Chapel was one of the lucky dogs who was pulled from a shelter down south to be sent to a wonderful rescue in New York to find a forever home. Unfortunately, Chapels trip was interrupted at CCBC in Catonsville, Md when she slipped her collar in the parking lot during an exchange of drivers. She then enjoyed the surrounding neighborhood for almost 1 month. Chapel had a lot of fun! She was very entertaining to the neighbors but a little mischievous. She would steal the morning papers, children’s balls, shoes and her favorite was to take any type of box that she could find and play with it and rip it into shreds all over the lawns. Chapel also played with all the dogs and even went for a swim in a fish pond. What a fun character she was!

Dogs Finding Dogs brought out Heidi and Lee to track for Chapel the following day after her escape. Heidi led the track on this hot muggy day and found Chapels hiding place in the woods that surrounded the homes. Lee, who happened to come from the same shelter as Chapel, also helped in tracking her. Once we knew where her new home was we set up a 6’x10’x6′ kennel run with an automatic door on it to catch her. For over a week of baiting up the trap with food better than most of us were eating, Chapel finally was caught.

All of the wonderful volunteers and neighbors came out at 10pm to see her in the pen and to wish her well. All of us are going to miss Chapel! She was so much fun to watch with all her antics. She is now in New York getting a little obedience training and then will be off to a wonderful home! It took a lot of persistence and big hearts to not give up on catching her during this month. Hurray to Chapel! She will have a wonderful life now!