Einstein and the theory of opening a window
A dog makes a daring escape from the second-floor of a vet's clinic
Have you heard about the dog who has been on the run for the past two weeks? A stray hanging out on Rama IV, the dog has several names, but I prefer to call him “Einstein”.
His photos on Facebook aren’t very clear, but he looks to me like a spaniel-terrier mix, mainly a pretty white.
A lady who feeds the strays in the area where he lives noticed that he was injured and sick too. He trusted her enough to come to her when she had food for him, but he didn’t trust anyone else. To take him to a vet, she arranged for an expert in darting animals to help capture him.
At the clinic, he received medication and vaccinations, and while he was under sedation, he was also neutered. Then he was put in a locked cage where he would receive good food, and his wounds would heal.
The plan was good, but the next morning when the staff went to check him, the dog had disappeared - but not without a trace.
There were clues all over. The wire on the top of the cage had been twisted and broken, leaving an opening large enough for a dog to squeeze through. The window above the cage had been opened too, just wide enough.
There’s a mystery, though. The window slides open from side to side.
How would a dog know how to manipulate it? Could he have tested it, pushing and pulling it until his nose and paws managed to figure out the solution?
As I said, I’ve named the dog Einstein, who tested theories until he found a solution.
No one saw him during his escape – or his leap from a second-storey window – but the guard next door to the clinic noticed him when one of the compound dogs attacked him.
He started running down the road, disappearing many sois away.
That day, people began reporting on Facebook that they had seen him on such-and-such a soi. The vet sent out staff on motorcycles and darts to capture him, but the minute he saw them he took off running. Even though he had been in the clinic for just hours, he remembered the staff.
The vet desperately wanted to catch him. During his escape, or perhaps during the dog fight, his leg had been injured, but he was so determined to escape from people, that he would disappear before he could be caught.
For days, people tracked him, since he stayed very close to the main road. Then the reports came less frequently.
He hasn’t been seen nor heard in days now.
How bad the vet feels! She’s concerned for the dog and disappointed that her clinic wasn't as secure as she thought. Besides, she never expected a dog to leap from a second-storey window.
Poor Einstein couldn't have known that as soon as he was healthy enough, he would have been returned to the area he knows best. Nevertheless, the vet continues to search for him.
