Rusty the super “smart” Australian Shepherd who once helped save his owner’s life is back in a secure and loving home after he was lost along a highway in central Wyoming and separated from his owner.

But the road getting home was definitely not one less traveled.

Lander Pet Connection Director Hannah MacGregor said Rusty arrived on her radar in May after a friend drove through the Shoshoni area from a vacation trip and spotted the pooch on the side of the road looking “really scared.”

“He was like out in the middle of nowhere and a bunch of people had left bowls of food and water,” she said. “When they initially reached out to me about the dog being out there, I had already seen it on Facebook.

“Someone had posted, but they couldn’t get close to him, and they were just trying to find

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