DOGNAPPED!

aw, I saw his picture today. I hope someone finds him or returns him. How strange to steal just a dog and an older one at that. You hear about people stealing puppies and or expensive dogs but not older dogs needing dental work. Will keep my eye out for him.

Oh my god, I am SOOOOO happy to hear Samantha is home!!!!! I saw the flyer at P & E deli on Prospect Park West the other day, and I was just sick over it. My heart really went out to this person and the precious little pooch. I could not stop thinking about it. And I continued to see the flyers and I felt so horrible. And then I found this thread today and kept reading it to see if Samantha was found yet. And now here is this wonderful news!!! I can't believe it, I'm so happy for you!!!! Please tell us how she's doing!! You both must have been so completely traumatized. I hope you were able to trace back through these women to find out who this lowlife scum thief was. Anyway, the most important thing is, congratulations on this very happy ending!! I am so thrilled for you both! Please stop by here at The Cats Pajamas for some treats!!!

Subject: Re: dognapped

bonkers wrote: Good news they found Samantha. It seems the person who stoled her then sold her to two women who thank God couldn't keep her after seeing the news stories about her missing. I'm going to let her Mom tell you guys the whole story, it might not be for a couple of days since this is the first night the two of them will be sleeping together in a week, it's been a long week.
I'M VERY HAPPY IT TURNED OUT ALRIGHT. M0M, KEEP YOUR WINDOWS LOCKED AT ALL TIMES.

I'm happy that your dog did not become a pitbull's piñata.

WTF? Someone broke into your apartment and stole your dog and nothing else? I'm not calling you a liar, but this is hard to believe. Must I worry about someone smashing through my kitchen window to snatch my two-year-old Hog Nose Brochis?

Was it an inside job? Was the thief your super or plumber?

Where does the woman who bought your dog from the black market live? In the apartment above you?

QUOTE FROM SAMANTHA'S MOM:

"HAPPY HAPPY WONDERFUL NEWS!!! The detective in charge of the case called me at work around 3:30 this afternoon and said he had Samantha at the precinct! Two women came in with Samantha and said they'd bought her on the street (in a completely different part of Brooklyn) last Friday for a serious chunk of change. They'd seen the TV story that ran last night and decided to do the right thing."

apparently, you can easily sell a dog for several hundred $s, so with her pup being so small, it may have been easy enough to quickly pick up and carry. Still beyond me...

It is great to hear that the dog and its human have been reuinted. It is very sad to hear that someone would steal a pet for some quick cash. It is even more sad that there are idiots out there willing to buy pets from some a-hole on the street. Someone has to be really ignorant not to realize where the animal is coming from or completely without conscience to go ahead with such a transaction. It just doesn't make sense to me - why would you spend hundreds of dollars on a dog from some random a-hole when you can easily adopt?

I agree Veets, the people who were trying to buy the dog most likely came forward only out of fear of getting caught. As I said before they either didn't care or were too dumb to realize what happened before that dog went home with them. They are already out some money and they will have alot of explaining to do as well. These people should not be praised, maybe they should be forgiven for doing the right thing after doing a very wrong thing but that's about it. They also better point the police in the right direction. The whole thing is very shameful.

C'mon, get real. The thief probably swore up and down that the dog had been his since childhood and that he was joining the Marines and going off to Iraq and could no longer care for the dog.

The two ladies are just plain good Samaritans. They should indeed be praised.

eggcream wrote: [quote=filmlover44]Junkies like to do quick in and out robberies. They often grab the first thing of value that they see and take off with it. A dog is kind of odd though. I'm glad it's home.

how much do old dogs with dental problems get these days

I actually purchased a dog once on the street for $10.00. I didn't want to leave the dog with the junkie that came with it. Never found the owner. I guess you could try looking like a bad dog owner and someone like me will probably pay you to get the dog off of your hands.

Hey look it is highly commendable to "purchase" a dog from someone that is obviously a junkie or psychotic and to take the dog and find the real owner. It really bothers me that someone that buys a dog from someone on the street or someone they don't know that isn't official with the intention of just taking the dog and giving it a new home is just being selfish and uncaring. There is someone out there that feels like they lost their child and will never truly recover from that feeling. All I really want to get across is that there are so many dogs that are euthanized because they have no place to call home, if someone reads this whole thread and ever considers buying a dog off the street, please do the right thing. Help reunite that dog with the person(s) it was stolen from or go and report that person that is trying to make a quick buck on such a despicable act. If you really want a dog that bad then please go and adopt one that really needs a home.

Jamzer wrote: I don't get it. These ladies did the right thing and went to the authorities. We don't know what transpired, so why not give them the benefit of the doubt?

Either way - I am very happy this dog made it home ok.

Yeah.. I agree with those sentiments and quite frankly would have never brought up any Possibility of "negative" until Samantha came safely back to her owner but now that it has happened I see nothing wrong with discussing the rather wonky turns this whole story has.

I just don't want to be mis understood on this forum on this issue. Geez I feel like I have to defend myself.. shoot me!! I have two Maltese myself One is a Rescue and one bought as a puppy changed my life and started to open my mind re; Rescue and dogs in need. I have fostered dogs and worked for many years in Maltese rescue. So there I have credentials!!

We don't know the whole story but I couldn't help but bring up the obvious!!! It certainly does not appear that these lovely ladies realized that Samantha was stolen, paid these men to save her and immediately thereafter called the police once they had Samantha in their tender care. Too much time seems to have passed . I wish I could over romanticise this miraculous return of Samantha but even I ,who am washed in Maltese love about 20 times a day, can't.

(Maltese are notorious kissers. Pick up a maltese , get the dog near your face and you are likely to get licked, and kissed and loved.)

there is more to this story. There is more to speculate and discuss.

speculating on the badness of two people who (maybe ultimately, maybe all along) did the right thing seems pretty mean-spirited to me.

plenty of people would have just kept a dog they'd spent good money on. (and without much likelihood of ever being caught--one little white dog looks much like another to most of us) they didn't.

can't we just be happy about it? sheesh.

arock75 wrote: Hey look it is highly commendable to "purchase" a dog from someone that is obviously a junkie or psychotic and to take the dog and find the real owner. It really bothers me that someone that buys a dog from someone on the street or someone they don't know that isn't official with the intention of just taking the dog and giving it a new home is just being selfish and uncaring. There is someone out there that feels like they lost their child and will never truly recover from that feeling. All I really want to get across is that there are so many dogs that are euthanized because they have no place to call home, if someone reads this whole thread and ever considers buying a dog off the street, please do the right thing. Help reunite that dog with the person(s) it was stolen from or go and report that person that is trying to make a quick buck on such a despicable act. If you really want a dog that bad then please go and adopt one that really needs a home.

Well, you appear to know far more than I do about who stole the dog and why the ladies purchased it, so I'll just keep my thoughts to myself.

yay for happy endings .

I'm so glad Samantha is home, you must be beyond relieved. Hug her for me!