A dog named Max, a four-year-old Great Pyrenees, made quite the trek one night—walking five miles to a convenience store for a breakfast burrito.
It all started when he was treated to snacks by the staff at the store in Langford, South Dakota. Apparently, that left a lasting impression on him.
Unbeknownst to his owner, he slipped out of the house around 11:39 PM and embarked on a two-hour journey to town.
When he reached the store on June 1st, he ended up waiting outside for hours, even though it was closed.
Once safely back home, his owners, Sarah and Nathan Olson, now feed him a homemade breakfast burrito daily, hoping to deter future adventures.
According to Sarah, the adventure kicked off when her daughter, Emily, returned home around 11:30 PM.
“She opened the garage door, and he slipped out,” Sarah recounted. “I didn’t realize he was gone until the next morning.”
Sarah frequently receives alerts from Max’s GPS tracker, which he wears two of for tricky terrain.
“I wake up and see Max on the tracker, looking for where he is,” she remembered. “It seems he left around 11:39 PM.”
After a two-hour trek, he arrived at the C-store and waited for five hours. The route wasn’t exactly direct. The town was roughly seven miles away, but Max found a shortcut.
“It’s about five miles for him to go through the countryside,” Sarah noted. “He took a diagonal path over some land.”
Once at the convenience store, Max couldn’t get a burrito right away because it wasn’t open yet.
“He waited there for five hours before heading to Emily’s boyfriend’s house,” Sarah added.
Interestingly, Max had never been to the boyfriend’s place before. “He must have caught a scent—Great Pyrenees have incredible noses,” Sarah remarked.
Though he didn’t get his burrito that time, the Olsons have since started giving him breakfast burritos at home to keep him from wandering off again.
Max was rescued about two years ago after being found by a family friend. “He’s just an amazing dog,” Sarah said. “He was the first one to show real gratitude for being part of our family.”
