UPDATE: Help Find Scared, Shy Lost Dog

BETHEL, CT--

Update 3 p.m. Sunday:

Heather DiBerardino, a DAWS volunteer, told Patch Sunday that Lottie has been found. Buddha Dog Rescue & Recovery worked with DAWS (Furry Friends Foster & Rescue) around the clock since Thursday and trapped her early Sunday morning. Lottie is now safe back in her foster home.

Buddha Dog Rescue & Recovery reunites families with their lost pets by using state of the art equipment for surveillance to capture lost pets and reunite them with their families.

Update 2:45 p.m., Thursday

A DAWS volunteer, Heather, told Patch she has been out looking all day and said a business owner in the Clarke Business Park saw the dog this morning. Bethel Animal Control told Patch as of 2:45 p.m. the dog has not yet been found.

Original post, 2:30 p.m., Thursday

A dog is loose in the area of Route 53 in Bethel near the Danbury Animal Welfare Society and DAWS has sent out an urgent request for help to find her:

"Lottie was scheduled to be spayed this morning at Danbury Animal Welfare Society in Bethel CT. When her foster dad went in to let them know they were there, Lottie managed to step on the door latch. She escaped the car and is now loose in the general area!

Lottie is a very very very shy, scared girl. She WILL NOT come to people. If you are in the area and see her - please DO NOT CHASE, DO NOT APPROACH, DO NOT CALL HER NAME! Please call us immediately with any sightings!

We will be in the area this afternoon, putting up posters with our information and her picture as well.

Here's our contact info:

Heather - 203-231-0163

Debbie - 203-556-9676

Kim - 203-801-8599

Ray - 860-459-0896

Leslie - 413-664-2096 OR

Call Bethel Animal Control - 203-778-7424 or Danbury Animal Control - 203-748-6456

AND PLEASE SHARE THIS POST TO HELP US GET OUR GIRL HOME!"

You may also email wendy.mitchell@patch.com with any information.