17/04/2025
By now many of you have likely seen the story of the 2 y/o boy that wandered away from his home near Sedona AZ and 7 miles later was found and saved by an Anatolian - Great Pyrenees livestock guardian dog (who frankly was just doing his job lol). Some folks are saying the child couldn't possibly have walked all that distance and that something nefarious was going on. While that is entirely possible, I want you to meet Faro, a Great Pyrenees that belonged to our landlord/neighbor in the hills of Los Gatos CA back in 1958-59 (our introduction to Pyrs, LGDs, and eventually the Silk Road breeds) .
Due to my mother being laid up with a broken back while pregnant (yeah, damn!) as was the practice back then, I was left to my own devices and literally learned how to walk holding on to Faro. With in 6 months or so I was going on his trash route with him and because I had a note on me and Faro had tags, my mother would get phone calls from "neighbors" several miles away! 🤣 She'd tell them to give Faro water, me some juice and a cookie, and to tell us to go home. Yeah, that dog and I covered miles! As I said, it's possible that something else happened with that little boy but it's also entirely possible that he did walk that distance until found by the dog.
