LAS CRUCES, N.M. ( KRQE ) – A dog that went missing in Colorado was found four years later and more than 500 miles away in southern New Mexico. Now, Patches back home with her original owner, Benjamin Baxter, in Nebraska.
Patches went missing in 2020 while she was at Baxter’s friend’s home in Calhan, Colorado. Patches had to stay there because Baxter moved to Kennesaw, Nebraska, for work, and his new place didn’t allow pets.
“She’s kind of been a Houdini her whole life, and we had ventured all over the country together. So for her to run away chasing butterflies or rabbits, it wasn’t uncommon, but she always came home,” said Baxter.
Baxter said he planned to take Patches back once he found a place she could live with him; however, Patches went missing before that could happen.
“By day seven, I was like, there’s just no way, I’m never going to find this dog again,” Baxter said.
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Four years later, Baxter got a call from his wife, saying Patches was found at the Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley in Las Cruces, New Mexico.