The Ballad of Rosco

Great story from the AP today about Rosco, American Bulldog. That boy wanted out:

An American bulldog that had escaped from a kennel by scaling a 7-foot concrete wall topped with barbed wire was found Wednesday night, Animal Control Bureau officials said.

Rosco chewed and bent the latch on his outdoor pen, enabling him to push open the door and escape over the wall on Tuesday. Police and animal control officers continued to search for Rosco Wednesday until he was caught at 6:30 p.m. in a lake about four miles from the kennel, said Wayne Gilbert, superintendent for animal control.

Gilbert said Rosco was captured without incident, was "extremely exhausted" and wasn't aggressive toward the officers.

Then comes the kicker.

A female companion American bulldog that was with Rosco at the time also was taken into custody and remained at the kennel, Snyder said.

What the hell?

Am I understanding this right? The dog chews his lock open, climbs over a seven-foot wall and through barbed wire, then picks up some bitch by the lake?

And he was finally captured "in" the lake?

"Extremely exhausted." Yeah, no shit.