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App helps Surprise veteran locate dog that got away

‘Search Party for Dogs’ helps find service dog in training

When Kurt Leichtentritt first noticed his dog was missing, the Surprise veteran panicked.

About 10 minutes after he let Lainey, his husky-German shepherd mix, out into the backyard of his Rancho Gabriella home early one cold, late November morning, he noticed that she was not running around the yard like she normally does.

Upon further inspection, he saw Lainey had jumped on some trash cans near a six-foot fence — and used them to propel her over it.

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