Lost and Found Puppy

On Christmas Day, I took Boris to my sister's home which is situated on a few acres out in the country. Confident that Boris would NEVER run away, I left him outside playing with a 10-month old Catahoula Hound (Dash). So for the next several hours, all was well and the 2 pups were having a great time playing (and getting quite dirty in the swampy soil).

Later in the afternoon, someone noticed that Dash was running up the driveway alone - Boris was nowhere in sight. After a quick search around the house, Boris was still missing.
So a massive "pup hunt" began!

Initially, we slightly expanded the search area to the adjacent properties, since I was certain that Boris would never stray far from people, other dogs, or food. However, the search still yielded no pup.

So then we got into cars and started driving around the neighborhood calling for Boris. The kids (about 10 of them) were all helping out. We drove around for nearly an hour, at which point I deceded to call off the search. I figured that either he was napping somewhere or someone had picked him up and would call (the number on his tag - my cell phone) soon.

Just as we returned to the house, one of my nephews took one more look into the thick brush on one side of the house and spied Boris about 20 feet deep inside the brush. He looked scared and wasn't moving (or even making any noises). When I called out to him and he saw me, he started forcing his way through the brush and made his was out!
The lost dog was found! It was a Christmas Miracle! ;-)

He was dirty and appeared a little scared, but he was in good shape!

But he really needed a bath!