MOSES LAKE — Gracie the puppy may have a home out there, and organizers of a Grant County organization are trying to find it.

Bonnie Helvey, co-founder of the Animal Rescue Friends Society of Grant County, said she thinks Gracie has a home and she’d like to find Gracie’s family.

There are a number of animal rescue organizations working in and around Grant County besides ARFS of Grant County. Most work together to help the animals they find. Ephrata-based ARFS is not affiliated with Grant County Animal Outreach.

Gracie was found wandering at Potholes Reservoir on Friday, barking and growling at anyone who came near her. Helvey said she and her husband, Dave, found out about Gracie through hiking and camping groups on social media.

The ARFS group is designed to — well, help rescue animals.

“I did not know how many pets, cats and dogs, were out there and needed a home, or (needed) a better home,” Dave Helvey said.

So the Helveys drove to Moses Lake on Saturday morning to try to capture the aggressive little dog that was causing a stir on some social media sites.

“She’s not very big. She’s a little half-pint thing,” Bonnie Helvey said.

There’s a technique for catching a stray dog.

“We had all of our rescue stuff,” Bonnie Helvey said, including a little food, a collar and a leash.

Gracie was hiding in a patch of tall grass, where she had made herself a bed.

The Helveys didn’t think she would be easy to catch, so Bonnie Helvey went back to town for the ARFS dog trap. But Gracie was hungry, and Dave Helvey used that to his advantage.

“I probably spent half an hour tossing her pieces of food and working my way closer to her,” he said. When he got close enough, he put the collar and leash on Gracie.

But Gracie still wasn’t ready to go, so Helvey carried her back to the path, where he had left a bowl of water. They sat down at the edge of the path to wait for Bonnie Helvey.

The dog doesn’t have an identification chip, and she had been out in the brush for a while.

Gracie got a checkup and is in good health.

Gracie might be a local dog, or she might have gotten separated from her owners while they were camping or fishing, possibly at Potholes. Bonnie Helvey is sure she had an owner.

People who might be able to identify Gracie or her owners can leave a message on the ARFS website, www.arfsgc.com, or on ARFS’ social media.