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Finding Bogey This page is dedicated to finding an 8 year old redbone coonhound who ran away from her home in Fairfax VA on June 11, 2021. Call or text 703-596-9296 if seen.

Please do not chase, follow, or call her name. https://www.gofundme.com/f/finding-bogey About Bogey:

Bogey is a 9 year old Redbone Coonhound Mix. She is tan with floppy brown ears and black/grey around her muzzle and eyes. She has a very short smooth coat. She weighed about 47 pounds at the time she went missing. She has long legs and a lean athletic build. Her appearance may have changed somewha

t since she first ran away, though most people who have gotten a good look at her report her as looking like her pictures. How You Can Help

Store Annie’s number in your phone so you can call immediately if you think you might have seen her. Talk to your neighbors, especially those who might not use social media. Ask them to store the number in their phones. Volunteer to pass out flyers in your neighborhood, at your church or other gathering place. Message us for a printable flyer. Ask your HOA to be kind and leave signs up in the neighborhood. People need to know where to call if they do see her! Regularly check your RING or other security cameras for her. Extend the boundary to include a bigger area than just the front door. Send us a private message if you regularly feed outdoor cats/wildlife or know of someone who does. Depending on your location, we may want to set up a camera near your feeding station. FAQs

Q. How long has Bogey been missing? A. Bogey went missing on June 11, 2021. Q. Where does Bogey live? Where/how did she get lost? Bogey went missing from her home on Piney Branch Road in Fairfax VA. When going out for a late-night potty, the buckle on her collar failed and the collar came off. Unfortunately, her GPS collar was being charged at the time. She ran off into the night to eat cicadas. Why are there signs all over Fairfax county? Where has Bogey been? Bogey has covered an extremely large territory. We have had sightings that were confirmed by a professionally trained scent dog that have ranged from Fairfax Station, Lorton, Springfield, and Fairfax Station to the campus of GMU. Some of her sightings include sunning herself in a field near Lake Mercer; standing in someone’s breezeway in Crosspointe; on the Fairfax County Parkway near Hooes Road; sniffing around homes off Henderson Road and Hampton Road. Running through a neighborhood near Lake Braddock, and on the campus of GMU. Her known territory runs east/west from the Accotink Trail in Springfield to Fountainhead Regional Park and north/south from Rt. 29 in Fairfax to Lorton Road. The area is roughly 80 square miles. For most of the winter, Bogey was roaming back and forth between Springfield and Fountainhead Regional Park. More recent sightings have been closer to home including Burke, Lake Braddock, King's Park West and GMU. How did Bogey get all the way down to Lorton? We don’t know exactly how she got so far away. Our best guess is that a well-meaning person picked her up and brought her to the Lorton area thinking they would take her to a vet or shelter but she ran away from them. Have you contacted the shelter? Bogey’s owner Annie is a volunteer at the Fairfax County Animal Shelter. They were notified immediately as were all the local shelters. Most of Team Bogey also volunteers at the FCAS. Who is helping to search for Bogey? Bogey has an awesome team of people working to help bring her home. Team Bogey is comprised of professional trackers, shelter and rescue volunteers, friends, and neighbors. We have even had several of our followers become active members of Team Bogey! Is Bogey friendly? Will she come if called? In her normal life, Bogey is friendly to people but can be reactive to dogs she does not know. Since she has been missing, she has been avoiding people. Everyone who has seen her says she has turned and gone into the woods whenever she has been spotted. We ask that you do NOT try to call out to her if you see her. The best thing to do is sit down, look away and crinkle a treat bag. If she is going to approach someone, it needs to be on her terms and that person will need to be VERY patient! There is a great video on "calming signals" on the website for the Missing Animal Response Network. Why is she so skittish? We do not know for certain what Bogey has gone through on this journey. It is quite possible that she went through something traumatic, such as being chased, that has caused her to avoid people. Many lost dogs go into survival mode and become feral within just a few days of being lost. To learn more about lost dog behavior, visit the Missing Animal Response Network

