That beats all I have ever heard I do believe....amazing...Stacy

I think I'd be trying to get DNA from the envelope and fingerprints and anything else that CSI could use to figure out who sent that letter, Stacy. I KNOW it's all TV stuff, but there must be some way to track the woman down. I'd also be calling every vet's office in a hundred mile radius and alert them to the facts of the missing/stolen (because I consider him stolen, now) dog.

Just think if Dances' Ruby or if Ang's pug was missing like that! Grrrrr!

That just totally amazes me still...I keep thinking wow if that was one of my dogs what I would do...hopefully the dad will see this and realize what has happened and return the dog......Dang if that was Eddie he would not even eat..I don't know that I could ever even leave him he seems so heartsick when I just go out for the day....Stacy

Okay that is pretty sick, but read this one.

Here is a link that might be useful: Mayor Steals dog

I was just thinking the same thing, Stacy. If all the newspapers, TV news programs, radio, etc make this really well known, maybe the Dad or a friend of the little girl, or even the girl herself will realize what's happening. This woman has a lot of nerve and paying $20 to ease her conscience is not going to do it. So much for turning her life around- she's sunken to dog-thief. The dog had ID! Bah.

OH my gosh read the next article people are totalally amazing! I am just sitting here in disbelief....Stacy

Remind me to never go to Alice! Geez, Spicey. That woman is really nervy, too. "Your dog died" and she keeps it. Man. I'm getting so disgusted.

Both are sad cases. But the second case I am not sure if the people deserve that dog back! They could have taken it to a vet for treatment and boarding.
Now the first case I'd be so upset! I hope the Dad recognises the pug and returns it somehow. Thats the only hope the little guy has to be reunited with his rightful owners.

I had a Miniature Schnauzer stolen from my Backyard in a Suburban Area. Only about 30 houses in the area and my house was on a Cul-da-sac. I contacted every Vet in the area and posted signs. I went house to house in the neighborhood. Never heard from the dog again. No one found him. I put an ad in the paper, also.

I only had the dog, Benjamin, for about 8 months, but we loved him. It was horrible just wondering what could have happened to him.

Gayle

How about this story that was on the local news. He hid the dog in his jacket. Makes you wonder what goes on in the minds of these people. It even happened on Christmas Eve.
Clare
Chihuahua Stolen From Central Coast SPCA

That happened in my DD's town too Clare. It was a Staffordshire Terrier (hope I got the breed right. It was from the humane society. This couple walked in and were interested in adopting her and wanted to walk it and see how she acted on a leash. They never came back with the dog!!! Course these people were extremely smart! They gave their name to the HS. Within a few days the dog was back.
It never surprises me anymore what people will do. Just when you think you've seen and heard it all some loser pulls a doozy!

I would be heartsick knowing that somebody had my dog and wouldn't return it.

My cousin lost her little black dog Skoda last year during a storm in St. Louis. Her apartment door flew open and out the dog went. Despite large cash rewards and city wide searches and even radio spots nobody returned the dog. They never found the dog's body either so somebody has the dog. I became really attatched to that little dog and I felt sick to my stomach when she went missing especially knowing how this little dog loved being around the family and had to sleep with someone.

Not the same thing but kind of.- I lost a ring in a department store dressing room and the minute I realized it was missing I ran back but it wasn't in the dressing room. I noticed in less than 10 minutes after leaving the store I didn't have my ring. The store clerks couldn't recall who had just be in the store trying on clothes but they said she wasn't a regular patron. I put an ad in the classified with a reward and a guy called me telling me his girlfriend found my ring but wanted to keep it. He even described it to me. I tried to get him to do the right thing and give me her name or try to get the ring back and he said he would try. He called the next day and said "sorry, no go" We didn't have call display then. My ring was given to me by my Mom when I was 16 and growing up she always wore it. The ring was especially made for her. My Mom had many offers over the years from people wanting to buy the ring and she always said no "it's priceless" I couldn't tell her I lost the ring but she knew. Every once in a while she would ask me how come I wasn't wearing the ring anymore knowing how much I loved wearing it. I finally confessed years later but I always felt so sick I lost that ring and somebody knew I lost it and wouldn't return it. I did file a police report and since that ring is one of a kind I am always on the lookout even 30 years later. I know my ring and would recognize it in a flash if I saw it on somebody's finger.

