Lost Black Lab Mix at Union Market

raw wrote: I hope you did not tie your dog up outside of a store. That's how dogs get taken for dog fight bait.

I hope your dog is ok.

unnecessary comment. really poor form.

I hope you get your dog back. Please post a picture so my wife and I can keep on the lookout. So sorry to hear as I would be unbelievably torn up as well.

Drea wrote: [quote=raw]I hope you did not tie your dog up outside of a store. That's how dogs get taken for dog fight bait.

I hope your dog is ok.

I agree with this comment. Maybe it's harsh, but it's the truth. I'm always trying to tell people about the dangers of tying their dogs up outside of stores while they go browse, but I get poo pooed.

I do hope you find your dog. Post a pic up so we can keep an eye out.

Whether or not the comment is true does not speak to the appropriateness of when and how it is stated. I recognize that this is a forum: people say harsh comments all the time as behind the feeling of anonymity.

What I am saying is that, a new poster who I'm sure is frantic and worried sick over their recently stolen dog does not need to hear some theory about what could have happened to their dog to teach them a lesson. There is a time and place for everything, right? I just feel bad for this posters wife who apparently read the comment, likely turning to our board for leads on their dog, and is now in "such a panic."

Let's just all pray this pup can come home safely.

That's awesome! Happy to hear.

Great News!

The only reason I said what I did is because I love dogs and know of at least one that was dognapped because his owner tied him up outside of a store for 5-10 minutes. I love dogs and hope that all dog owners do not leave their dogs alone.

I'm so glad you got him back!

But I always wonder- we lock our bikes, our cars, we have our friends watch our moving truck, why would you leave your most beloved animal person alone, outside, unattended, free for anyone to take? I just never understood that. I know how it is, people take the dog for a walk, and gee, they need milk. So they hang Fido up on a meter all alone (which btw, freaks your dogs out! I see them, they don't like it one bit). But I guess if you're in there and you can still see Fido from the inside of the store, ok, I'll give you the benefit.

But, still. Why do people do this? Are they seriously THAT trusting of the strangers on the street? Lord knows, they'd never leave their kid outside for two seconds....(goes on the Park Slope, "how to piss off a park slope resident").

Bergenites wrote: Second, what type of person "good samaritan" or no, takes a dog from outside a store? Unless the dog looked like it had been there for hours and was suffering in the heat, that is just bad form, in my opinion.

You know I was thinking the same thing. So glad to hear you got your dog back, but I always hate seeing dogs tied up. I'm not a dog owner, but am a dog lover and really feel for those poor pooches.

I once saw a dog tied up by the flowers at the Keyfood on 7th and he was shaking so badly that it really got me upset. I wanted to go up and comfort the dog, but had no idea how he/she would react to me.

I feel bad for dogs with owners that leave them unattended tied up out on the street. Bad owners! Bad!

You know, I'm sick of this "appropriate" crap. You know what's harsh? The dogs who are tied up outside of stores that get taken and are never seen again. This guy's dog was one of the lucky ones. People do crazy shit, anyone remember Lady Day?

http://brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=33681

I am really sick and tired of hearing and reading posts about "lost" dogs that were left tied up outside. The owners are always so heartbroken and desperate to get their dog back. I'm one of those people who tells dog owners about the dangers of leaving their dogs tied up outside. They usually look at me like I'm completely insane. Maybe dogs don't get stolen every day but why would you want to take the chance? My dogs are so precious to me, I would never deliberately put them in danger simply because I was too lazy to walk them and THEN go to the store. when will people realize that they aren't the only ones who will suffer, the dogs will suffer the most.

http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Couple39s-agony-over-Cassie-kidnap.3830222.jp

Couple's agony over Cassie kidnap - stolen dog found bleeding in canal
Published Date: 29 February 2008 By Elaine Jinks

A COUPLE have told of their ordeal after their beloved dog was kidnapped from outside a supermarket. Angela and Nigel Thorpe left their £600 boxer Cassie tethered outside Somerfield in Elland. But she was untied and lured away by drunken Wayne Robert Guide, who thought she would make a good pet. Horrifically, Cassie was found abandoned in the Calder and Hebble Navigation at Elland five hours later, bleeding internally, a back leg broken and suffering from shock.

Guide, 39, of Park Road, Elland, has now admitted stealing the dog and has been ordered to pay £1,500 compensation to the Thorpes. He was also ordered to do 150 hours' unpaid work. He denied having anything to do with the animal's injuries. Prosecutor Carmen Sobande told Calderdale magistrates Guide was seen leading the dog away. After taking Cassie he said he panicked because his girlfriend would ask questions so he left the pet tied to a park bench. Malcolm Nowell, for Guide, said: "While it is a distressing case, Mr Guide had no part in the injuries the dog sustained." He said Guide felt embarrassed and ashamed.

Mr Thorpe, 46, of Catherine Street, Elland, branded Guide's sentence "pathetic." He said: "We knew he would only get a slap on the hand." Mr Thorpe said on the evening Cassie went missing, two other boxer dogs were pulled from the canal – one of them dead. "If Guide had not taken the dog in the first place, we would not be in this situation so we hold him responsible," said Mr Thorpe. Cassie has had three operations on her broken leg and has had plates fitted.

Mrs Thorpe, 41, said: "We were sick with worry and when we heard about her injuries it just turned our stomachs." She said Cassie had been left traumatised by her abduction. "She still has nightmares and doesn't like running water.

