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TIL the furthest distance that a lost pet dog has found their way home is about 2,000 miles (3,218 km), which was walked by a dog named Jimpa (from Western Australia to Victoria) in 1979. During Jimpa's 14-month trek home, he managed to negotiate the "almost waterless" Nullarbor Plain.

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