new family in mid-February and absconded to a pocket of forest." For nearly two months she has somehow survived there.
Most impressively, she has resisted lures that would have driven other, lesser dogs to be captured quickly, "eluding a trap that was set with food such as cheeseburgers or chicken by animal control workers and volunteers worried about her."
Dog looks at a trap set with a cheeseburger in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness and she's like:
You can't exactly blame her for being suspicious! In any event, the pup is clearly smart, and can survive on her own for an extended period of time in a fairly hostile environment.
Still, there are dangers in the area. A busy road, for one. Bears coming out of hibernation, for another.
Thankfully, searchers know she's alive; she's been spotted multiple times, including on a trail camera.
But it should not be understated just how crafty this dog is at evading capture:
Jackie has been known to burrow into the soft moss on the forest floor for cover and to avoid looking directly into the Young-Bayers' headlamps, making it hard to detect her eyes in the dark.
She's going full Dutch on these folks!
Thankfully, nobody's giving up. As one searcher put it: "She is not willing to give up, and we're not willing to give up, either."
Still, as someone else observed:
Maybe this is what she wants, is to be free and feral like this.
"Call of the Wild" in action!
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