The Windsor-Essex County Humane Society's found Sado, safe and sound.
The one-year-old boxer-type dog was stolen from an indoor-outdoor run area in the shelter on Sunday afternoon.
Executive Director Melanie Coulter at the humane society say she was found by a women in a park, who recognized Sado from pictures in media reports.
Coulter figures the thieves let Sado go after reading reports that the dog was microchipped.