# Has a Dog or Cat really found its way home across the United States?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-dog-or-cat-really-found-its-way-home-across-the-united-states/79203>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 31, 2001, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-dog-or-cat-really-found-its-way-home-across-the-united-states/79203 "2001-08-31T21:52:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2001, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-dog-or-cat-really-found-its-way-home-across-the-united-states/79203/21 "2001-09-05T23:07:34Z")

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Don’t have tails like I don’t have a…  
Well anyway, tiny _doesn’t_ mean nonexistent.  
😃  
Peace,  
mangeorge

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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2001, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-dog-or-cat-really-found-its-way-home-across-the-united-states/79203/22 "2001-09-06T01:45:23Z")

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Not across country, but across town…

When my mom was a toddler in the late '20s her mom would bundle her in a sled and have the dog “Jiggs” haul her through the town for the daily pick-ups (milk, bread, mail). About a three mile round trip.

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