No One Gets Away Until They Whippet

Oh my god, run Vivi, run:

Vivi may still be wandering the city.

The scent of the missing California show dog was picked up by a pet detective in Queens yesterday — renewing hope that the pampered pooch who bolted from her crate at Kennedy Airport nine months ago could be found.

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The team of volunteers searching for the dog has been frustrated by a string of false leads. But they were encouraged yesterday after a team of tracking dogs from the Oklahoma-based Pet Detectives Inc. discovered Vivi’s scent at Mount Hebron Cemetery in Kew Gardens Hills.

“We had been getting discouraged that there’s been no sign of Vivi in a long time,” said Karin Goin, the pet detective. “The scent we found is no more than three months old, which is good.”

Goin’s two tracking dogs — Dodger and Cade — detected the whippet’s scent nearly 8 miles from Kennedy Airport and followed it south along the Van Wyck Expressway. Goin will resume the search today.

“Vivi is a nomadic breed who can survive a long time on the move without much food,” said Goin, who has a license to track lost cats and dogs. “As long as she’s not hit by a car, she could be okay.”

Goin has been using the scent from one of Vivi’s coats to track the dog, which had been rumored to be moving through Forest Park and around Cypress Hills Cemetery.

See also: Vivi The Whippet.