Lost dog surprised pawrents as she turns out to be playing hide and seek in her house as she reveals herself after her pawrents’ frantic search: ‘She just ignored us while we searched for her.’

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Dec 30, 2025 2:00 PM EST

The moment that we dog lovers took it upon ourselves to make our dogs our children we took on the full responsibility of the title. And sure that has led to more than a few wonderful moments of sweet, cute and cuddly times, but it has also made for more than a few mind bending, heart in your chest type moments. As much like raising your own hooman child, raising a dog child comes with more than a few of its own challenges. And one that has plagued more than a few pupper pawrents is a doggo's ability to move fast, far and sometimes really quietly, making them incredibly difficult to wrangle.

Which is exactly what happened with the dog child in this story we have lined up for you. Now, sure, there were thunderstorms which made the situation a bit tougher and much more tense for the poor pupper, but still, if it was scared it could have just crawled into bed with its pawrents. It did not need to lead them on a wild goose chase at one in the morning. Ain't nobody got time for that when there is work the following morning…

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    "AND THIS DOG COMES WALTZING OUT OF OUR BEDROOM" 141
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    My dog... You guys... When I adopted a 7 year old dog, I thought she'd be relaxed. She's now 11, and I love her to bits (she's my life) but I swear I'm at
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    wits end with her. Last night, as per usual, I let my dog out the back door for piddles, while my SO locked up the house. Once back inside, I tucked her
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    in under her blanky in her bed in the lounge, like I do every night. I wake up at around 1am, and as usual I go check on her to see she's still covered
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    up. As I get closer to her bed, I see her blanket off to the side. And she's not on her bed. No big deal. Sometimes she sneaks onto the outside lounge
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    furniture on the balcony. Nope, she's not there. That's odd, I think. I check the inside couch, and then the bed in the spare bedroom. No dog. I check
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  • Oh man that is just not something you want to begin freaking out over at such a time in the night. Like, your brain is in no mode to function, let alone try to retrace steps, begin thinking if you really tucked your dog into bed or it was a result of you being so tired that you imagined it. Heck, half the time at that kind of hour you think that you are seeing (or not) seeing things that are right in front of you.

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    under desks and chairs and tables. No dog. At this point I'm panicking. I wake my SO, but he insists he never got up during the night (because at this
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    point I'm convinced it's him who locked her out). We live on a communal backpackers-type property, so even if she's out of the house, she's within
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    an enclosed property and there are some lounge spaces that she can sleep in. So my SO switches on all the lights in the house and starts searching
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    for her, calling her name. I unlock the door and gate and run outside and search all the areas. I cannot call to her, since there are other people staying there
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    and I don't want to wake them. This dog is nowhere to be found. After about 20mins of searching, I'm starting to wonder if she managed to jump
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  • Hey, we get it. After searching for that long, at a time of night when there should be little to search if at all, your mind starts to wonder. We would be left wondering if we are simply dreaming and none of this is real. Because it really does feel too farfetched to be real. After all, you made a point of making sure everything was locked up for the night and tucking your dog into bed. What could have reasonably happened to make your doggo disappear? Heck, maybe it is even something that is beyond or without reason…

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    off of the 2nd storey balcony and onto the road. I'm about to break our lockdown curfew and go screaming down the street. She's a pavement
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    special mixed breed so I know (bless her heart) that no one would steal her. Exhausted and panicked, me and my SO take a seat in the lounge. We're
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    perplexed. It's impossible that she could've gotten out. How. No one opened a door for her. I tucked her in before bed. Close to tears I say "I wish I
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    could've whistled for her outside, but I didn't want to wake everyone else". "would she have come if you whistled? "SO asks. of course" I say,
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    and let out a soft, feeble, teary whistle as an example. AND THIS DOG COMES WALTZING OUT OF OUR BEDROOM, TAIL
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    WAGGING, SUPER EXCITED TO SEE US. Turns out she wandered into our room, saw an open closet door, and got in there, and just ignored us for 30
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    mins while we searched for her. She's never done this before and always sleeps through the night in her bed. (she's scared of thunder so
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    I think there might have been a distant storm) And that's the story about how an 11 year old dog managed to
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    disappear inside a locked house and cause a mild panic. Edit: Dog tax. Her name is Xena.
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