Escape Artist

When I was only about 8 years old, I was at the babysitter's house 
which was 2 houses down from my own house. My dog Dusty was only 1 
year old. The backyard is fenced in, but there was a tiny space 
between the garage and the fence. 
In the middle of the day, the babysitter called me to the door and 
said "Isn't that your dog?" So I looked out the screendoor to see 
Dusty sitting there looking at me! He must has squeezed through the 
space in the fence and followed my scent to the babysitter's! Now 
he's way too big to fit through that little space thank god! Another 
time, when I was about 10, I came home from school and went out to 
the backyard to see Dusty. The gate was open, but there was Dusty 
standing right outside the gate and he immediatly ran to me when 
he saw me. He had pushed up the latch with his nose! Both times he 
could have easily run away and he didn't. Whenever I walk him and 
let him off the leash, he runs ahead but stops after a ways and 
looks back to make sure I'm still there! If he's really far ahead 
then he will wait for me to catch up. I know he loves me!