RACINE, Wisconsin - Max the Maltese is headed home to Florida after the small dog vanished several months ago and finally turned up 1,200 miles away - in Chicago. Owner Richard Gonzalez of West Palm Beach, Fla., said Max went missing from his daughter's yard in Brandon, Fla. She had brought Max to her home for a few weeks to visit with her own dogs. Gonzalez reported the disappearance as a pet theft. "Even if he ran away, he wasn't going to get far. It's a subdivision," Gonzalez said. "Somebody's going to grab him." Max was located recently in Chicago, where animal control workers identified him thanks to an implanted microchip. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Books-A-Million