By Carol Hopkins, the Oakland Press
Published: Friday, September 25, 2009
Meshawn Maddock of Milford, with her daughters Winsome, 12, left, Parker, 8, and dog Moses. Moses was in the family car when it was stolen in Waterford Township on Thursday. He was later found limping and exhausted in White Lake.
It’s too bad Moses the boxer dog can’t talk because he would have a tale to tell.
Moses is back home with the Maddock family in Milford after someone stole the family car with Moses inside.
The saga started at 5 p.m. Thursday.
Matthew Maddock, owner of A-1 Bail Bonds in Milford, stopped to buy fishing tackle at KD Outdoors on Highland Road in Waterford. In his 1999 Volvo station wagon was the family’s beloved boxer, Moses, the 4-year-old dog the Maddocks had had since he was a 6-week-old puppy in 2005.
“My wife gave him to me for our 10th wedding anniversary,” said Maddock, who has three children with wife Meshawn.
“He was the best wedding anniversary gift ever.”
The gentle dog is considered “one of the kids,” said Maddock.
“He might look scary but he’s not,” he said.
Maddock was walking back and forth to the car dealing with his purchases and he wasn’t sure he had locked it or where he had tossed his keys.
When he came out of the store 20 minutes after parking the car, the Volvo — and Moses — were gone.
“I was frazzled,” said Maddock, trying to remember how and what had happened.
He reported the loss of the car, his dog and his Dell laptop computer to Waterford police.
The Maddocks said they were upset, especially the children who are 9, 12 and 14.
“The kids didn’t sleep,” said Matthew.
“I only slept a little bit. The kids came into our room at night crying.”
Police released the report of the car and dog theft to area media early Friday. WXYZ-TV7 in Southfield received a call from a White Lake resident, Chris Davis, Friday morning.
Davis stated on news reports that he and his family had come home from vacation Thursday evening and saw what they thought was a deer in their driveway.
The animal turned out to be Moses. They held onto him overnight.
On Friday, they learned about the missing Milford boxer and called WXYZ-TV7.
Staff arranged a joyous, tearful reunion with the Maddocks and Moses.
During the emotional taped reunion shown on TV, the Maddock children hugged the dog and kept repeating his name.
The Davis home is about 10 miles from where Moses was taken, said Meshawn Maddock.
Meshawn said Moses had a limp, possibly from running from the stolen car.
“I think the (thief) stole the car and just dumped him out,” she said.
The Maddocks had offered a $2,500 reward for the return of Moses, but Davis wouldn’t take it, said Meshawn.
“We all are so happy,” said Meshawn.
“We think (Moses) ran all night. We’re going to feed him steak and let him sleep for 12 hours.”
Source: http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2009/09/25/news/doc4abd0eae114fb807078976.txt
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