Donna, a sled dog who was lost after a highway accident last week, has been found and will be returned to her owner in Clam Gulch soon.
Her owner, musher Frank Habermann, was driving back to Clam Gulch from Fur Rondy in Anchorage following an 11th-place finish when his trailer came off his truck. The doors opened, One of the dogs ran onto an ice floe in Cook Inlet and was later rescued with help from the Anchorage Fire Department. But Donna ran off toward Girdwood.
Two days later, she was spotted on a cabin porch in Indian. Some volunteers put out a live trap to get her back.“She would not come close enough for them to grab her, which is her normal behavior,” he said. “She’s the kind of dog with a wild animal personality.” On Friday, four days after her escape, the volunteers finally lured her into one of the live traps. Now, she’s staying with one of Habermann’s friends in Anchorage.“You couldn’t tell anything happened to the dogs,” he said.
He said the trailer was built by a local maker, who agreed to deal with the wreck and the associated costs. But without a way to transport the dogs, he said his race season is over, for now.
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