Q. Does Bogey like other dogs? Bogey had a bad experience at a dog park when she was young. She doesn't like to be approached by unknown dogs and is unlikely to come to another dog that she does not know. Where was the last sighting? We prefer that people not focus just on the last sighting as Bogey moves around a lot! We know that Bogey has moved as much as 4 miles in a single night. We must keep watch in all the areas where she has been because she could return at any time. Unfortunately, we have not had enough sightings to establish a pattern to her travels. How is she surviving? What is she eating? There is a surprising amount of food available to a dog as resourceful as Bogey. Lots of people feed wildlife or outdoor cats. She has been known to eat birdseed, horse or deer poop. She has also been tracked going through neighborhoods on trash day. One person that saw her reported that she had something in her mouth that looked like a squirrel. Has anyone gotten a picture of her? So far no one has been quick enough to get a picture of Bogey. Many sightings were reported by people who were driving when they saw her. Others just saw a tan dog run into the woods. She has quickly run from anyone who has made eye contact or tried to call out to her. What do you mean by a "confirmed sighting." How do you know it was really her? When we get a sighting in a new area, we will bring out a tracker team with professionally trained scent dogs. If the tracking dog picks up Bogey's scent in the spot where someone reported seeing a tan dog running loose, then we feel confident enough in the sighting to label it "confirmed". What do the trackers do? Why have they not found Bogey? Trackers have dogs that are specially trained to follow the scent of a specific animal. They can help us to confirm if a sighting was Bogey, can follow her path and tell us where her scent is strong. Afterwards, we set up cameras with the goal of eventually setting a humane trap. It is rare for a tracker to actually see a lost dog. Only about 5% of tracks result in a "walk up sighting" where they actually see the animal during the track. They are usually starting a day or more behind, so for a dog who moves as much as Bogey does, it is unlikely that the tracker dog will catch up to her. If the tracker feels they are getting close, they will usually have to stop. Animals can sense when they are being followed and the trackers do not want to "push" a lost animal out of a safe place and into a busy road! Why don’t you want people to go out and look for her? Why don’t you give out specific sighting locations? When we get a sighting or track Bogey to a specific area, we set up trail cameras with the goal of eventually setting a humane trap. Extra people walking through the woods looking for her would be more likely to drive her away from our cameras thus delaying the process. Worse, she could be scared out of a safe area and into a busy road. We want to keep her safe! Have you set a humane trap? Trapping Bogey is one possible strategy. We have not been able to do so because she has not stayed in one area long enough to get her on camera. We cannot just set random traps in an area as large as Bogey's or we would trap fox, raccoons and other wildlife all night long. Have you considered using a drone? Team Bogey has explored the possibility of using drones with thermal imaging technology. We spoke to several drone operators in the past who were not hopeful. The majority of Bogey's territory is in restricted flight zones. We had a search and rescue drone operator apply for an exemption, but the FAA would not give approval to search for a dog. Without FAA approval, drones need to be within eyesight off the operator, so we would not be able to cover much of an area.

04/07/2025

✨There’s a kind of heartbreak that only lost pet owners know — the kind that hits the second you realize they’re gone. The open gate. The dropped leash. The sudden silence. That crushing wave of panic that rushes in when your dog — your best friend, your family — has vanished.

For pet owners, the experience can be gut-wrenching — the fear of the unknown, the guilt, the endless what-ifs. For those helping, it’s a mix of adrenaline, hope, and sometimes helplessness.

Most people only ever see the ending: the joyful reunion, the wagging tails, the tears, the hugs, the grateful smiles. But what they don’t see… is the work behind the scenes that is empowered by dedication, compassion, and the belief that every animal deserves a second chance — to be safe, to be found, to be loved again.

Behind every “FOUND DOG” photo is a storm of emotion and effort — late nights, false alarms, and prayers whispered into the dark.

Often, lost dogs don’t think like pets anymore — they go into survival mode. Even the most loving, loyal dog can run from the once familiar voice calling their name.

FEAR TAKES OVER.

They stop trusting.

They hide.

THEY SURVIVE.

So we begin the quiet work. The behind-the-scenes rescue that few ever witness.

We flyer. We study their patterns. We set up feeding stations. Motion cameras. Humane traps. We sit in silence for hours. We wait in the dark. We freeze in the cold. We over heat. We drive across cities and towns chasing sightings that lead to nowhere — and sometimes to everything. We knock on doors. We crawl through woods, over fences and across highways. We battle exhaustion & heartbreak. We cry.

