Some pets always come home
The Southeast South Dakota tourism board is waking up to the fact that people want to bring their pets on vacation. Some of their articles are now promoting “pet friendly” places to stay and activities involving pets. And why not? South Dakota is a large state with massive open expanses. You should never have a problem finding a place to walk your dog. Just be sure to keep him on a leash though, if you have one of those animals that loves to explore and Rover isn’t on the leash he could be gone for days. I had a friend who had a dog like that when he lived in Alaska.
Bob told me that his dog was an outside pet, rarely coming in the house but rather living in the fenced in back yard. The first time he escaped it was a large snow storm that piled enough of the white stuff that he just walked out. He was gone for days and Bob was sure he was dead and was thinking about getting a replacement when one day he comes padding up the driveway. That became a semi regular event after that. Bob never knew where his dog went, but he always came back and that was good enough.
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