Runaway Dog Ends Up Winning Third Place In A Dog Show, Comes Home Proudly With A Rosette
Bonnie did not just go missing, she somehow turned a stressful Sunday morning into a story her owners will probably never forget. The five-year-old dog disappeared for hours, leaving Peter and Paula Closier scrambling to find her and wondering where she had wandered off to.
Then came the twist. Bonnie was found by John Wilmer, who was already heading to a dog show with his own two dogs, and the lost pup ended up entering the competition too. What happened next gave the whole situation a very unexpected ending.
By the time Bonnie came home, she had a rosette to show for her little adventure.
Meet Bonnie. She's a five-year-old dog who decided to go on a little adventure, which caused her fur parents, Peter and Paula Closier, to be stressed out.
The pup went missing on a Sunday morning, prompting a search party as she had been a no-show for hours.
“We thought maybe she wasn’t interested in food and did a full search of the house. I could not see her,” Peter said. “I was walking back to the kitchen when I saw the gate had swung open, and I thought, ‘oh no.’”
While her parents were in panic mode, Bonnie was found by a man named John Wilmer, who was on his way to a dog show and had brought two dogs of his own.
He posted about the dog on Facebook, asking: “Does anyone know this dog?”
Thanks to the power of social media, the owners were immediately informed of Bonnie's whereabouts, so they knew the dog was safe. John, however, decided to enter Bonnie into the competition along with his two dogs.
“She was such a lovely dog; I thought it’d be good to enter her,” John told the BBC. “I was in a bit of a rush to get there when we found Bonnie and put her in the car,” which is why he couldn’t bring her straight back to her family.
That is where Bonnie's day took a very unexpected turn.
When John decided to enter Bonnie into the competition, little did he know that she would win the third place rosette—just look at how proud the little troublemaker is!
“We couldn’t believe it. You could not make this up,” Peter said. “Bonnie was absolutely fine when she got back. She just thought she was having a great day out.”
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And if you think Bonnie’s “runaway” moment was wild, check out Ludivine, the Bloodhound, escaping for a bathroom break and finishing 7th.
She looks so smug about it, too!
Let's just hope she won't run away without warning next time!
Pitch it to Disney!
Probably.
What a boss!
The look on her face says it all.
She just had to run away to fully experience it.
Boss Bonnie!
That was definitely scary for the parents, though!
She's definitely a special one.
She deserves more rosettes!
Could she be a secret agent?
She's unstoppable.
Bonnie really turned a scare into a brag-worthy moment.
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Bonnie’s escape is nothing compared to the old dog’s surprise reunion with his hooman after a month.
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