A remarkable reunion happened over the Labor Day weekend.

Broozer a spunky little Jack Russell Terrier was returned to his family after more three years.

Family members said they let him out to relieve himself, but said he never came back.

Then last Thursday, after a storm passed through the China Spring area, Broozer turned on a woman’s doorstep, 90 miles away from home.

The woman took the dog to Fuzzy Friends Rescue to be checked for a microchip and the chip led to Broozer’s owners.

"It's a little overwhelming to have all the memories and things like that come back but to have him back in our arms and our home, it's been awesome,” the dog’s owner, Joey Moore, said.

After they discovered the dog was missing, Moore said he and his family put up posters in their neighborhood, went to several animal shelters, and posted information on social media, all to no avail.

Not all pets that are brought to the shelter are microchipped, and even when they are, the chips aren’t always registered or owner information is not up to date, Fuzzy Friends says.

“If you move, you have to call that microchip company. You have to update that information. If it's not updated with your phone number, we can't find you. We can't have that happy reunion like we did this past weekend,” Christie Bunkley with Fuzzy Friends said.

The back story on Broozer is that when Moores lived in the Fort Worth, they had another pet, a Labrador that was Broozer's best buddy.

A pack of pit bulls broke into their backyard and killed the lab, but Broozer survived.