Previous Animal Updates: April 1, 2007
Forrest's dramatic rescue
Soon after adding Forrest's story to our website in March, two of the people involved in his rescue wrote to tell us more about his dramatic journey. The following details were provided by Pat Schwartz, an employee at Aveda Corporation in Blaine, where Forrest was found, and Twyla Hobbs, a volunteer who helped rescue him.
At Home for Life®, Forrest is overcoming his shyness. Above, he poses with his friend Jeannie Schwartz, HFL animal care specialist.
Forrest was originally sighted in the woods near the Aveda Corporation in Blaine, MN by the employees. We assume he was abandoned by the freeway next to the woods.
Shy as a wild fox, Forrest somehow survived for over two weeks, eluding everyone who tried to catch him. Pat Schwartz tells us that the employees at Aveda made valiant efforts to catch Forrest, but he was so adept at escaping that they named him "Phantom." The concerned employees left food out for "Phantom" and tried time and time again to catch him. They even posted an ad on petfinder.com, drawing volunteers to the woods to try and catch the elusive dog.
In the words of one volunteer, Twyla Hobbs, "I saw a posting on petfinder.com in the classified section, describing a stray dog living in the woods off the freeway by the Aveda Corporate headquarters building. I was compelled to e-mail the contact person, who explained that employees there were putting food out for Forrest. My children and I drove there, tried to catch him, but, as your website so describes, he runs quick and darts away. Another animal-lover friend of mine and her husband drove there the next day and put out food, and a cardboard box for shelter with blankets inside. I suggested live trapping to the concerned employee of Aveda. They were able to find another employee who had a trap and within a couple of days, they had trapped Forrest. Through a series of phone calls, they were able to have Forrest picked up and brought to the shelter in River Falls."
Everyone involved in Forrest's rescue was excited when he was finally "caught." The employees at Aveda even made a poster announcing their success. Home for Life® would like to thank Pat, Twyla, and everyone else who worked to save this special little dog!
Read the rest of the story on Forrest's page, to find out Forrest he came to Home for Life®.
Photos of new dog facilities
(See story at right)
Two new doggie townhouses under construction. The finished houses will complete HFL's dog village.
More photos: New fencing provides additional off-leash exercise area for dogs | back to townhouses.
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