Reggie, pitbull

Family reunited with missing dog
Rich Newberg
Wednesday, 08 May 2013


BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - Shortly after News 4 aired the story below on Wednesday, the Marciano family was reunited with their dog, Reggie.

Brandon Romer returned the dog, which had no tags on at the time, and says his tenants had taken him in.

"They own two pit bulls themselves. They found this one on the road, saw that it needed to be taken care of, took it in, tried to find it a good home," Romer explained. "I'm not sure what they were waiting on as far as giving it a good home. But they did seem to me like they had good intentions with the dog."

The family thanked Romer with the promised $500 reward.

Family reunited with missing dog

News 4's original story about the missing dog continues below:

A little girl is pleading for her dog's safe return and spreading her heartbreaking message on Facebook.

Reggie is a 4-year-old pit bull/terrier mix. He's a friendly, gentle animal that had been rescued by the Buffalo Animal Shelter and then adopted by the Marciano family from Buffalo's west side, several years ago. The dog has been growing up with the children, Joey and Ella.

Reggie's owner, David Marciano said, "Joey crawled up to Reggie and took the bone right out of his mouth, and Reggie's just licking his face."

Reggie was in the backyard without his tags two weeks ago and left the property through a space around a loose fence.

"No tag on him, which I regret. I always assumed he's in my yard, in my property, you know? You never think it's going to happen to you," David said.

The Marciano family immediately distributed hundreds of fliers, all over the west side here. And then David posted a plea from his daughter on Facebook.

In the video, Ella says, "Please help us find Reggie. We miss him."

"It's been actually going pretty crazy. This is just one post, and I put it up 13 hours ago. 77,696 people saw the post," David said. "I'm overwhelmed. I'm overwhelmed that so many people would care so much about my family and my family's dog."

A week after Reggie went missing, he was found at 15th and West Utica. A man found him and brought him to the home of an acquaintance across the street. The man then sold Reggie to a woman in a minivan for $40.

Since then, no one has been able to locate the man who sold Reggie, or the woman who purchased him.

The family is still hopeful he will be returned and are offering a $500 reward.

Source: http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/buffalo/family-seeks-missing-dog-later-sold?ref=scroller&categoryId=10023&status=true