STILL — WE KEEP GOING.

There are good days — when the trap closes and it’s the right pet. When the reunion is quick and the relief is overwhelming.

There are gut-wrenching days — when the trap is tripped and empty. When a dog is seen but gone again. When people lose hope.

There are times when a dog is never found — and that grief; even with time - is something that NEVER leaves us.

Then — there are the moments that make it all worth it.

When a camera captures a familiar face. When we hear the gentle click of the trap closing. When that once-lost, scared, dirty dog melts into their person’s arms. When the tail wags. When the weight lifts. WHEN LOVE WINS.

These moments teach us what it means to fight for something — or someone — with everything you have. They remind us to never underestimate an animal’s will to survive or their deep desire to be loved. They remind us giving up - is NEVER an option.

Dog trapping and lost pet rescue is not easy. It is soul work. It’s driven by love so fierce it keeps going, even when everything says to stop. It’s powered by people with no capes, no fame, just hearts big enough to carry others through their worst days. It’s about restoring families, rebuilding hearts, and reminding the world that compassion still exists.

So to the owners holding on to hope: Don’t give up.

To the ones setting traps at midnight, refreshing trail cameras in the rain, whispering to scared dogs from a distance: You are warriors of love.

To everyone in our village who share posts, prays, donates & opens their doors to a frightened stray. You are part of something so much bigger than a rescue. You too; are a part of someone’s story — and sometimes, their miracle.

❤️ BAH.

04/07/2025

🐾 𝗞𝟵 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗟𝗘𝗬 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗘𝗡𝗝𝗢𝗬 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗧𝗢𝗢!! 𝗞𝗘𝗘𝗣 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗦 𝗦𝗔𝗙𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝟰𝗧𝗛 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗨𝗟𝗬 🇺🇸🎆

🐶 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲
Double-check fences, doors, and windows. Fireworks = flight risk!

🆔 𝗧𝗮𝗴 & 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗽
Make sure your pet’s ID tags are up to date. Microchip? Even better.

🏠 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲
Loud booms are scary—give them a safe, cozy space indoors.

🎶 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗡𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘀
A fan, TV, or calming playlist can help drown out fireworks.

🐾 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆
A good walk or playtime before dark helps burn anxious energy.

💊 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗲𝘁
Have a nervous pup? Ask about calming supplements or meds in advance.

🍗 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗕𝗤 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘀
No bones, greasy meats, or corn cobs. Stick to pet-safe treats!

🚫 𝗡𝗼 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀
They might look fun, but they’re toxic if chewed.

🎇 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄
Leave pets at home if you’re heading to a fireworks display.

📸 𝗦𝗻𝗮𝗽 𝗮 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗣𝗶𝗰 𝗡𝗼𝘄
Just in case—have a recent photo in case they slip away.



🐕‍🦺 𝑊𝑖𝑡𝘩 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 & 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐾9 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑙𝑒𝑦 & 𝑡𝘩𝑒 Professional Pet Trackers 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚

Ledo is safe!Please keep an eye out for this dog who is missing in Burke. Last seen near Lake Royal. Please call or text...
18/06/2025

Ledo is safe!

Please keep an eye out for this dog who is missing in Burke. Last seen near Lake Royal. Please call or text 703-624-8264 immediately with any sightings. As always, please do not try to follow, chase or call out to the dog. It will just make hime run further.

SAFE at Fairfax County Animal Shelter (Lorton)PLEASE REPORT SIGHTINGS TO THE NUMBER ON THE FLYER.  Please Don’t Post Sig...
31/05/2025

SAFE at Fairfax County Animal Shelter (Lorton)

PLEASE REPORT SIGHTINGS TO THE NUMBER ON THE FLYER.

Please Don’t Post Sightings Here!

This dog is roaming Fairfax County and has been spotted in many of the same areas that Bogey would frequent. Please report sightings to the number on the flyer. The owner is unknown. A local rescue team is helping and trying to track movement.

Husky has been trapped and is SAFE! No chip and has probably been out for while. Shelter is looking for owner.This dog w...
30/05/2025

Husky has been trapped and is SAFE! No chip and has probably been out for while. Shelter is looking for owner.

