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A tear trickled from Toby’s eye, and it was almost possible to believe that his ordeal four nights outside during one of the worst snowstorms in years had all been too much for him.
But then he flopped down on the floor like a punctured souffle and dozed off. Perhaps he was just bored.
A few feet away, Toby’s owner, Nelly Roa, gushed about the police officers who helped to finally bring the lost 2-year-old German shepherd home Wednesday afternoon.
“I am Toby’s mother,” Roa began, speaking to reporters at the Chicago Police Department’s 14th District station in Humboldt Park.