Great Dames Trap & Recover

10/23/2026

Has anybody seen this white boxer in the Marvin Parkway area of Jamestown New York??? The one on the left was trapped and they were separated Tuesday evening when people were trying to capture them and the dog is not been seen since then has anyone possibly captured this dog ??? Please reach out if you have seen or know anything about this pup we need to get it to safety !! Ty !!! 716-397-2506

10/22/2026

UPDATE: Roni has been found, story to follow !!!
🚨 If anyone lives in this area and get out and foot search the woods in the area for this pup time is of the essence. We had two drones in the air, one yesterday afternoon and one last evening with no luck I foot searched the whole area around her house for 2 hours and nothing this dog is hung up somewhere with a retractable leash and a choke chain collar so please if anybody has the time to get out and do some foot searching it would be greatly appreciated thank you in advance!!! If anyone would like to search message me and I can provide you with the address.
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10/22/2026

One down one to go !!! Felicia Keeler reached out to the dames about two white boxers that had been running on Marvin Parkway, in Jamestown NY for approximately 4 days that we know of in the cemetery. People were trying to capture them the night before last and the dogs got separated. Yesterday morning this pup was seen again in the cemetery so Linda Jordan Loomis and Kim Cusimano went up there and got eyes on the dog . They weren't able to lure her with food so Vicki brought the trap up and set it up. Someone walking in the cemetery scared her and she went down into the weeds so we reposition the trap and then we left and just about 8:00 p.m. she came out and went into the trap. Vicki and Frankie Notoro Johnson went up to retrieve her out of the trap what a sweetheart she is. She's limping a little bit so she may have got bumped by a car 🥺 she will be taken to Pick of the litter today. Please if anyone knows the whereabouts of the other pup please please reach out we would like to get them reunited. Thank you Felicia and to all the other folks who posted about these pups trying to get them help.

10/17/2026

🚨 UPDATE: finally a sighting of Gabe 🚨 this morning near the Eisenhower school on 957 please keep your eye out for him and call as soon as possible if you see him please do not try to capture him or stop your car and get out please just ignore him and report the sighting 716-397-2506 thank you .
Gabe is missing again from the Swede Hill area of Russell Pennsylvania near the Russell Veterinary Hospital. He ran into an electric fence and he took off across the road from his home and up into the fields, we flew our drone with no success and the owner has been out searching for him many times. Frankie Notoro Johnson will be posting some signs up in the area later today in addition to the signs that the owner has already put up. There has been no sightings whatsoever since Gabe ran off, please if anybody has seen him in the last 5 days please please reach out immediately thank you !! 716-397-2506

10/17/2026

UPDATE : Reunited with owner
Three dogs in 5 days it's been a busy week !!!! After trapping Kinzua Wally and the pup in Van Buren Point New York, people started tagging us about this poor skinny soul running around in Conewango Valley New York. She's been running on Route 62 and Cowen corner rd, two very dangerous roads all of the residents in the area were trying to capture her but she would only get so close and then take off again. Vicki and Tracy headed out there to assist the dog control officer. As we were checking out all of the spots where she was sighted in the last couple of days Lori Wright called us and said she's back on my road in the middle of the street. Lori had put some food out by the road and we think that she came back there to see if there was more there. We could not believe how busy this little country road was and how fast people were traveling on it , we stopped all traffic to let them know about her and to slow down. When we got up there and saw her on the road I threw out a few pieces of hot dogs for her and she stopped to eat them. I got out of the car trying to coax her to come closer but she would have no part of it so we immediately threw down the trap and ran a scent trail to the road we also put another feeding station and camera down by a little wooded area where she was seen going but she headed up towards Route 62 again. Lori tried to redirect her but she got by her so we drove our car up again we saw her on the road threw out some hot dogs and then we blocked the road with our car and got her turned around to go back toward the trap and away from busy Route 62. Just as she was going to hit our scent trail which would have led her to the trap a semi came by and pushed her down into the woods , but she did find the other food station and got a couple of bites to eat then it started to rain and she retreated down into the woods so we moved the trap down to where she liked to go into the woods by the creek and we baited it up good and we went home. Just before 7:00 p.m. last night she's surfaced and it didn't take her long she was so hungry she went right into the trap thank goodness. Lori and another neighbor graciously went down by the trap and stayed with her until dog control officer Sam Smith could get there. She is at Phoenix Humane Society of Greater Cattaraugus, Inc. if anyone has any information on her or knows who her owners are please reach out. We would like to thank Lori and all of the neighbors in the area who have posted about her and the folks who tagged us to get involved. This pup is in good hands with Sam and hopefully will find a better home ❤️🙏 See video in comments below.

10/17/2026

This handsome fella was hanging out around Van Buren Point New York in the Dunkirk area for several weeks but some folks say he's been running free around the area for several months. He was very elusive no one was able to get close to him to capture him. Dog control officer Wayde had set a box trap for him but he was a little too large and was able to back out of the trap. Dog control officer Gloria Spehar McCormick reached out and asked for our assistance in trapping the dog. Ronne Rickart Wright who is a property owner in Van Buren point had been feeding him on her porch regularly and reached out to us for help . Vicki and Tracy loaded up the Missy trap and headed up there. Ronne said that he usually showed up around 7:30 or so every evening for his first meal in which he did but he noticed the Trap was there, it is a large trap and he's like something's different here ... so of course he waited till 1:00 a.m. to finally make his way into the trap, he couldn't resist the smell of the rotisserie chicken any longer. Wayde arrived to get him out of the trap and Vicki drove the one hour and 20 minute drive to assist him at 2:00 a.m. 🥴 Wayde was such a trooper, he curled up in some blankets and laid down right next to the trap and kept the dog company until I got there and the dog finally made his way over and laid down next to Wayde 🥹Things went very smoothly and we transported him to Wayde's kennel. Wayde said that he is a super nice dog, very smart. He had on a Martingale collar and a chain collar so he definitely belonged to someone if anyone recognizes this pup please reach out he will be going to the Anna shelter. Thank you so much to Ronne for reaching out to us and for feeding this dog and anchoring him to this location. It really does make our job a lot easier !!! Thank you Wayde for getting up at 1:00 in the morning and for all of your help in getting this dog to safety. We certainly hope better days are ahead for this beautiful pup ❤️ see video in comments.

