Taken as a puppy, seven-year-old dog returned to Michigan

MICHIGAN (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – You could call him one lucky dog.

A seven-year-old dog is back home in Michigan, years after someone stole him from his owner's back yard.

Jake was just a puppy when he was taken, and years later he showed up more than 350 miles from his home at a central Kentucky animal shelter.

His owner, Brad Davis, is thankful he put a microchip in the pup, the shelter used that chip to track Davis down.

It will probably take Jake a while to transition back to life in his old home, but Davis says that's fine, he'll be okay.

“I don't know if he remembers me yet,” said Davis, “but I'm sure he'll get to be once we get him home and he can see the kids, same house he was before, same backyard.”

Davis' daughter was two when Jake went missing, he says when he told her of the dog's return, she said 'I always knew he was coming back.'