Strange Behavior
Kyle started behaving weird after a bit. He had been silent and had started feeding. But with his tail wagging and bounding in the bush, he was happy on the journey. They could see that this is how he would have been when he was still in service.
Old Habits
When he started to hide his nose in the soil, his old instincts from his police days kicked in, following a track that was only familiar to him. The family attempted to call him back to the trail, but maybe so much of the scent was all that captured his eye.