NEW ORLEANS — He's the four-legged pooch that seems to always be one step ahead. Scrim the rescue, is on the run again. It comes after the escape artist jumped more than 12 feet, less than two weeks ago.
Scrim has turned New Orleans into his own personal dog park, for about 200 nights the runaway has slept on the New Orleans streets. Where he's resting his well-traveled paws, is a mystery. For five months Zeus' Rescues and people in Mid City searched for him. The elusive creature ran the streets, evading capture. Finally, in late October the four-legged Houdini was taken in.
Scrim gave the domesticated life a shot, until 11 days ago, it appears the streets were still calling. Scrim jumped 13 feet from a second-floor window and escaped.
Michelle Cheramie, the owner of Zeus' Rescues, said, "I felt like I was gut-punched, I felt like it wasn't real." She says Scrim was at her house when he broke free.
"He had a great time, he laid on the couch with me, he fell asleep in my lap, he interacted with my dog Scooby, he slept in bed with me, we gave him a bath."
Now he's New Orleans' most wanted. Cheramie says she was able to track him via GPS, till she couldn't, saying, "We could watch the battery life draining as we were trying to get him in a secure location."
Sightings of the dog have the city on high alert, and it looks as though Scrim could write a New Orleans guidebook. Cheramie says he's traveled as far as the Zoo to the Convention center, from Fontainebleau to the River.
She says she even saw him Monday morning, "Walking my dog... Had him on the leash, and I nonchalantly looked to the left, and there was Scrim headed towards my dog."
A home security camera caught the hungry dog, chowing down on kibble before slipping back into the night. Cheramie is determined to bring Scrim home, but she says an urban lifestyle doesn't seem to be Scrim's style.
She says he needs, "Lots of yard, for him to run and play that's really secure and another canine companion."
Every dog gets their moment, Scrim is just making sure he shines a little longer.
Residents who see Scrim are urged not to call his name or run after him, Cheramie says if you do, he will run and could run into traffic.
Instead, if you see Scrim, you're asked to contact Zeus' Rescues.