A dog went back to his roots after he went missing in northern Idaho.

"Tilly" took off after his owners were involved in a car accident Sunday. He was ejected from the back seat, then ran.

His owners flooded social media with pleas to help them find the two-year-old border collie mix - but they didn't have to look far.

Tilly turned up on a local farm, fine-tuning his collie shepherding skills - herding the sheep!

The folks there knew how to find his owners, thanks to their grandma, in California.