X-Files: Alien abducted dog released 1,300 miles away

a) Was it checked for implants?
b) Was it anal probed with a stainless steel rod?

Obviously there is much much more to this story than AP is letting on.
AP (so take it with a grain of salt)

Seven months after disappearing from her yard in Colorado, a little rat terrier named Daisy walked into the arms of Tracie Crass in Knoxville, some 1,300 miles away...