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The Life and Times of Edgar the Doxie

Home at last!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On October 23rd, 2008 at 6:30pm I came home to find that my little Edgar had been stolen from my home.

On January 23rd, 2009 at 6pm I got a call from the Brooklyn Center detective working on my case; she had Edgar.

I couldn't drive to the police station fast enough, I really couldn't believe that it could be him. I waited in the lobby of the station and then she walked through the door with my little baby boy in her arms.

His tail started wagging fiercely as soon as he saw me and as soon as I had him in my arms, he couldn't stop giving me his puppy kisses. (He's known for his crazy puppy kisses)

It WAS my boy. He remembered me. I couldn't stop crying with joy.

We drove home, he knew right where to sit. When we got there, he ran into the house and went straight for his "guy" - it was right where he had left it that morning before I left for work, that morning 3 long months ago, he knew right where it was. It was like he'd never left.

He's in good health. He's dirty (already gave him 1 bath, but he'll be getting another) and he wasn't brushed, so he has some mats but those will be easy enough to comb out. He put on a little weight, heaven only knows what they were feeding him. But all that matters is that he's home, safe and sound.

He's curled up on the couch with me now. I think he's tired out from chasing the cats around the house. (They're bummed that their vacation is over.. hehe) My house is complete again. It's just amazing. It is a true miracle that he is home and I owe it all to the good samaritain that called me 2 nights ago.

I left the man a voicemail when I got Edgar home, I told him that I would give him the reward, I just needed to know where to send it to. I was on the phone when he called back and left a message stating that it was reward enough to him just to know that Edgar was returned home.

The people that had Eggie said that he was given to them by a friend to take care of while that friend went to jail. Real stand up folks. They didn't have any of my other stuff, but the detective will let me know if they find anything else out. If anything does happen to these people, I will let you know.

For now, I am going to cuddle with my puppy. Tomorrow morning we will head straight for the vets office and get him micro-chipped; I won't lose him again.

Thanks again to everyone who has been following Edgar's story, who has sent their well wishes, prayers and throughts our way. Without you, these last 3 months would have been unbearable.

Trying not to get my hopes up too high

Nothing.

That's what it's been for the past 2 months. I haven't heard one word about Edgar. Nothing from the police, no emails or phone calls from people who saw a little doxie at a shelter. Nothing.

When Christmas came and went without a little wiggly, wall-eyed puppy under the tree, I had all but given up hope on having my Eggie back in my life.

Then tonight, out of the blue, I recieved a phone call from a good samaritan who saw Edgar's sign up at the local Pet Smart. He said that there was a little, long haired dachshund that came into the neighborhood a few months ago. The man saw him running around in front of a house that is less than 2 miles from the little corner store where the theives used my credit card. The man is familiar with the house and said that these were NOT the type of people that would buy a dog and that they let him just kind of run around.

I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but things seem to line up with this lead. I left a message with the long silent detective assigned to my case to see what the next steps are. I just hope we can get something in motion... I just want to know if it is or isn't him.

Please let it be the positive of the two options.

I will keep you posted. Thanks for your continued thoughts and prayers, maybe they will finally be answered.

All I want for Christmas...

is to have my Edgar back.

It's been one month now, but I've had a few glimmers of hope in the past week.

First was the news story run by KARE 11 here in the Twin Cities and while I haven't otten "the" call as a result of it, yet, I do think that it prompted the Brooklyn Center PD to finally assign a detective to my case. After 4 weeks of nothing, I received a call from a detective on Friday. She asked all the questions that I had already given answers to when the police first took my report, but at least it got the ball rolling.

I also discovered last Thursday that the theives stole a credit card. They used it at two locations - one of which was a small corner market in North Minneapolis. I went to the store and knew right away that this is the type of market you would only visit if you either lived in the area or frequented it. I spoke with the owner of the store and he posted two flyers for Edgar. I feel that whoever took him and hopefully whoever has him will return to this store and see that I am looking for him. The detective stopped by both locations where the credit card was used to check to see if they had any video of the transaction. Unfortunately, the surveillence tapes at both locations were only kept for 1 month and I had just missed that timeframe :o( However, the detective did say that she noticed that a few phone numbers had been taken from the flyers in the corner market.. so that's a good sign.

I am full of hope that I will get my wish and have my Edgar baby with me, sleeping on my lap while I open presents on Christmas morning.