A newly adopted dog escaped from its owner and traveled 10 miles to return to its former shelter

• A dog in El Paso, Texas, traveled 10 miles to her former shelter after escaping her new owners.
• The dog, Bailey, rang the doorbell at the shelter for help, the shelter said in a statement.

A newly-adopted dog in El Paso, Texas, escaped from her new owner and traveled more than ten miles to her former shelter, where the rang the doorbell for help.

The Animal Rescue League of El Paso, Texas, sent out an urgent alert on Facebook on January 29 after a newly adopted dog named Bailey "got loose" from her owner in the area of Mesa and Sunland Park. The shelter described Bailey as "very friendly" in the post.

On January 31, the shelter posted an update to Facebook that said Bailey had returned to the shelter and was safe.

"As we knew, dogs are incredible," the shelter's statement said. "Bailey made her own way back to ARL, and rang our ring doorbell at 1:15am saying she wanted in."

Loretta Hyde, the founder of the Animal Rescue League of El Paso, told USA Today that the shelter's Ring doorbell camera "kept going off and off and off" while Bailey was at the door.

"You'll see in the video that she's running out there, sitting, waiting for somebody to come," Hyde told USA Today.

Staff members took Bailey inside and wrapped her in warm blankets when she arrived at the shelter, according to KSDK. Bailey journeyed about ten miles to return to the shelter and has now been reunited with her family, according to the station. The Animal Rescue League of El Paso did not immediately return Insider's request for comment on Saturday.

Hyde told USA Today that Bailey "slept so hard the whole night" after she returned to the shelter.

"The next morning she was like, 'You can serve my breakfast over there. I'll get it in a minute. I'm still resting.' So three days without food and water, I mean, she was making up for her rest," Hyde told the outlet.