Dog-Gone K9 Trapping

Dog-Gone K9 Trapping Missing Animal Response Network trained. I specialize in tracking and trapping lost and scared dogs.

👀👀Looking for Owner👀👀He was trapped at Scott Pit Rd/Olson Ln, Parma, ID.He is safe at West Valley Humane Society.
09/03/2026

👀👀Looking for Owner👀👀

He was trapped at Scott Pit Rd/Olson Ln, Parma, ID.

He is safe at West Valley Humane Society.

Buddy’s Safe Rescue ❤️Buddy came from a backyard breeder where he was kept outside and never socialized. He was rescued ...
08/19/2026

Buddy’s Safe Rescue ❤️

Buddy came from a backyard breeder where he was kept outside and never socialized. He was rescued in December, and since then, his owner has worked hard to help him overcome his fear of everything around him.

While his owner was getting him out of the car in Homedale, something scared Buddy, and he took off toward the river. His owner tried many times to catch him, but he was simply too scared and would take off every time.

I advised her not to call his name, but instead to get down on the ground, throw treats his way, and avoid looking directly at him. Unfortunately, nothing worked, and Buddy continued to elude her.

Knowing where Buddy was, I headed to Homedale with a trap. I did my usual setup—cooked bacon, sprayed liquid smoke, and loaded the trap with yummy food. I stayed around for about an hour, then decided to head into Caldwell to visit a friend.

After just a couple of hours, Buddy showed up on the camera looking for food. It didn’t take him long to walk right into the trap, and the door closed behind him, keeping him safe.

I called his owner, who was just minutes away, and told her I was on my way back Thatb he was in the trap.

By the time I arrived, Buddy had settled down and was ready to get some belly rubs from his owner. We safely got him out of the trap and into the arms of his owner—leashed up, of course! He settled right in and was ready to go home and get a good night’s sleep in his own bed.

His owner will continue working with him on socialization and helping him build confidence.

Go, Buddy! Gain trust, build confidence, and become the happy, confident dog you were meant to be. ❤️

Donations are greatly appreciated to help fund getting the next dog to safety. Thank you for supporting these rescues!

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Panda was staying with a friend in Kuna while her owner, Tara, was out of town. While her friend was walking Panda and h...
08/01/2026

Panda was staying with a friend in Kuna while her owner, Tara, was out of town. While her friend was walking Panda and her own dog, an off-leash dog suddenly charged and attacked. In the chaos, Panda panicked, slipped away with her leash still attached, and disappeared.

The friend had to rush her injured dog to the emergency veterinarian for treatment, leaving no time to search for Panda. It was July 22, and Panda had vanished.

Days later, Panda was spotted in Nampa—an incredible 15 miles from where she went missing!

Tara reached out to me for help. I explained the importance of putting up bright posters immediately and handing out flyers in the area where Panda had been seen. We set up a food station and trail camera. She did not show for the food but she was still in the area.

On the seventh day, Tara was searching the neighborhood again when she actually spotted Panda. Sadly, Panda was still terrified and took off running. Tara called me right away, and I told her I was on my way with a trap. I also asked her to get permission from homeowners to place it in someone’s yard. By the time I arrived, Tara and Toni had already found the perfect location.

I cooked bacon, sprayed liquid smoke around the area, and Tara placed Panda’s bed nearby. We set the trap and camera, and my amazing camera crew signed up for overnight shifts to watch every movement.

Then…we waited.

I know Tara barely slept that night, glued to the camera feed, hoping to catch even the smallest glimpse of her baby. Around 10:30 p.m., she spotted what she was convinced was Panda’s fluffy white tail. Hope was building.

Then, at 3:00 a.m., Panda finally appeared at the trap. She cautiously investigated the irresistible feast waiting for her. After eight long days on the run, she had worked up quite an appetite. Within minutes, she stepped completely inside…

The trap door closed. Panda was safe!

Everyone sprang into action. Toni called to tell me Panda was secure, and Tara and her boyfriend arrived before I did. They stayed by Panda’s side, comforting her until we could safely transfer her from the trap into the car.

