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Texas Dog Travels 800 Miles in 1 Day
KVUE ^ | January 3, 2014

Posted on 01/04/2014 11:00:12 AM PST by nickcarraway

There was a happy ending for a dog that became lost and was found a long way from home.

A couple in Arizona spotted a wandering dog while they were out 4-wheeling on New Year's Day. They traced the owner through the animal's rabies tag.

The dog belongs to an 86-year-old rancher in Junction, up in the Texas Hill Country. She was 800 miles from home.

The dog was picked up in Arizona Friday and the owner thinks she was scared by fireworks on New Year's Eve and ran away.

But it's still a mystery how she ended up all the way in Arizona.


TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: dogs

1 posted on 01/04/2014 11:00:12 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Joe 6-pack

Ping


2 posted on 01/04/2014 11:00:37 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Its clear the dog rode the Greyhound there....


3 posted on 01/04/2014 11:01:01 AM PST by Yorlik803 ( Church/Caboose in 2016)
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To: Yorlik803

The dog escaped when Air Force One landed to restock the kitchen.


4 posted on 01/04/2014 11:06:56 AM PST by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: nickcarraway
jumped in a (convenient :) pick-up truck.
..dog: "I'm a truckin' "

5 posted on 01/04/2014 11:07:23 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi :-)
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To: nickcarraway
Dog looks like a heeler or Australian cattle dog.They are really smart and devious,but 800 miles in one day?
6 posted on 01/04/2014 11:07:57 AM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: nickcarraway

Reports coming in now how doggy accomplished this feet...
Doggy went Digging and dug up a dollup of Dogecoin... Directed his doggy self to a nearby Greyhound bus terminal that takes Dogecoin.... The rest, as they say, is dog history.


7 posted on 01/04/2014 11:17:48 AM PST by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: nickcarraway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jeh13EOPHJM


8 posted on 01/04/2014 11:59:43 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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hitchhiking woulda taken about 15 heures, at least.

that doesn’t give him much time on either end to catch the ride and then get found. It sounds like fewer than 24 heures if he left TUE eve and was found WED afternoon.


9 posted on 01/04/2014 12:14:04 PM PST by campaignPete R-CT (NO CYNICISM SOLICITORS ALLOWED)
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To: campaignPete R-CT

All is well - Campaign Pete is On the Case!!


10 posted on 01/04/2014 12:39:02 PM PST by bunster
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To: nickcarraway

I get so mad at fireworks popping rednecks. The start before Christmas and don’t stop until whenever. In fact, I heard some today. My dogs shake the whole time.

We’re looking for a town to move to that bans fireworks.


11 posted on 01/04/2014 3:09:24 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: nickcarraway

800 / 24 = 33.33333333

the dog ran at a 33.33 mph pace for 24 hours?

I don’t think so.


12 posted on 01/04/2014 4:05:03 PM PST by Wuli
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13 posted on 01/04/2014 4:17:05 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Wuli

he got a ride


14 posted on 01/04/2014 4:21:01 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Wuli

he got a lift?


15 posted on 01/04/2014 4:25:28 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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She rode the win.........


16 posted on 01/04/2014 4:34:50 PM PST by deport
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To: nickcarraway

Article doesn’t say where at in AZ but it must be somewhere east of Tempe around
the junction of I-8 & I-10 to be 800 miles are so from Junction Tx. Long hitch
on a steady moving ride.


17 posted on 01/04/2014 4:58:15 PM PST by deport
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To: VerySadAmerican
We’re looking for a town to move to that bans fireworks.

So move to a liberty loving place. Like California.

18 posted on 01/04/2014 5:31:47 PM PST by Professional Engineer (I am not cynical. /s)
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To: nickcarraway

Hitchhiked...


19 posted on 01/04/2014 5:52:48 PM PST by publius911 ( At least Nixon had the good g race to resign!)
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To: Professional Engineer

No, you can live in those places where there are no laws whatsoever and no one respects anyone else.


20 posted on 01/04/2014 6:43:55 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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