Great escape: Happy husky ditches day off to report to doggy daycare

Missy, a five-year-old husky, found it a bit too “ruff” to stay at home last week, all by herself.

So, ahead of an afternoon veterinarian appointment, she decided to escape from her Regina home and trot over to her doggy daycare, instead.

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Sierra Davis, client care manager at Spot’s Place, said a front desk employee first noticed what she thought may be a dog on the loose on their outdoor security camera monitors.

“As she came closer, she said, ‘Oh, it’s Missy that’s outside!'” Davis said.

The staff’s first reaction was to go to the door to check things out, and when Davis got there, Missy was waiting to be let inside.

“She had known exactly where she was going and had pretty much just bee-lined it straight for the front door,” Davis recalled.

“Honestly, it looked like she knew we were coming to let her in.”

Missy has been attending doggy daycare for several years, five days a week. Her home is about a 15-minute walk from the local business. Davis said the cagey canine knows the route because one of her owners rides a bike and she runs alongside it during their morning commute.

“She used to attend (daycare) with her brother, Hunter, and then when he unfortunately passed away, that is when they (owners) decided to up her days … to see all of her friends and get that kind of socialization that she was really needing,” Davis explained.

When Missy arrived, she was covered in mud, so staff gave her a bath and then let her hang out with her “friend” Shaggy.

Davis said Missy’s owners were surprised to learn their pet had escaped.

“Mostly, they were just relieved that her journey had a good ending and that she had made it here safely,” Davis said, “until they were able to come and pick her up.”

It’s not the first time Missy has attempted an escape. A couple of months ago, she pulled the same stunt. Her owners thought they’d patched up the problem.

“We’ve never had any other dogs kind of show up to see us, or never heard of anything like that happening before. It was a big shock for us,” Davis laughed.

Staff are taking it as a compliment — of all the places Missy could go, she chose to come to her daycare.