Canine child completes shortest great escape ever after being outsmarted by his pawrent who let the hot southwest sun chase their pupper home instead of themselves: ‘Minutes later I hear whimpering at the door. There’s Tesla, looking absolutely defeated.’

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Dec 22, 2025 3:00 PM EST

If the canine comedy movies of the late nineties and early two thousands have taught us anything, it is that dogs are kind of not to be trusted, but that they are also independent heroes who know exactly what they are doing. Meaning that you can only not trust them because they will likely not admit that they are running away from home to save the day. Now, the pupper in this story certainly did not save the day, but he is certainly not to be trusted. A well-known canine criminal who enjoys the challenge of breaking out of wherever he is placed, this daring doggo made yet another break for it in this story. But this time things were different.

This time his pawrents were finally smarter than him, and using nothing but the burning power of the sun, brought their doggo home with his tail between his legs and a regretful whimper for having escaped in the first place. So listen up, pawrents to puppers who like to play Houdini, for this story is one that you will want to share with your escape artist doggo such that they might reconsider their runaway ways.

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    "He also loves to escape."
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    My dog is very intelligent. I named him Tesla because he had a white streak on his forehead that looked a little like a lightening bolt, but he ended up growing into his name. He's curious,
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    quick to learn, and picks up subtle cues; he learned how to roll over in one training session. Unfortunately, he's not play motivated and is only slightly food motivated, so this means he's only going to obey when
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    he feels like. I have no idea what kind of breed he is, I picked up the little bor from a pop- up shelter. I can only guess that he's part terrier, part drain clog, part muppet. I was told that he was found with his
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    littermates running through the fields of Missouri. Apparently, he was the hardest one to catch. That hasn't changed. He also loves to escape. It's Tesla's favorite thing. I've
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  • Who would have thought that this dog’s prequel story would play so heavily into his life story. Well, that is until this story came about. This doggo really would make a great addition to the early 2000s collection of canine comedy movies or dogedy movies as we like to call them.

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    let him run free in an enclosed dog park before and he will mostly just sit by my feet and look bored. But when he escapes, you can see the joy and glory in his eyes. He doesn't look like it, but he's surprisingly fast: he
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    streamlines his body and breaks into a full on gallop. If he doesn't want you to catch him then you're not going to. He's pretty much impossible to catch unless you corner him somehow or he finds another dog.
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    He's also a jok about it. There have been times where I've chased him for a full hour, lost sight of him, and dejected went home only to find him waiting impatiently at the back door.
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    Tesla isn't the kind of dog that tries to rush out the door all the time. Oh no, he bides his time. He waits until you've let your guard down and aren't paying attention. If he's fenced in, he'll walk along the fence looking for a weak
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    spot and if there is one, he will find it. I've tried everything to get him to come to me: in-depth training, never getting angry when he gets out, running in the opposite direction (this only works half the time),
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    etc. He'll only come if he wants to come. Today I wasn't paying attention. While I was hold the door open and coaxing my other blind dog inside, Tesla slipped out. He stood for a moment, looked at me, and
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  • Ah, that is just painful. To be tending to your blind dog and for your other dog to take advantage of that is simply diabolical. Like, it is one thing to be a crafty canine who likes to exploit the loopholes and literal holes in life. But to do so while taking advantage of someone less fortunate being helped is just a step too far, no?

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    seemed surprised that it had worked. And then he bolted, galloping victoriously through the yard. This time, I didn't chase him. Where I live it's currently 95 degrees outside and at 100% humidity. Call it a
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    hunch, call it laziness, but I just didn't have it in me today. He kept looking back to see if I was chasing him, but instead I just watched him for a minute before going back inside.
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    The thing about Tesla is that he is very hairy. He has long coarse black hair with a thick, black undercoat. He sheds like a beast year round despite being brushed out 2x/week. What ever breeds are knocking around in him I
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    suspect weren't meant to be in the hot, muggy south. I go back inside and about ten minutes later I hear whimpering at the door. There is Tesla, looking absolutely defeated. He walks inside and makes it
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    about ten feet before throwing his body onto the cool ceramic floor. I patted his head, gave him some fresh water, and a little food. This is the first time I've won, but I figured I'd be a gracious winner.
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    de... Mutts for life I've had two escape artist dogs. One just didn't like being fenced in. She would get out and
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    just relax on the front porch. The other loved to play with the neighborhood kids. He would run down there, the pound would
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    be called, the lady would open the door and say "Hey Scooter" and he would jump in and ride around with her the rest of the day. Then I
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    would go to the pound and bail him out. Congrats on your victory.
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