I know how bad I felt about a ring gone missing but I can't imagine how heartsick I would feel about my dog.

Anne

I would go to the police, contact every veterinarian in a 50 mile radius, call local news channels (Ernie Anastos, where are you?), contact every local elementary and middle school, and contact all local newspapers and radio stations. I would appeal to local family courts and justice systems, giving them as much information as possible about all parties (postmark of the letter, ex-husband remarried, city you suspect ex-husband lives in, general age range of child, particulars of the mother...she mentions she's educated and an alcoholic).
Damn! I hope that woman rots in he!!. What a worthless piece of crap she must be...I am so sick and tired of people like that taking up precious air. Does that tell you what I really think?

Unbelievable. Hopefully the kid or her father will realize it's them and step up and give the dog back.

Anne, I had a similar thing happen to me. My Dad was laid off from his job in my high school senior year. I told my parents I wanted an opal ring for graduation. Lo and behold, they got me an opal ring with a big beautiful opal and two small diamond accents. I loved that ring, and especially when I thought of my parents, with four kids, finding the money to buy me that ring. I wore it on special occasions only. I kept it in a separate box inside my jewelry box in my bedroom. I got married, moved 500 miles away from my parents and had two daughters. The only person who had access to my jewelry box was a babysitter who took care of my kids for six years. We fired her when she stole some items from my kitchen, a shot glass and some cookie cutters. Not expensive, but I was creeped out at her stealing from me. Several months later I looked in my jewelry box and the ring (and its' box) were gone. I looked all over, asked my kids if they had played with my jewelry, but no. The only person who had ever been in my house was that baby sitter. I still see her in the neighborhood. I wish I had some evidence, but it's too late now. I've been looking on Ebay to see if I can find a similar ring, but I can't. I'm afraid to tell my Mom the ring is gone (Dad died 10 years ago).

What sad, sad stories. All of them. I'd be beside myself with grief and anger. No telling what I'd do. But, I would leave no stone unturned trying to get my dog back. Hopefully someone will read the article or hear it on the news and turn the people in or alert them. Poor pooches!

That woman is really sick. I would tell my story to someone at a Tulsa (isn't that where the lady was from who took the dog?)newspaper and contact vet offices, etc so that my story would be everywhere!

Well, that woman is an ass! Makes me want to spike her punch. If someone took my dog I would have zero mercy. The lady who had her dog stolen is very compassionate to offer to buy the child a replacement and not press charges. People are ridiculous these days!

It shouldn't surprise me but good lord, what is wrong with people like this?
Suzan J

Well, Mingo, it made the Tulsa tv station news this evening. Just saw it.

Wonder if it will get picked up on network tv?

Moni

I hope so, Moni! I suspect it will because more notoriety could be the thing that gets this dog back to his proper home, where he belongs.

I heard about it yesterday when we were listening to a Tulsa radio station. I bet they're hearing it in Dallas, too.

It just makes me so mad that someone would KEEP a missing dog for her own selfish reasons. How DARE she? I bet her XH will be mortified once he finds out, and her daughter isn't going to appreciate all the media attention over this, either. The mother should fess up NOW and salvage any semblance of selflessness that she might have left. If she waits to be busted, the public won't look kindly upon her.

I am not a big pet person.. but I sure think the is looney. Since the dog had a tag on it, which enabled her to send a letter, one knows she could have returned the dog!

I hope they get their dog back!

Moni

Amazing, like pets are interchangeable!

It almost seems we've entered an era of anything goes, do what you need to get what you want. Unrelated, there's a story in our paper about a mom in Texas, she was helping her 6 year old daughter write an essay and falsely claimed that the girl's dad died in Iraq in order to win Hannah Montana tickets. Sheesh! Plus, what has she taught her girl? Yikes.

Reading this post makes me almost sick to my stomach. Thats like kidnaping a baby,
A few years ago my DH had a small beagle.. He had it out traing it to hunt.on our own property. It disappeard. A week or so later my husband was in town walking down the street when this small dog camed to him. Naturally DH knew the dog. A little boy came out of a house and started calling the dog but it wouldn't go to him.