A dog that was captured last month as a stray and again went missing on Friday has been caught.

Kinzie, a female Portuguese water dog, was originally captured on Feb. 6 as a stray in a trap at Mauch Chunk Lake in Summit Hill.

After being captured, Kinzie was then taken to the Carbon County Animal Shelter on Feb. 7.

She was adopted out on Thursday, and went missing for the second time the next morning.

Donna Barney, of Kresgeville, was among those who assisted in Kinzie’s capture, which happened in the north end of Lehighton.

Barney said that Kinzie was spooked off when her owner, from Lehighton, took Kinzie out to go to the bathroom when she pulled out of her hand and the leash was attached.

“When I found out Friday morning that she had escaped, I immediately started my drive up to Lehighton,” Barney said. “I also contacted two other people that helped with some stuff in her first capture.”

Barney said they included Shannon Kohan, who is also trained and active in missing animal response, because she wanted to be able to get the same trap that was used before because she knew it would have Kinzie’s scent on it, which was critical to making her feel a more comfortable.

In addition, Barney said it also included Andrea Hartman of Jim Thorpe, who had the blankets Kinzie would sleep on.

“Friday was coordinated that Andrea would drive to a location that I had determined I felt would be a safe area that she was using, and Andrea would come up and bring the blankets that I felt were necessary to put near the trap that she would pick up her scent, that this was a safe thing for her,” she said.

Barney said the trap was placed late Friday afternoon, and as she and Shannon were setting up the trap, Kinzie ran by.

“So I knew my instinct was right,” she said. “Thank God (there was) someone who was with me who was trained in animal response and knew what to do and what not to do.”

From there, Barney said things were put into place, and not even five hours later, Kinzie showed up at the trap; unfortunately, with not enough courage to go into the trap.

After three days of Kinzie going past the trap and being around the area, she finally went into the trap around 6:30 p.m. Monday.

As of Tuesday morning, Barney said Kinzie was exhausted but safe, and would only need time to decompress.

“I sat with the owners for a while; she was curled up on a sofa,” Barney said. “As of Monday night and Tuesday morning, she’s sleeping; she’s tired.”