Barley had escaped his adoptive family in Tonasket, Washington and crossed the border
After more than 10 days covering 100 kilometres of outsmarting traps, breaking leashes and “illegally” crossing the U.S. border into Canada, Barley’s one-dog adventure came to a close in Penticton.
“Like everyone else, I had seen his story and the posts when he crossed into Osoyoos and was following it,” said Byer. “My friend Darren has a drone and was willing to put in some effort. We noticed that he was staying around West Bench, so I drove from Kelowna and said, ‘Let’s do this, let’s try to get him’.”
“I went to ask if they had seen this lost dog and can I launch my drone from here, and they said ‘Oh, he’s around the corner’,” said Sweet. “Barley would not let me close enough to grab his collar. There wasn’t a lot of space that he wanted to have humans in,” said Byer. “We used my dog, she’s very well trained, and just had her go on the outside of me, away from Barley, back and forth between us and he started to relax.”
Byer said that she was blown away by how gentle Barley was, even when she was removing the ticks and burrs from around his lips near his teeth, he was calm.
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