Dog returned to Clifton, N.J., family after being taken off porch

A New Jersey family's beloved dog has been returned after it was apparently taken right off their back porch.

William Chan said his dog, a 7-year-old Shih Tzu-Yorkshire Terrier mix named Rocky, got loose Sunday, running outside their Clifton home.

The dog was returned to his family Wednesday.

Video from a Ring camera shows Rocky being chased in the yard by a child holding a blanket, then a woman emerges from a black SUV.

Rocky runs up onto the home's back porch, where the woman and the child corner him and grab him before returning to the SUV and taking off.

Chan and his family were away on vacation at the time, and Chan's nephew Chris Chan was dog-sitting.

"In the video, he's on property, and then he's coming back up the steps, trying to get home," Chris Chan said.

"When he goes out, he knows to go to the back steps," William Chan said.

The family said Rocky was wearing a harness and tag at the time.

Police said they've identified the woman seen in the video and she is cooperating with detectives.