More than a decade after a little Yorkshire terrier was stolen from a grieving family, the pooch is back at home.Stoughton police said Animal Control Officer Michelle Carlos responded to a report Wednesday of a loose Yorkie running around on Record Street. Carlos was able to catch the dog, which clearly had not been well cared for, police said. Carlos fed him and gave him some fresh water and a good bath before checking to see if he had a microchip.He did. The microchip revealed that the pooch was named Rex, and the 12-year-old belonged to a woman in Boston named Marzena Niejadlik. When police reached out, Niejadlik told them that Rex had been stolen from her in 2011 in Boston after she had purchased the pup for her family to help ease the pain of losing a family member. “I really, really hoped that one day we would receive this call, but we were kind of like losing hope after 10 years,” she said. “I can see the dog being so happy running around, and, you know, like licking us and stuff,” she said. “So, we hope he recognized us.”The pair were reunited Wednesday. Stoughton police said Rex had a “great night at their home and loved meeting her kids” and he was “treated to a day of beauty and all is right in the world.”
More than a decade after a little Yorkshire terrier was stolen from a grieving family, the pooch is back at home.
Stoughton police said Animal Control Officer Michelle Carlos responded to a report Wednesday of a loose Yorkie running around on Record Street.
Carlos was able to catch the dog, which clearly had not been well cared for, police said. Carlos fed him and gave him some fresh water and a good bath before checking to see if he had a microchip.
He did.
The microchip revealed that the pooch was named Rex, and the 12-year-old belonged to a woman in Boston named Marzena Niejadlik.
When police reached out, Niejadlik told them that Rex had been stolen from her in 2011 in Boston after she had purchased the pup for her family to help ease the pain of losing a family member.
“I really, really hoped that one day we would receive this call, but we were kind of like losing hope after 10 years,” she said.
“I can see the dog being so happy running around, and, you know, like licking us and stuff,” she said. “So, we hope he recognized us.”
The pair were reunited Wednesday.
Stoughton police said Rex had a “great night at their home and loved meeting her kids” and he was “treated to a day of beauty and all is right in the world.”
