Getting lost

So where do you think Kody went for over 2 years?  Who is Kody?  He's an 11 year old Siberian Husky who went missing in September 2015 from his home in Algonquin, Illinois.    He was found on Sunday, 50 miles away - wandering the streets of another town.  He was picked up and his microchip helped to identify his owners.  IMAGINE how surprised they were to get the call that he had been found!

What's your theory?  Was Kody living with another family and he decided to leave them too?  Or was he just traveling around - seeing the world? At least the world within a 50 mile radius of his home.

There are all kinds of new tracking devices if you lose your dog.  I know that you have to read carefully how the device works - sometimes they only work with your smartphone if your dog is within a certain radius.  So obviously, if Fido goes outside the range - your tracker will not work.  I think with all the new GPS technology that there SHOULD be a way to find us.  I know that the AKC is selling a new device - my human looked into it, but it doesn't work in Canada.  But it also appears that the collar needs to be able to access a stable cellular connection.  So if Fido takes off for the woods - his tracker may not pick him up.  At least that's how it looks to me.  The device also advertises itself as a fitness tracker - calculating how much exercise Fido gets every day.  As if we dogs care how many calories we burn on a walk.  Seems to me the fitness part is more for the HUMAN than the dog.  Because one would ASSUME Fido isn't going off to exercise all on his own.  Then again, as long as he stays in range of his GPS, maybe he is.   I think the technology still needs some work.  Better idea.  Don't run away from home.  Problem solved.

The dust from the Christmas explosion is settling.  The real tree - in the DFZ - is all decorated.  We sat outside the gate (which incidentally works VERY well - there have been NO security breaches since it was installed) - and we watched.  The FG squeaked the WHOLE time my human was decorating.  As if he wanted to help.   Sure he did.

Now the next thing will be the photo shoots. and of course, as the day gets closer, the obligatory holiday bath.  As if Santa really cares how we smell.  Seriously - he rides behind reindeer all night - you think he worries about stinky dogs?  I don't think I'll win that argument though...

Have a good one.  Peace and paws up.