Soul dog found thanks to midnight search mission after deciding to abandon her usual bed and hide in her pawrents’ closet while they frantically searched the neighborhood, dog mom says: ‘I let out a whistle and this dog comes waltzing out of our bedroom.’

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    "She's never done this before and always sleeps through the night in her bed."
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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 wits end with her. Last night, as per usual, I let my dog out the back door
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    for piddles, while my SO locked up the house. Once back inside, I tucked her 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 furniture on the balcony. Nope, she's not there. That's
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    odd, I think. I check the inside couch, and then the bed in the spare bedroom. No dog. I check 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
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    during the night (because at this 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 an enclosed property and there
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    are some lounge spaces that she can sleep in. So my SO switches on all the lights in the house and starts searching for her, calling her name. I unlock the door and gate and run outside and search all the areas. I
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    cannot call to her, since there are other people staying there 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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    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 special mixed breed so I know (bless her heart) that no one
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    would steal her. Exhausted and panicked, me and my SO take a seat in the lounge. We're 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
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    tears I say "I wish I 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, and let out a soft, feeble, teary whistle as an example.
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    AND THIS DOG COMES WALTZING OUT OF OUR BEDROOM, TAIL WAGGING, SUPER EXCITED TO SEE US. Turns out she wandered into our room, saw an open closet door, and got in there, and just
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    ignored us for 30 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 I think there might have been a distant storm)
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    And that's the story about how an 11 year old dog managed to disappear inside a locked house and cause a mild panic.
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    Edit edit: oh my goodness thanks for all the awards!! It's stormy outside today and xena is tucked safely into bed next to me, and she also says thanks!
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    Further update: there is more thunder tonight (very unusual for this area) so I got her bed in the closet ready! Will also be investing in some calming meds from the vet.

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