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Covid-sniffing dogs are hardly news these days, but Pokaa, a Golden Retriever from Kunheim, Alsace, France, has a 100 per cent hit rate. The dog is a great success in local pensioner’s homes where he can track the infected and has all the positive aspects of a therapy pet, too. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 20 Aug 2021.
Another French dog, two year-old hunting terrier Pablo, went AWOL when his owners were staying in Savoy on their way back from a holiday in Italy. The couple reported the pet missing to the mayor of the village. A few days later (my source gives no dates) they received a photo of a dog that had been seen near their home in Nîmes in the south of France. They immediately recognised Pablo and decided to cut short their holiday and return home. The wandering dog was thin but still very much alive after having navigated a distance of some 380km (236 miles). The first thing his owners did on their return was to buy him a GPS
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