"She's had three big operations and has got another one next week." Mrs Thorpe added: "I hope Guide does his community order and reflects on what he did to Cassie." She said she was delighted to have her dog back and thanked everyone involved in her rescue.


http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/8466/ON/CA/

Dog stolen outside nail salon
Toronto, ON (CA)
Incident Date: Saturday, May 6, 2006
Disposition: Open
Suspect(s) Unknown - We need your help!

Elizabeth DeWit, 10, prays every night for her stolen border collie-spaniel cross, Alex. The black-and-white dog, with caramel colouring in her coat and "pumpkin seed'-like marks over her eyes, was untied and taken from a metal bicycle hitching post on May 6, around 5:55 p.m. outside Pro Choice Nails, just east of 30th Street on Lake Shore Boulevard West.

Elizabeth, her five-year-old sister Renee, and her mom, Margaret were having their nails done. When they came out, Alex was gone. "She was barking the whole time we were in there," Margaret DeWit said. "Then, suddenly, we didn't hear barking. When we came out, she was gone. We couldn't believe it." DeWit said she suspects whoever took her dog threw her in a waiting car because she said everyone in the salon would have seen someone on foot take the dog.

Alex is approximately 60 pounds. She was wearing a purple-blue nylon collar marked with a white dog paw design. She is microchipped, but was not wearing dog tags. Her family is devastated. "She was my running buddy; we'd run every day," DeWit said. "She's my daughter's dog. We're all feeling bad. Both my daughters are crying." DeWit bought Alex two years ago from the Humane Society, a gift for Elizabeth.

While friendly, Alex is also a handful, which concerns DeWit who fears her dognapper may abandon her as a result. She can't be left alone in a backyard, for instance. She chews through composters, eats the contents and becomes ill. "She's a very demanding animal," she said.

"She also has dietary restrictions, so she's going to get very sick. Whoever took her took a dog nobody else wants. I worry they'll get sick of her and dump her."


The Hambone Chronicles - Updated
http://www.laist.com/2008/02/20/the_hambone_chr.php

Hambone is Home!
http://laist.com/2008/03/22/hambone_is_home.php


Pets as prey: The alarming rise in dognapping
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23817557/


Pit bull stolen while owner dines in Brookline pizzeria
http://www.wickedlocal.com/brookline/archive/x540393639


Scammers snatching dogs, returning them for hefty rewards
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2007/10/25/2007-10-25_scammers_snatching_dogs_returning_them_f.html


Scores stripper's two dogs snatched on upper East Side
http://strippernews.blogspot.com/2007/11/scores-strippers-two-dogs-snatched-on.html


Moving bag reveals stolen Chihuahua
http://www.thelocal.se/10898/20080404/


Huckleberry safe and sound
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/304502


How To Find A Stolen Dog
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/g/archive/2003/12/08/urbananimal.DTL


http://www.idausa.org/facts/pettheft.html

makes me wonder just how long this dog was tied up outside before someone else took it home. Just the way the post is "we left our dog outside of Union market and when we returned, she was gone"

I get the feeling that the dog was forgotten there and someone walked home with their groceries and then realized 'wait a minute, didn't I have a living creature with me when I went to Union Market?"

sweet tea wrote: um, so the OP made a mistake. did scolding him help find the dog? veets, you mentioned that you bet we'll never hear from the OP again -- well, why would we, when this is the treatment he gets while he's upset about his dog?

i agree that tying a dog up is counting on people being lots more decent than they sometimes are, but is the ranting really necessary? i bet the OP has already learned his lesson.

have you all really never made a mistake? i know I never have, but i have always imagined myself in the minority in that regard.

Thank you. The self-righteousness of Park Slopers is really unattractive.

Rose wrote: Thank you. The self-righteousness of Park Slopers is really unattractive.

Not a Park Sloper just someone sick of animals suffering for people's stupidity.

caseopele wrote: [quote=Rose]Thank you. The self-righteousness of Park Slopers is really unattractive.

Not a Park Sloper just someone sick of animals suffering for people's stupidity.

Me too.

Domesticated dogs are so trusting. They rely on people to take care of them. Dogs frequently suffer because their owners tie them up in front of stores, leave them outside all night, or lock them in cars on hot summer days.

I've been told that a dog tied up and abandoned in public -- even for just a few minutes -- is often terrified and, even if the dog is normally passive, might bite strangers out of fear.

chrisz wrote: Wow.
The assumptions and rants in this thread border the insane.

We were trying to get our dog back. Some of you were kind, and thank you.

Others of you, well... let's just say this thread truly exemplifies some of the reasons people detest Park Slope.

You would think we tied up a rabid pit bull in front of 321 at 3:00.

Get a hobby folks, or at least find a more worthwhile cause.

Umm, this post makes NO kind of sense. Why and how does this thread exemplify reasons to hate Park Slope?? If this happened in Manhattan we would all be saying the same things.

As for the rabid pit bull comment- you gotta be kidding me! It has nothing to do with us being afraid of the dog, it's us actually feeling bad for the DOG and the general fact that we do not understand why people LEAVE THEIR BELOVED ANIMALS UNATTENDED.

You have not addressed any of these concerns, which (for me at least), is very disconcerting. You want to blame it on Park Slope, that's just ignorant. The fact that you compare our reaction to leaving a pit bull outside of a school is also ignorant.

Questions as to why OP left his dog have now been answered~!