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A happy ending for runaway dog on Eisenhower The runaway pup who this morning ran the Eisenhower Expressway for the second day in a row has been caught.Three Broadview squad cars managed to trap the dog against a fence near the expressway. But when the pooch ran under one of them trying to escape, Office Antonio Santucci was able to grab it by the scruff of its neck.“He said, ‘good puppy, good puppy,’ scooped it up and put it in his squad car,” said Sgt. Micahel Kosik, who was there at the end of the chase.The dog—apparently exhausted—promptly fell asleep in the back seat of the police car, which took him to Hillchester Animal Hospital in Hillside. There he was being treated with intravenous fluids for high fever and examined for possible injury, said veterinary technician Allison Taylor. A WGN-TV reporter in a traffic helicopter said she thought she saw that the dog had been clipped by a vehicle and spun around during one part of the chase.“He’s not in the worst shape. He’s OK for a dog who has been running around that long,” Taylor said. The dog was to be given a chance to rest for a couple of days before being turned over to a humane society or reunited with his owner. A police officer said the dog would not be euthanized.

A happy ending for runaway dog on Eisenhower

The runaway pup who this morning ran the Eisenhower Expressway for the second day in a row has been caught.

Three Broadview squad cars managed to trap the dog against a fence near the expressway. But when the pooch ran under one of them trying to escape, Office Antonio Santucci was able to grab it by the scruff of its neck.

“He said, ‘good puppy, good puppy,’ scooped it up and put it in his squad car,” said Sgt. Micahel Kosik, who was there at the end of the chase.

The dog—apparently exhausted—promptly fell asleep in the back seat of the police car, which took him to Hillchester Animal Hospital in Hillside. There he was being treated with intravenous fluids for high fever and examined for possible injury, said veterinary technician Allison Taylor. 

A WGN-TV reporter in a traffic helicopter said she thought she saw that the dog had been clipped by a vehicle and spun around during one part of the chase.

“He’s not in the worst shape. He’s OK for a dog who has been running around that long,” Taylor said. 

The dog was to be given a chance to rest for a couple of days before being turned over to a humane society or reunited with his owner. A police officer said the dog would not be euthanized.


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