Seeing Panda reunited with Tara was an incredibly emotional moment. There is nothing like watching a frightened dog realize they’re finally safe.

After eight days surviving on her own, Panda had painful raw sores on her feet and chest caused by foxtails. Tara rushed her to the emergency veterinarian, where she spent the day being treated. She had to be sedated so the veterinary team could shave the affected areas and remove the embedded foxtails.

Today, Panda is finally home, resting, healing, and decompressing after her incredible journey.

Panda is one lucky girl, and a huge part of that success is because Tara acted quickly. As soon as she returned home, she got bright posters up and handed out flyers throughout the neighborhood. That immediate action helped alert countless people to keep an eye out for Panda.

When a dog goes missing, time is everything. The sooner you spread the word, the greater the chance of bringing them home safely.

This was truly a team effort. Thank you to my dedicated camera crew for staying up through the night watching the trap, and a special thank you to Toni for spending late nights out searching for Panda.

I always say it takes a village, and this rescue is proof that it really does. I am incredibly grateful for everyone who supports my trapping efforts and helps bring these lost dogs home.

❤️ Every successful reunion is possible because of people who care.

Donations are always greatly appreciated and help fund supplies, cameras, traps, bait, and fuel so we can get the next lost dog safely back home.

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Thank you for helping make stories like Panda’s possible.

❤️❤️Good news. She has been found and reunited with her owners.❤️❤️🐾🐾Lost Pyrenees Dog🐾🐾Lost from S. Vista Ave/W. Overla...
07/14/2026

❤️❤️Good news. She has been found and reunited with her owners.❤️❤️

🐾🐾Lost Pyrenees Dog🐾🐾

Lost from S. Vista Ave/W. Overland Rd., Boise on 7-11.

Please call 208 602-3415 or
208 571-0225 if spotted.

Please do not chase or try to catch her.

♦️♦️Found safe♦️♦️ He was picked up by animal control 🐾🐾Lost Dog🐾🐾Lost at W. Sedona St/Eagle Rd.Has been spotted at Hobb...
06/25/2026

♦️♦️Found safe♦️♦️ He was picked up by animal control

🐾🐾Lost Dog🐾🐾

Lost at W. Sedona St/Eagle Rd.
Has been spotted at Hobble Creek Subdivision, W. Hobble Creek Dr./Eagle Rd.

He was spooked and ran across Eagle Rd to Bristol Heights Subdivision, W. Bristol Heights Dr.

Please do not try and catch him.
Call 208 284-9720 or 208 571-0225

❤️❤️Wonderful news!!He is trapped and safe thanks to Julli staying at the campground and not giving up until she trapped...
05/25/2026

❤️❤️Wonderful news!!
He is trapped and safe thanks to Julli staying at the campground and not giving up until she trapped him.
Thank you Julli!❤️❤️

✅✅Covered.

♦️♦️Julli is working this case and is need of a fat cat trap. I need to get one to her at the campground at Cougar Mountain. I am out of town and cannot help. Who can help out?♦️♦️

🐾🐾LOST DOG🐾🐾

Last seen at Tripod camping by Cougar Mountain Lodge area by Cascade. He is wearing a blue bow tie flower color. He has light and dark grey hair and is a morkie( Maltese and yorkie).
He can be scared with new people or big dogs so please approach him slowly.

Call 208 860-5926, 208 863-3005, 208 571-0225

Keva had gone with her owner, Don, to Payette while he looked over a construction job. Like always, he left the truck wi...
05/16/2026

Keva had gone with her owner, Don, to Payette while he looked over a construction job. Like always, he left the truck window cracked so she could enjoy the fresh air. But this time, something unexpected happened. The moment Don stepped away, she jumped from the truck and took off running.

Don tried desperately to catch her, but the more panicked he became, the more she ran from him. Running out of time, he let nearby homes know about her disappearing act and hoped someone would spot her and call.

Then the days passed.

About two weeks later, I came across a post about a dog hiding in the bushes along a semi-busy road outside of Payette. People had been leaving food and water for her, but nobody could catch her. She was wearing a harness, and I knew immediately she belonged to someone.

