AJ Is Home—Thank Goodness

Here's what to do if your dog is lost in Geneva.

Our semi-famous dog, AJ, broke his steel-mesh backyard leash, got loose and ended up in the hoosegow this weekend. I say "semi-famous" because AJ has had his own column on Patch as well as his own Facebook page, but mostly because his exploits are pretty well known by everyone in our neighborhood. AJ is half lab, half red tick coonhound and his greatest joy in life is chasing squirrels, foxes and, of course, raccoons. He's smarter than the average human and 90 pounds of rompin', stompin' dynamite—so Saturday was not his first excursion. He's broken two of those steel-mesh leashes now, busted out of his collar three times, and made many other devilishly clever, Houdini-like escapes in the four-plus years he's resided at 730 Downing Place. …

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