DENVER — After months on the run around the old Park Hill Golf Course, a stray German Shepherd lovingly called Park Hill Dave has been caught and adopted.
Park Hill Dave, or PHD for short, has spent months eluding staff, Denver Parks & Recreation said. With a humane trap and a juicy steak, staff were finally able to lure him in on April 23 and brought him to the Denver Animal Shelter.
Shelter staff found that he had a microchip that traced him back to Dancing Dog Rescue in Commerce City . The rescue said PHD had been adopted out to a home in Aurora about a year prior, but he had escaped on his first day in the home. Dancing Dog Rescue said they had been searching for him ever since. The parks department also confirmed that PHD had spent time in Colorado’s Prison Trained K9 Program , where incarcerated people can learn how to train dogs.
“Park Hill Dave survived a very difficult situation, months outside in the cold, without proper food, water, veterinary care, and the company of others,” said Melanie Sobel, director of the Denver Animal Shelter. “Dogs are very social creatures, so this time certainly would have been a challenge.”…