[News] Stolen Yorkie is returned to family

[blackwidow]

Cupcake, the purloined Yorkie pup, is back with its owners.

Cathleen Jahnke and her four children were contacted by a representative of the Animal Relief Fund on Tuesday evening. A microchip, which had been implanted in the 3-month old dog when it was purchased, directed the nonprofit organization to the owners.

"We're so excited and Cupcake seems very happy," Jahnke said. "She smelled smoky when we got her, but she had a nice bubble bath and a blow dry. I know she was happy to be home. She slept with me."

The 2?-pound dog had been stolen in early February, along with most of the Jahnke family's possessions, during a brazen daylight burglary of the family's St. Paul home.

Jahnke, who moved her family to Hastings after the burglary, had delivered fliers about the stolen dog to veterinarians throughout the metro, asking them to scan any Yorkies they were treating. But she feared the pricey dog (Cupcake cost $1,700) had been taken out of state and sold.

It appears, however, that the dog never left St. Paul.

It was spotted Sunday by a person visiting a woman at a St. Paul home on Sunday. The visitor saw the woman mistreat a Yorkie.

"I was told the woman who had Cupcake threw her down the steps," Jahnke said. "The woman who was visiting said, 'Maybe you have too much going on in your life and it would help if I took the dog off your hands.' "

The woman who took the dog had seen a column about Jahnke's search for Cupcake in Sunday's Star Tribune. She contacted Animal Rescue and set up an appointment to have the dog scanned on Tuesday. And the scan confirmed that the Yorkie was Cupcake.

Meanwhile, St. Paul police continue to investigate the burglary.

http://www.startribune.com/462/story/1086264.html

[Catrina]

she threw the yorkie downstairs!?!?!? what the heck.... im so sick of these mental cases that have a dog only to abuse it..

[Raja's Mom]

Oh my goodness wow! the family must have been SO relieved to get Cupcake back!!

aaah I couldn't even imagine being in their shoes! I take every single precaution with my Raja, but there's nothing you can do if someone breaks in when you're at work. Thank goodness for that woman that saved & returned her, what an angel

[girdygirl]

Did the police ask the lady where she got the yorkie from?

[Mz_s3ski_Kitt3n]

AWWWWWW !! the nerve of that lady !!! but i'm s0o0o0o glad that the family has cupcake back to his family !!

[xxmxaxrxyxx]

who in their right mind would go all out of their way to steal a yorkie..then to mistreat it...i hope she gets whats coming to her....someone should throw her down the steps...argh!

but i am glad to hear he is reunited with his family...

[Mias_Boutique]

God Bless the lady who help you! And God Bless lil cupcake!

[Gingergirlsmom]

This story brought tears to my eyes. I'm so happy that cupcake made it home!!!

[Yorkiesforever]

I am so happy cupcake is home I live in Minnesota so I was reading about this story and was praying for her safe return. And I was wondering if I would ever here the ending of this story and here it is in my YT forum I am so happy the family got her back and i hoipe this woman is punished for mistreating the dog.,and also or stealing if she is the one that took the dog.

[AprilLove]

I live in Minnesota too, I never even heard about this!!!!! What a mean heartless person would throw ANY animal down stairs!!!????? I am so thankful this turned out with a happy ending for Cupcake!!!