{"id":9043,"date":"2026-02-03T09:36:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/?p=9043"},"modified":"2026-02-10T11:28:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:28:40","slug":"band-on-the-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/band-on-the-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Band on the Run"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Four 13-week-old puppies went trotting down my driveway on Groundhog Day, hoping to find Punxsutawney Phil or the like. Two were found late afternoon about a mile from my house by painters working at my house &#8211;who actually got their car stuck trying to find the puppies on snowy Vermont rural roads. Two pups stayed out all night in sub-zero degree temps. The town animal control officer and I spent until after midnight tracking the missing two to no avail. Social media and Listserve posts went up immediately. The animal control officer and I were ready to canvass and alert the town, knocking doors this morning &#8230;and then, about 7:30 a.m., up walked these two missing pups, looking not too much worse for having spent the night out in the cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>And a bell was ringing in the village square<br>For the puppies on the run<br>Band on the run<br>Band on the run<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260203_1315293622-1024x545.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260203_1315293622-1024x545.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260203_1315293622-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260203_1315293622-768x409.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260203_1315293622-1536x818.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260203_1315293622-2048x1091.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260203_1315293622-1568x835.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>The missing puppies getting warmed up in the house after a night out in the cold<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A very happy ending! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Puppies being retrieved by Jacob and David.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4952386079662794114.jpg-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9091\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4952386079662794114.jpg-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4952386079662794114.jpg-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4952386079662794114.jpg-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4952386079662794114.jpg.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The other two pups who returned the next morning may have spent part of the night indoors.  Not clear just where they went or how they managed to find the driveway again.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"324\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/28ac4cca016d49e6e5f256b07329e757e06ff15e-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/28ac4cca016d49e6e5f256b07329e757e06ff15e-1.jpeg 324w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/28ac4cca016d49e6e5f256b07329e757e06ff15e-1-190x300.jpeg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Puppies understand better than humans the notion of  &#8216;<strong><em>mutuality&#8217;<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260203_161754686.MP2_-767x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260203_161754686.MP2_-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260203_161754686.MP2_-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260203_161754686.MP2_-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260203_161754686.MP2_-1151x1536.jpg 1151w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260203_161754686.MP2_-1534x2048.jpg 1534w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260203_161754686.MP2_-1568x2093.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260203_161754686.MP2_-scaled.jpg 1918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Lost Overnight Puppies Recovering from Their Ordeal<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four 13-week-old puppies went trotting down my driveway on Groundhog Day, hoping to find Punxsutawney Phil or the like. Two were found late afternoon about a mile from my house by painters working at my house &#8211;who actually got their car stuck trying to find the puppies on snowy Vermont rural roads. Two pups stayed<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/band-on-the-run\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Band on the Run&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9043"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9092,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9043\/revisions\/9092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thunderingpawsfarm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}