A husky rescued from a pond after a fall through the ice Monday is now at Animal House Shelter in Huntley, after being treated at a vet clinic in Elgin.

Tabitha Browy, a manager at Animal House, said the husky – whose name is Slash, after a comic book character – was originally adopted out from that rescue about two years ago.

“They scanned his microchip and it came back to us,” Browy said. “We tried the owner’s phone and email, but nobody’s been able to make contact. ... He is in stable condition now and so sweet.”

The dog is almost 5 years old, she said.

“We do not know if he was re-homed or ran away. We don’t know if he got dumped or what happened,” Browy said. “We’ll see if anybody steps forward to claim him.”

Neighbors saw Slash on their doorbell cameras all night Sunday and early Monday walking around Crane Road Estates in St. Charles Township.

The subdivision has large homes arranged in a circle around a retention pond.

When they heard him barking and saw he’d fallen through the ice of a retention pond behind their house, they called Fox River and Countryside Fire/Rescue in St. Charles Township.

Rescue crews arrived about 7:30 a.m. behind a house in the 36W400 block of Hunters Gate Road, Deputy Chief James Niesel said.

“Firefighters put on an exposures suit we call mustang suits to crawl out and lift him out of the water,” Niesel said. “It was a 100-pound husky. We don’t know where he’s from. He didn’t have a collar. The chip came back from West Chicago but nobody answers.”

Niesel said nobody recognized the dog or has an idea who he belonged to.

The retention pond is about an acre in size, he said.

“We got the dog out, then transported him in warm blankets to Dundee Animal Hospital of Elgin,” Niesel said. “They were ready for him and are taking care of him. His body temperature was very low, 90 degrees. It should be 98.”

Veterinarians at the Dundee Animal Hospital in Elgin stabilized Slash, but could not comment about the dog’s care or vet bill, referring all questions to a practice manager who was unavailable.

However, a reporter in the vet clinic waiting room overheard staff say the bill for Slash was over $1,200.

“Some of the neighbors in the area were going to help out with those medical bills. We are happy to take that on, but we don’t know for sure what it’s going to be,” Browy said.

If anyone wants to donate towards the vet bill or for the cost of Slash’s care, it can be done through the website, www.animalhouseshelter.com, or by mailing a check to 13005 Ernesti Road, Huntley, IL 60142.

“He will be staying at the shelter now on a ‘stray hold’ for the time being to make sure he does not have an active owner. If no one claims him, then we would be able to put him up for adoption and find him a new family,” Browy said.

The fire district serves more than 30,000 residents over 38 square miles in the unincorporated areas of St. Charles and Campton townships and the villages of Campton Hills and Wayne, with a portion in DuPage County.

It recently opened its third firehouse. Niesel said firefighters from Station No. 1 and No. 3 both responded to the dog rescue.