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Her friend, looked like a beagle and he too took off in an opposite direction. Way overdue for our trip home, I made a last sweep through the park on Saturday. I had called her for a week, no result. Then a yipyipyip answer after my call. And again. And again. But my friend was at the opposite side of the park, with Tara, so while I did recognize the voice of one of my dogs, I assumed it was my own juvenile, not the fugitive. It appears that I was wrong, since the 'pup' was not to blame. But if she answered me, she never did show up or reveal herself and my hike into the park where we heard the yips yielded nothing. I was pretty bummed when I made my last walk through the neighborhood that night. All that time, and still no dog. I had barely made it in the house, when the neighbor across the street called, telling us that she was in the front yard. When I made it out there, she was gone again and she did not show up again (that I know of) that night. I made it back to Texas, and she has been seen twice since and the food that the owners are putting out is disappearing again. There are many foxes in the neighborhood, so it is not certain that she is actually getting the food, but it is positioned in such a way that it is less likely to be fox bait and more likely DS bait. I learned a lot over the past week. I learned that a friendly, sweet dog can revert to instinct and change into a creature that would make a seasoned wolf proud. I learned that when instinct takes over, what you knew about a dog may no longer automatically apply. I learned that these things do NOT only happen to people who have dogs that you could never catch on the best of days, but also to dogs who normally would not leave your side, and are very obedient and adjusted. I learned that there needs to be a better system, so that you do not end up calling every shelter separeately, as well as animal control, police, and the local department of transportation, to see if they did not (sorry) scape your dog off the road. Seems that DOT has no obligation to report anything, nor are they held to check tags. The story continues. She looked great when I spotted her, 3 weeks after her error in judgement. Nobody has given up on her yet and I will remain positive that we will get her home some time soon. But being smarter than a DS? That is NOT easy!
Judith Van Neerland Dutch Shepherds 
Even in humans it was studied that "instincts" still take over in about 48 hours of a different enviroment. So a dog will certainly go back to it's instincts... It must have been SO frustrating seeing the dog but not being able to make contact. I hope the dog will eventually go back home for food more regularly, and hopefully she will find her way back in the family like that...