10/14/2026

The Kinzua Castaway has been safely captured !!!!! We have named this pup Wally because he was captured on the Wallace property. He was originally sighted at the Pine Grove Campground which is a boat Campground that you can only get to by boat on Kinzua Lake which was concerning to us because he either got lost while someone was camping, was dumped by a boater or was possibly dumped up on Old State Road and just wandered down to the Shoreline. Darlene Marie Fredricks messaged us about a post she saw about this dog , it was right after we trapped the other dog on the other side of the lake at Roper Hollow, it's strange because the posts were made I believe right about the same time about these two dogs. Tracy, Linda Jordan Loomis and Vicki went to the campground by boat and we set up food stations and cameras however there's no service there so we had to manually go check the camera in a few days and the only thing that was on there was a bear unfortunately. We then had to wait for more sightings ,that's when Susan Gobbel reached out to us about a week later, she said that her son had told her about a dog to watch out for in the neighborhood. She was having trouble sleeping that evening so she got up and started scrolling through Facebook when she came across the picture of the dog on the shoreline and she's says, oh my gosh that's got to be the same dog so she kept on scrolling and she came across our post that we were looking for that dog, so she immediately reached out to us. We then learned that another neighbor Janie Wallace had been feeding the dog and trying to befriend him but he was just too scared and too skittish. He had been on his own too long but he did come there daily to eat. Thankfully Wally had found the little village of Kinzua Heights, this is the only area in that whole section of forest where a few people live year round and quite a few little camps there. So we immediately went down and set up stations of food and cameras at Janies home however she had said a bear had come the night before so we thought well hopefully Wally will show back up during the day to get some food but he didn't he disappeared for 2 weeks straight 😢 After seeing the pictures of the bears , the coyotes and the bobcats, we weren't sure if Wally was going to return but if you look at the aerial view of the forest there was absolutely nowhere for him to go to get food for miles and miles. Another neighbor who we also had food and cameras out on her property , her name is Jan Burkness, she called me Sunday morning with such excitement in her voice and said the dog is in my driveway and I said okay immediately get out there and put good smelly food out and she said okay and we hung up and I immediately called Janie I said "Janie the dog is heading your way please put food out and then leave the area quiet "and she did just that and she was watching out her window and she filmed him coming up the driveway and going right over to the food to eat so we immediately loaded up the big Missy trap and got down there and set it up but he didn't show up before dark that night so we disarmed the trap because we did not want to catch a bear !!!!! I went there early Monday morning just before daylight and rebaited and set the trap live. By the time I drove back to Warren one hour later he showed up and he went into the Trap thank God !!! 🙏 We would like to thank Darlene for reaching out to us initially and for the little town of Kinzua Heights, where several wonderful families came together to help the Dames get Wally to safety ❤️ Wally is safe at Paws Along the River Humane Society. Please reach out if anybody recognizes this dog or knows who he might be long to.

10/13/2026

AMEN 🙏

🙏❤️ A Morning Prayer for All the Lost Dogs 🐾

Dear God,

As the sun rises this morning, I pray for every lost dog out there. The ones hiding in the woods, wandering unfamiliar roads, sleeping in fields, or simply trying to survive another day.

Please keep them safe from traffic, predators, hunger, and harm. Give them shelter from the elements, strength when they are tired, and courage when they are afraid.

Guide them toward the people who are desperately searching for them. Lead them to safe places, kind hearts, and the helping hands working tirelessly to bring them home.

For every family waking up with an empty space in their home, give them hope. For every rescuer who refuses to give up, give them patience, wisdom, and strength.

And for the dogs who have been missing for days, weeks, months, or even years, please remind us that miracles are still possible.

May today bring new sightings, answered prayers, safe captures, and beautiful reunions.

Please watch over them all until they are finally safe.

Amen. 🙏🐾❤️

10/08/2026

09/26/2026

Does anyone recognize this beautiful sweet senior ? Kate Bond reached out to us tonight to tell us about a small brindle dog that apparently has been in the Wrightsville Pennsylvania Cemetery for approximately 4 days from what she learned from the neighbors. She checked around but it didn't seem to belong to anybody in the neighborhood. Tracy and Vicki headed up there this evening before dark to try to trap her but when we got there Vicki noticed her laying in the brush right next to a shed at the cemetery and she noticed that her eyes were pretty cloudy and she looked to be a senior that may have a little dementia possibly and may have just wandered away from home and didn't know how to get back. She was very cold and very hungry, Vicki was able to lure her with food and get a slip lead around her neck as you'll see in the video Below in the comments. This little beauty is at Paws Along the River Humane Society. She seems to be a very sweet pup. Thank you so much Kate for reaching out to let us know about this pup ❤️