Time for Vivi's canine compatriots to pitch in on the search.
Late this afternoon, two search dogs -- a German shepherd and a Rottweiler -- were taken to the JFK cargo area where droppings thought to be Vivi's were found yesterday. First up was the German shepherd, who got a noseful of scent from the dog bed in Vivi's busted crate. Then, moving around the area, "she picked up a bit of scent around the building, but the trail ended around a loading dock," said Paul Lepiane, Vivi's co-owner.
Next stop for the dogs will be the point where Vivi was last seen six days ago -- the marshy area at the end of a runway. If the dogs do not alert to anything there, Paul says, they will stop around nightfall and start the ride back to their home in the Washington, D.C., area.
In the event Vivi chooses to delay her storybook ending yet again this evening, you can find some hope in the tale of Poetry -- footloose and pregnant with nine pups, no less -- that ended happily ever after.
