Glasgow woman amazed as 'miracle' dog runs four miles home across M8

A Glasgow woman has been left stunned after her super-smart pup escaped and ran nearly four miles across busy roads including the M8 to get home.

Kimberley Clement, from Dennistoun, has branded pooch Fraser a 'super sproodle' after the one-year-old bolted mid-appointment at the dog groomers in Robroyston before appearing in the garden. The 33-year-old had dropped the springer-doodle for his appointment at 9am on Saturday, May 11, and had been packing the car to travel to Fife later in the day when she felt two paws on the back of her legs.

Stunned, the operations manager turned around to see a pup 'cowering' on the ground. Initially not recognising him, she was 'amazed' to realise that it was an exhausted Fraser who was still soaking wet from his bath.

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Speaking to Glasgow Live about the incredible moment, she said: "I was stunned, I just kept thinking how has he got here. What's happened?

"I just ran inside the house to tell my husband. It's amazing that he made it back here - everyone keeps saying it's a miracle.

"He's managed to get over the M8, Alexandra Parade and Duke Street on his own without getting knocked down to get home safe within an hour and a half. He got home at around 11am I think, but he was in the garden, so he might have been sitting there for a while because he wasn't panting.

"I didn't even think it was him to start with because all I felt were two paws on my back when I was packing the car to go to Fife later in the day. He was cowered to the ground a little bit so I couldn't see his face.

"When he looked up at me the colour drained from me when I recognised it was him - I just couldn't believe it. His little tail had started wagging and you could tell he was excited to be home."

Kimberley had just been getting ready to pick the dog up and was just about to phone the groomers who usually text half an hour before they are due to be picked up - but decided to leave it a while as she thought he might be taking longer than usual.

She continued: "I don't blame the groomers. They told me what happened is that a client had come in and left the door open and something has spooked him and he bolted out the door.

"The groomer said that he left about the back of 9 and they had chased him for about an hour but I think he was just too fast. The woman called me at about 11.15am to say that he had ran away.

"it was quite a surreal moment because I had to say 'no he hasn't he's right here' as by that time he was sitting next to me. Thank goodness he was home before she phoned because I think I would have had a heart attack."

Kimberley believes that Fraser might have used his super-strong smell to find his way to Alexandra Park where the pair often go on their daily walks. With the pup using his knowledge learned on his walks to help him get home from there.

She added: "I checked on the maps and there is a bridge over the M8 there so I think he might have used that to cross the road after he got to the park. It's amazing that he managed to get back on his own, I was speaking to my husband about it and he said he wasn't sure if he could manage to do it without GPS."

The couple also believe that training the pup to stop and wait before crossing the road might have saved his life, with him knowing to stop and wait for any cars passing. Following his trip, Fraser was taken to the vets, where it was found that he had damaged the stopping pads on his paws.

However, they believed that the injuries were because he had to stop and start running and will heal with some much deserved rest. The springer-spinel cross poodle mix breed is now recovering with Kimberley having to carry him to the toilet as his legs are still exhausted from the trip.

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