A pet owner confused as to how her hound manages to escape from her home set up a doggy cam to catch the animal's escapades.

Joyce Forbes from Aberdeen was shocked to discover her pet missing from her house when she returned from a shopping trip one day, STV reports.

Madison, an old English sheepdog, was later found wondering the city's streets but Ms Forbes was unsure how her four-legged friend had escaped.

When the naughty animal continued to make her bids for freedom, the worried owner left a doggy cam in her home, which caught the pet opening the house's front door.

"We thought she must be opening doors, so we actually set up a wee video camera just to spy on her," Ms Forbes told the news provider.

"It basically just showed her going up to the door as bold as brass - as soon as my car had got to the end of the road she'd open the door and away she went."

In other news, Charlie, a cat from Falkirk, recently hit the headlines after he was pictured scaling a 13-foot wall to gain entrance to his owner's property.