This dog was spotted near the Target on Roberts Rd in Burke

Maybe Bogey will be a miracle story too...
31/01/2025

Maybe Bogey will be a miracle story too...

A pet owner lost control of his dog, who ran away and disappeared in 2017. Nearly eight years later, the two have been reunited.

Update:  Owners have been located.  A big thank you to the staff at Merrifield Garden Center for looking out for these p...
08/11/2024

Update: Owners have been located. A big thank you to the staff at Merrifield Garden Center for looking out for these pups!

Found dogs...These two lost dogs were seen running up Rt. 29 near Marymead Dr. Thankfully they made their way to the Merrifield Garden Center where they were captured by the staff. Two kind staff members brought them to my house thinking that one of them might be Bogey. (It's not) They are being taken to the Fairfax County Animal Shelter to be scanned.

We had a possible new sighting last night.  It was off Braddock Road near Danbury Forest and the Ravensworth neighborhoo...
03/09/2024

We had a possible new sighting last night. It was off Braddock Road near Danbury Forest and the Ravensworth neighborhoods. Trackers have picked up her scent here before. The last time we tracked her, she moved north through the neighborhoods on the north side of Braddock Rd.
If last night's sighting was her and she follows the same route, perhaps this time we can get ahead of her. Anyone in the neighborhoods from Wakefield/Ravensworth to GMU and Fairfax Villa, please keep an extra eye out and remember to call ASAP 703-596-9296. As always, we are so grateful to everyone who continues to keep an eye out for our girl!

08/21/2024: We had a possible sighting call yesterday. From the description and location it might have been the mangy co...
21/08/2024

08/21/2024: We had a possible sighting call yesterday. From the description and location it might have been the mangy coyote that lives off Pohick Rd, but we are grateful that people are still looking out for our girl and taking the time to call. Thank you!

Public service announcement-Team Bogey learned early on to beware of scammers. If you have lost a pet and post on social...
12/07/2024

Public service announcement-
Team Bogey learned early on to beware of scammers. If you have lost a pet and post on social media or put up flyers (which is the best way to get sightings to help you find pet), you will be contacted by scammers asking for money or for you to text them a code or click on a link. If someone truly has your pet, they should be able to show you a new photo or video and be willing to meet you in public place. Few people will demand a reward and no professional trackers or drone operators will require payment in advance via PayPal, Venmo, Zelle or gift card.

We have become aware of a circulating scam where pet owners are contacted by individuals falsely claiming to represent our shelter. These individuals state that we have the owner’s missing pet in our care and request money, allegedly for the pet’s immediate medical expenses. They may ask owners to send funds via platforms like Apple Pay or Venmo, while falsifying their caller ID to appear as though the call is coming from our shelter.

Rest assured, the Fairfax County Animal Shelter does not ask for funds over the phone or in advance of picking up a lost pet. If you receive any suspicious communications claiming to be from us, please do not hesitate to hang up and contact us directly.

☎️ Michael R. Frey Campus: 703-830-1100
☎️ Lorton Campus: 703-324-0299
📧 [email protected]

Please keep an eye out for this dog who is also lost in Bogey territory. Poppy went missing from the Fairfax Hills/ Wake...
29/06/2024

Please keep an eye out for this dog who is also lost in Bogey territory. Poppy went missing from the Fairfax Hills/ Wakefield Chapel area of Fairfax. Professional Pet Trackers is helping with the case but they need fresh sightings! If you can, please take a picture, but as with any lost dog, please do not call out, or follow/chase.

Update June 30 - Drogon is SAFE and back with his family!Please keep an eye out for a large black lab / Great Dane mix i...
22/06/2024

Update June 30 - Drogon is SAFE and back with his family!

Please keep an eye out for a large black lab / Great Dane mix in the Burke area of Fairfax County. He escaped June 19 from pet sitter and is already in flight mode. Do not chase, follow, or approach him as he will run away. Stop and call 703-861-1810 or 703-691-2131 immediately. His family returned from vacation and is very worried about him. Sightings are crucial to reuniting him with them. He will be searching for food, water, and shelter due to the heat. Last confirmed seen near White Oaks Elementary/ Shiplett Blvd.

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