Happy ending for NYC man who went to jail rather than give up dog

It was a ruff battle, but Brooklynite Barry Myrick is on his way to owning his beloved former canine co-worker Roxy — after going to jail in his fight to keep her — and he has a Post reader to thank.

“I was on pins and needles during the negotiations, but I keep Roxy — that’s the most important thing,” the 37-year-old, who recently signed the settlement paperwork, told The Post. “She’s all mine, forever.” Myrick was a bedbug inspector who worked alongside Roxy for four years until the start of the pandemic last March, when he chose a voluntary layoff rather than pivot to working as a COVID cleaner without the pit bull mix.