I don't have a bee dog, I have a prodigal dog. Socks (black with white paws) wandered off a couple of years ago and stayed gone for about 6 months. One day he showed back up and seemed happy as could be. I never found out where he went. So now we call him Socks The Wander Dog, or Socks The Prodigal Dog, but we ought to call him Spoiled Rotten!