07/03/2025
THYME'S RESCUE STORY: LOST 13 DAYS, running ALL over I70 and 13 long sleepless nights for our SLPR team!!!!
How this lost dog was captured after 13 days on the run in Colorado “Thyme”, a German Shepherd and Husky mix, went missing after she escaped from her foster humans workplace in Frisco, Colorado.
Thyme had recently been placed in a foster home and she has a history of running, so we knew she could be anywhere. We started our search by hanging neon signs around town asking people to call us if they spotted her. That night we started getting lots of calls that Thyme was seen all over town, running from Copper Mountain, to Frisco, to Silverthorne, halfway to Breckenridge, and even darting dangerously across Interstate 70 MANY times!!!
She was covering lots of ground and eventually volunteers from Summit Lost Pet Rescue, were able to track her travel patterns and locate Thyme and set up a scent/comfort station for her to come back "home" to. But she wouldn’t get close enough to capture, so we decided to set a trap and install a game camera to keep an eye on the trap. Volunteers & the foster cooked Thyme's favorite foods to entice her to enter the trap. Every night she would come sniff the trap, but she was reluctant to go inside.
On day 8, SLPR and Animal Control got a call from a Good Samaritan who reported they’d seen Thyme crossing the highway at Copper and was limping. That night we saw the limp on our game camera as well. Becoming increasingly concerned for Thyme’s safety, our team of volunteers went out every night (Greg we're looking at you!!! Thank you) to do calming techniques and try and earn her trust. She would accept food from us, but she wouldn’t come close enough for us to put a slip lead over her head.
With the help of our generous donors, we obtained a new, larger trap and armed it live on night 13. We hoped that Thyme would be less reluctant to enter the trap if she had more space. Volunteers installed the new trap and baited it with steak, salmon, dog food, and peanut butter. Shortly after the larger trap was set, Thyme FINALLY went all the way inside and triggered the trap to close!!!!!!!! 🎉 🙌 🎊
Once Thyme was trapped we loaded her up and removed the trap to a confined area where she could be safely released and secured with an escape resistant harness. Thyme was taken to see our local Silverthorne Veterinary Hospital veterinarian who diagnosed her with a dislocated hip, likely the result of being hit by a car. 😢 She has received surgery from the help and care of the Summit Shelter to repair the hip. Once she’s recovered, Thyme will be available for adoption through the Summit County Animal Summit County Animal Control and Shelter.
Thanks to all of our volunteers, our donors, the very dedicated foster, everyone who called in sightings, the Camp Hosts and campers at Heaton Bay Campground, Summit County Sheriff's Office, Silverthorne Veterinary Hospital and our partners at the Summit Shelter & Animal Control.
Your support made this capture possible. 🙏 If interested in adoption, please call the shelter at 970-668-3230. We hope that she will get the home she SO deserves with a big, FENCED yard, and loving & experienced owners so that she will never escape again!!
If you would like to support our mission of saving lost pets, please donate lostpetrescue.org/donate 🙏 💕 🐶 🐈⬛
Thank you to our Sponsor & Volunteer Christopher Becker - Summit County Realtor for helping write this rescue story and put together this amazing video. More pics and videos to come....