The comments rolled in:
“She won’t be caught.”
“You’re wasting your time.”
“You’ll scare her away.”

But I couldn’t leave a dog living in thick brush beside a busy road, surviving only because kind strangers were feeding her.

So I loaded up my trap, supplies and made the hour drive to Payette. My friend Toni came along to help.

When we arrived, we didn’t see her at first. Then someone pulled up to leave food, and after they drove away, this little girl slowly crawled out of the thick bushes. Thin, nervous, but very interested in food.

We quickly set the trap along the roadside while she watched us from only a few feet away. She was curious the entire time. The second we walked away, she started inching toward the trap.

Hot dogs and chicken finally won her over.

She did the classic nervous dog routine — circling, stretching as far as she could to reach the food without stepping inside. But she was just a little too short. Finally, hunger beat fear, and she stepped fully into the trap.

The door shut and she was safe!

After two weeks surviving beside a busy road, she was finally secure.

Then, as if the timing couldn’t have been more perfect, someone pulled up and shared the story of how she had gotten loose. They gave me Don’s contact information right there on the spot.

After a little coordination with Animal Control, we brought her safely to the city shelter to wait for her owner. Not long after, Don responded to my message. He was overwhelmed with relief knowing his baby girl was safe and ready to come home.

The next day, they were reunited.

Don had no idea she would ever jump from the truck window and end up on a two-week adventure. Thankfully, this story got the happy ending every rescue hopes for.

Huge thank you to everyone who fed her, watched out for her, and cared enough to keep trying.

And thank you to everyone who supports these trapping missions and helps make stories like this possible.

Donations are always greatly appreciated to help fund getting the next dog to safety.

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We have all said at one time or another, “If only dogs could talk.”Well, in Lilly’s case… I can only imagine the story s...
05/07/2026

We have all said at one time or another, “If only dogs could talk.”
Well, in Lilly’s case… I can only imagine the story she would tell.

On April 9th, Lilly’s world changed forever. Her owner suffered a medical emergency at the Blacks Creek Rest Area and sadly passed away. Somehow during the chaos, Lilly got loose… terrified, confused, and suddenly alone.

For weeks there were no sightings.

I encouraged posters to be placed at the rest area, hoping someone may have picked her up safely, but no posters were placed. As the days passed, many feared she was simply gone.

Then finally — a sighting.

Animal Control received a report that a small dog matching Lilly’s description had been seen near a residence on Blacks Creek Road, nearly 2 miles away if she traveled cross-country. Animal Control immediately tried to catch her, but Lilly was too frightened. Every attempt ended with her disappearing again.

That’s when I got the call.

A rescue working with the owner’s daughter reached out asking if I could help trap her. Of course the answer was yes.

On May 1st, I loaded up a trap and headed out to the area. After speaking with the homeowners who had spotted her, I had a feeling she wouldn’t return there because of the dogs on the property. Across the road sat a gravel pit — and if there’s one thing I’ve learned, lost dogs are often drawn to construction sites.

I went across the road to check out the gravel pit. As I rounded a corner… there she was walking down the road toward me.

I quickly stopped, set up the trap and camera. As always, the trapping menu included hot dogs, chicken, and freshly cooked bacon. I stayed awhile, hoping she would return, but she vanished again.

Back home, my amazing camera crew took shifts through the night watching the live feed.

Then she appeared.

Lilly cautiously approached the trap for dinner. But I had underestimated her size — the trap was too small. She managed to stretch in, grab most of the food, and back herself right out without triggering the door.

Smart girl.

The next day I returned with a larger trap. Again that night she showed up… but refused to enter. I placed food around the outside so she could sample what was waiting inside. Still, she wasn’t convinced.

One more trip out.

This time I changed strategies completely. No fancy food. Just kibble loaded heavily in the back of the trap with a tiny trail leading inside.

Then we waited.

A full day passed before hunger finally started winning the battle. Lilly circled the trap repeatedly trying to figure out how to get the food without stepping inside. She eventually walked away.

Hours later… she came back.

And this time, I knew she would go in the trap.

She paced around the trap, studying every angle, desperately trying to outsmart it. Slowly… cautiously… inch by inch… she stepped inside.

