ODDLY ENOUGH

ODDLY ENOUGH

Lady Bunny, Maltese dog, finds sanitation worker’s wallet

JUNEAU, Alaska

A 7-month-old Maltese puppy owned by Bonnie and Brad Gruening likes to retrieve. On Monday, Lady Bunny came home with an unexpected prize — a wallet its owner didn’t know was lost.

The puppy found and brought home a wallet belonging to Rudy Vonda, a sanitation worker with Pacific Waste Management who drives a route in the Gruenings’ North Douglas Island neighborhood, the Juneau Empire reported.

The Gruenings called Vonda to report their pooch had found his property.

“I didn’t even know my wallet was missing. I checked my back pocket to make sure,” Vonda said. “When the lady said a dog brought my wallet home, I figured it was a Labrador or German Shepherd.”

He drove to the Gruenings’ home and instead saw a little white dog.

“When I pulled up to her place, she’s coming out and she’s got her little dog in her arms and my wallet,” Vonda said with a laugh.

The dog’s head was barely bigger than his wallet, Vonda said.

Lady Bunny has a good nose. She has brought home other treasures, Bonnie Gruening said. “She particularly likes to take our neighbors’ shoes.”

The puppy took the wallet directly to Brad Gruening.

There’s no place like old home for this navigating Oregon cat

PORTLAND, Ore.

George knows what he likes — and what the 2-year-old orange tabby cat likes is his family’s old rented quarters in Portland’s St. Johns area.

When the family moved across town to east Portland in May, George slipped away and made his way back, somehow getting across 12 miles, three interstate highways and neighborhoods where residents often see coyotes.

Amy Campion told The Oregonian newspaper that George probably got out through the garage the day the family was moving into the home they’d bought.

Earlier this week, the new renters at her old place called: George was hanging around, begging to be petted.

The Campions rushed over to retrieve him.

“I couldn’t believe it was him,” Campion said. “He was thinner, but he seemed perfectly fine.”

For a few weeks, George isn’t going outside without a leash.

“I really want people to learn from my mistake,” Campion said. “He shouldn’t have gone outside until he was familiar with the new smells and the area.