STAFFORD, VIRGINIA — A dog proved he’s smarter than your average pooch when he broke out of his kennel earlier this week and wandered off into the night. <br /> <br />The 10-year-old Great Pyrenees named General was lodging at an animal hospital in Stafford, Virginia while his owners went to Virginia Beach on vacation, the Associated Press reported. <br /> <br />General busted out of his temporary accommodation at around 4:15 a.m. on Monday. He then opened a total of at least four different doors in his heroic bid for freedom. <br /> <br />Around three hours later, hospital staff discovered General was missing and called his owners. <br /> <br />The search for the dog went on for most of the day but he was eventually found at 9:00 p.m. — around 17 hours after he went missing. <br /> <br />General was sitting in the garden of a nearby home, happy to be in the great outdoors and out of his cage. <br /> <br />The dog’s owners cut short their vacation to search for the beloved pet and they were eventually reunited.