Then finally—

CLICK.

The trap door closed behind her.

After 25 days alone, scared, surviving the Idaho wilderness, Lilly was finally safe.

I would LOVE to know what adventures she had out there. Did she encounter coyotes? We did catch a fox on camera checking out the trap, and even pronghorn wandered through the area.

Once safely secured, I transported Lilly to the rescue chosen by the owner’s daughter where she could finally decompress and receive medical care.

Her first stop was the groomer.

Poor Lilly’s coat was packed with burrs, foxtails, and debris. She had to be shaved down completely, and ticks were removed. Her feet were badly embedded with foxtails, which the veterinarian later treated.

But considering everything she survived… Lilly was actually in remarkably good condition.

Donations are great appreciated to fund getting the next dog to safety. Thank you.

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Where do I even begin with the story of Mishka?This little girl was adopted from a local shelter where she and her 4 pup...
04/01/2026

Where do I even begin with the story of Mishka?

This little girl was adopted from a local shelter where she and her 4 puppies were turned in as strays. She was in the home less than a week when panic took over and she chewed her way out of her plastic kennel and began searching the house for any possible escape. Eventually, she found one — a window that hadn’t been locked. She pushed it open, chewed through the screen, and disappeared.

That was the beginning of an 80-day search for this frightened girl.

She was first lost in the north end off Hill Road. Sightings were documented as she moved — over the hill to Hidden Springs twice, and later at a trailhead off Bogus Basin Road. She was completely in panic mode, operating purely on fight-or-flight instinct. There was no stopping her from running, no slowing her down, no convincing her she was safe. She just kept moving.

We would receive a sighting, and I would go set up a camera and a food drop — but she never returned. A few days later, there would be another sighting in a completely different area. I knew we were never going to trap her until she settled down. That turned into days… then weeks… and eventually months.

Her owners had given up hope that we would ever find her. It had become too emotionally hard for them to stay in the search and continue following sightings. I completely respected that decision. Not knowing where your dog is — or how she’s surviving through terribly cold weather — is incredibly painful.

I just had to keep the faith. I believed that eventually she would slow down, she would settle, and we would be able to trap her.

Then Sunday morning, as I was scrolling through posts, I saw one about a small dog matching her description at a park in Boise off Fort Street. I immediately messaged the person who made the post and got more details. I sent her a picture, and she confirmed it was the same dog. She had been hanging around a park for about a week, with people trying unsuccessfully to catch her.

I knew someone who lived in an apartment complex nearby, so I texted him right away. He confirmed the dog had been in the area for a week. I made plans with Ken to meet me at the park to get a trap set for her.

Before I left the house, he texted me again — he had actually gotten her into the lobby of the apartment complex with the help of his dog, Andi. This was both amazing news and nerve-wracking, because she still wasn’t fully contained. She got into the elevator with him and Andi, and when they reached the fifth floor, he put Andi inside his apartment and used her leash to secure Mishka.

I felt a little better, but I still didn’t feel she was completely safe. It was a long 20-minute drive into Boise, and it felt like the longest drive ever. When I arrived, she was outside with him. She seemed calm — no longer panicked or in flight mode. I carefully got her into a kennel and headed for home. Upon arriving I scanned her for a chip. The microchip number matched from the shelter!

Even then, it took nearly another hour before it truly sank in that after 80 days… I really had her.

It was such an emotional roller coaster — 80 days of wondering if she would survive, crossing the foothills with wildlife, navigating traffic in Boise, and facing so many unknowns. The odds often felt stacked against her.

I contacted her previous owners to let them know she was finally safe. They want to come see her and say goodbye. They would love to keep her, but their lifestyle just isn’t the right fit for her separation anxiety.

She will remain at my house for decomprestion time. Eventually she will be back up for adoption.

I have so many people that helped to find this girl. From putting up and taking down posters to helping on food drops. It truly took a village to get her.

Donations are greatly accepted for the next lost dog. Thank you.

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Mishka’s story isn’t just about being lost — it’s about resilience, survival, and never giving up hope. ❤️

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