A rest-stop dog walks 90 miles and gets the name Juniper
Wyoming Public Media's Thursday roundup, citing a Facebook post, says a dog called Diya followed a man and his dog for four days from the Split Rock Rest Area and now lives with them as Juniper.
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Wyoming Public Media's Thursday roundup passed along a Facebook account of a dog at the Split Rock Rest Area. The post, which the station did not attribute to a named writer, said the stray called Diya would not be trapped. A man laced up his boots and walked, and she followed him and his dog about 90 miles over four days to his house. He renamed her Juniper for the plants that had sheltered her at the stop.
The same roundup noted a second dog story: Laramie Live reports that Zara, a year-old German shepherd, is the Laramie Police Department's first K9 since 1999, trained for tracking and drug detection. The Juniper account rests on that Facebook post as WPM relayed it.
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Wyoming Public Media's Thursday roundup told a dog story that started in a Facebook post. A stray at the Split Rock Rest Area, first called Diya, would not be caught. A man who had been trying to trap her finally started walking, with his own dog, and she followed. They walked about 90 miles over four days, all the way to his house. He renamed her Juniper, after the plants that had given her cover at the rest stop. The same roundup also said the Laramie Police Department has a new dog, Zara, its first police dog since 1999. She is a year-old German shepherd trained to track and to find drugs.
- Why might a dog follow a person instead of staying at a rest stop?
- What does a new pet need in the first week at home?
- Why would someone name a dog after a plant?
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