‘I guess I’m just very proud of him for being able to come back home. And isn’t he a genius dog!!!’: Cheeky canine seriously scares owner after unlocking front door and going on a neighborhood solo stroll, returning moments before the pawrent went mad

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Nov 29, 2025 2:00 PM EST

When you leave the house in the morning to go to work you check for your phone, wallet and keys and of course try to remember over the course of ten different tries whether or not you locked the front door. But no matter how put together you might try to be, there will inevitably come a time when you find yourself slipping up. Now if you were to forget your phone, nothing all too bad will happen, but if what you have forgotten is to lock the door, then you might be getting into some doggo trouble. Which is what happened to the devoted doggo pawrent in this story who almost had a heart attack when they came home to find that their canine child had escaped.

A heart breaking moment for any dog lover, to realize that even with all the thought, effort and care you put into protecting your pupper you have slipped up and failed. Thankfully, the escaped doggo was not on a mission to run away, but simply to have himself a little adventure around the neighborhood. An adventure which he would apparently quickly tire off as soon after his pawrent began to panic, the doggo brought itself home. A happy and wholesome ending for all involved thankfully.

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    My dog is kind of the only family I have, after my mum passed away and my dad abandoned us. It wasn't easy at all back then my dad would constantly
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    - use him to b'--'---- - ¡l me, lock him in when I wasn't at home, once, he sent him away when I wasn't around. and I was unable to travel or do my semester abroad like my friends did. But my
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    mum loved him, and he was my only family. He had already lost my mum, so I wasn't going to send him away to an unknown and strange place.
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    Surviving on part time jobs and still in school I would make sure he eats enough, goes to the vet, and so on. Things have gotten better I now live alone with my
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  • Wow, this level of dedication and devotion is one that is not normally seen in such young dog pawrents. That being said, this pawrent had to do a whole lot of growing up early on in life, by the sounds of it. But regardless of the young person’s age, it is incredibly commendable that they would put their own interests on hold while making sure their dog child was cared for.

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    brother and graduated with a full time job, able to live comfortably. But life hasn't been so easy in other aspects and most of the time it was just me and him. I
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    thought I was taking care of him and making sure he is safe and sound living with me - but I think I was the one who needed him.
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    That day I went home and the door was left ajar (I think the lock has spoilt) and my dog was not around. My phone was d d, it was 12AM, so don
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    scared I ran down the stairs level by level to try to search for him. (I'm staying in a high rise flat) A group of strangers hanging around the park below my
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    apartment asked if I was looking for my dog - they have seen him ran towards the other direction just 5 mins ago.
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    And there I was spending almost an hour in the middle of the night running around the whole neighbour hood shouting for my dog - what if someone
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  • The terror that strikes a dog pawrent’s heart when a cute canine disappears from their home is simply second to none. It is a terrifying combination of a lack of understanding on the doggo’s part of how this world works, mixed with their ability to run really rather fast and far compared to the toddler styled brain they harbor in their heads. It is quite the messy concoction…

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    took him away? What if he got knocked down by a car? What if I neber see him again? I think that was one of the most traumatizing thing I've went through in awhile.
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    Later, I decided to go back home and find the other phone so I can call for help - after all the area was big and I wasn't going to take the risk to let my dog spend the night alone outside.
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    I climbed the stairs up (my level wasn't exactly near the ground) - but once I reached my floor and there he was running to me. Crying.
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    So I guess he took a little adventure on his own and then somehow know enough to climb the stairs and go back home on his own.
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    I don't know. I guess I'm just very proud of him for being able to come back home. And this post sounds a bit emotional because that moment really made me experience
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    how (bad) life would be if he is not around - which I also fear is soon since he is old. But happy to have him back home safe and sound. And isn't he a genius dog!!!
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    And thank you to the kind strangers that night who helped me find my dog.
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