Bingo, shih tzu

Bored dog gets fed up of walkies - so takes the train instead
Metro Weird Reporter
12th May, 2011

A dog named Bingo gave his owners a fright when he decided he was tired of walkies - and took a trip on the train instead.

Will and Jo Erwin thought Bingo's number was up when the six-year-old shih tzu disappeared from their home in Lostwithiel, Cornwall.

At the time the Erwins were unaware that Bingo had wandered down to the local railway station and boarded a train.

But after a frantic four-hour search, a passenger on a train bound for Plymouth found Bingo curled up asleep – 50km (30 miles) away from his owners.

The passenger carried him off the train and took him to a rescue centre (the Gables Farm Dogs and Cats Home) in Plympton, Devon.

Staff there saw Bingo's picture on their missing animal website and a radio appeal, and he was reunited with owners.

49-year-old Will Erwin says this isn't the first time the dog has tried to make a break for freedom – he regularly pursues tourists eating their fish and chips.

Afterwards Will said: "I want to thank the kind man who gave him in."

Sources: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/863059-bored-dog-gets-fed-up-of-walkies-so-takes-train-instead and http://www.thisisdevon.co.uk/animals/Train-hopping-Bingo-reunited-owner/article-3549838-detail/article.html