When a dog or cat is abandoned, the first thing they try to do is return home. At first he does not accept his family’s rejection. For this reason, he becomes very tense and stressed in the first moments, thinking that maybe it is all his fault because he is confused.
In these moments, the usual thing is that they rush from place to place, desperate to find where their owner might be. Short runs and very watchful gazes towards the horizon are accompanied by constant whining and an immediately activated sense of smell.
His vision is also stable. He examines the smallest clue that could lead him to the desired meeting. Just like your ear is tuned to listen attentively to any noise. It is a radar that captures everything that happens in those moments.
However, after a few minutes wasted, he slowly begins to realize that his family is gone forever. Despite this, he is determined to find them. Therefore, exhausted, he surrenders to his most primal instinct and lets his heart be the GPS that takes them home. Unfortunately, very few will.
It is true that from time to time there are reports of how a lost dog or cat reunites with its family after traveling hundreds of kilometers away. In fact, they are the least of all, and if you pay attention they are always lost, never abandoned. The difference between the two is that the abandoned begin to realize along the way that it’s their owner who wants to leave them, and they lose all hope. Others, on the contrary, keep the bonds that unite them alive and never give up on their quest.
In any case, most don’t wait for the desired reunion, but instead for a hustle along the way, perhaps drowning in a well or raft they’re so desperate to drink, or being picked sometimes and in the best case scenario. by an animal guardian.