Batman is home.

A few days after the six-year-old Yorkie/Chihuahua/Pomeranian cross, was taken from outside the Dollarama store in Langley含羞草研究社檚 Murrayville Square, the missing dog returned, in a police cruiser.

Murrayville resident Johanna Vandyk said just a few minutes after her mother phoned her to let her know the police had been in touch, two RCMP cruisers pulled up outside her house, lights flashing, with a subdued Batman in the front passenger seat of one vehicle.

含羞草研究社滺e was happy to see us. He kissed us and everything, but he wasn含羞草研究社檛 all jumping up and down and and excited to be home,含羞草研究社� Vandyk said.

  Batman, so named because he had facial marking like a Batman mask as a puppy, had been shaved, including his whiskers.

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 That was on Wednesday night, Dec 13.

By Friday, Batman was eating again and starting to act more like his normal bouncy and energetic self.

含羞草研究社淗e含羞草研究社檚 starting to show signs of improvement.含羞草研究社�

Batman was taken Monday night, Dec. 11, when Vandyk left him on a leash outside the store in Murrayville.

Usually Vandyk含羞草研究社檚 other dog, Bowie, a Pyrenees, would have been there to keep the tiny pup company, but the larger dog was in need of some washing-up, so he stayed at home.

含羞草研究社淚 normally bring both my dogs [to the store].含羞草研究社�

After Batman disappeared, a distraught Vandyk made a public appeal, telling the Langley Advance Times that the terrier cross may not be not worth a lot of money, 含羞草研究社渂ut he含羞草研究社檚 worth everything to me [and my husband]. I含羞草研究社檝e had him since he was born. He含羞草研究社檚 our baby.含羞草研究社�

Vandyk said after she went public, she was phoned by the mother of a 25-year-old man who, with his girlfriend, had just acquired a new dog.

After seeing Batman含羞草研究社檚 picture, the mom identified the dog, and told Vandyk if her son, whom she described as troubled, didn含羞草研究社檛 give Batman up, she would call the police.

A day later, officers showed up at Vandyk含羞草研究社檚 home with the missing Batman.

Vandyk called the mother an 含羞草研究社渁ngel含羞草研究社� for intervening, and thanked the many people who helped get the word out.

含羞草研究社淚t was amazing how many people turned up with ways to help, and just spread our plight around,含羞草研究社� she said.

含羞草研究社淚t was like a wildfire. All of you are truly amazing and we will never forget it.含羞草研究社�

She added she will never leave Batman unattended outside a store again.

含羞草研究社淚 felt very safe doing that [up till now] because I含羞草研究社檝e lived in this neighborhood for eight years, and go to that store probably five to four times a week.含羞草研究社�

Vandyk also had a message for the young couple, who she was told, claimed they thought Batman had been abandoned.

含羞草研究社淲e are praying for the young couple to do some serious investigating on the subject, before you make such a rash decision. You could have destroyed a dog含羞草研究社檚 happy home and turned his and our worlds completely upside down. You know a little bit of Batman now. Couldn含羞草研究社檛 you see he was a loved little dog?含羞草研究社�

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