Open Letter To The Heartless Bastard Who Did This!
A terrier-fying crime
By LIZ SADLER and JEREMY OLSHAN
Last Updated: 6:06 AM, February 10, 2010
Posted: 2:45 AM, February 10, 2010
Paws in the air, this is a stick-up!
A Park Slope pooch was left shivering in the buff after a coldhearted mugger stole his coat just days before a raging winter storm bore down on the city. Donna McPherson, 42, says she tied up Lexie, her 10-year-old Westie, in front of Ace Supermarket "for two minutes" so she could buy milk. When she returned, his $25 green wool coat with leather trim and belt was gone. Fortunately, she said, Lexie wasn't wearing his pricier Burberry. "How could anyone steal a coat off someone's back in the freezing cold?" McPherson railed to The Post. "I asked him, 'Where's your coat?' like he could answer me. I looked all over and could not find it." McPherson, an investment banker, canvassed the neighborhood in search of clues. She assumed police would not take her seriously. She normally doesn't leave Lexie outside stores, but thought it would be a quick stop. As she paid for the milk, she remembers hearing a "funny bark." "I stuck my head out and everything was OK -- he was just looking at me," she said. "I was so angry, but in the end I was grateful that it was just the coat and not him." McPherson said she knew she had to find a way to make it up to the traumatized Lexie. "I felt so bad, I bought him two new coats," she said. She still hopes to collar the crook. "I walked around Park Slope sort of to see if I could see anyone with the coat and I didn't. It's totally bizarre," she said. At Ace Supermarket on Seventh Avenue and Berkeley Place, employees insisted the neighborhood is normally safe for all mutts. "This is highly unusual for the area," said one. [email protected]
By LIZ SADLER and JEREMY OLSHAN
Last Updated: 6:06 AM, February 10, 2010
Posted: 2:45 AM, February 10, 2010
Paws in the air, this is a stick-up!
A Park Slope pooch was left shivering in the buff after a coldhearted mugger stole his coat just days before a raging winter storm bore down on the city. Donna McPherson, 42, says she tied up Lexie, her 10-year-old Westie, in front of Ace Supermarket "for two minutes" so she could buy milk. When she returned, his $25 green wool coat with leather trim and belt was gone. Fortunately, she said, Lexie wasn't wearing his pricier Burberry. "How could anyone steal a coat off someone's back in the freezing cold?" McPherson railed to The Post. "I asked him, 'Where's your coat?' like he could answer me. I looked all over and could not find it." McPherson, an investment banker, canvassed the neighborhood in search of clues. She assumed police would not take her seriously. She normally doesn't leave Lexie outside stores, but thought it would be a quick stop. As she paid for the milk, she remembers hearing a "funny bark." "I stuck my head out and everything was OK -- he was just looking at me," she said. "I was so angry, but in the end I was grateful that it was just the coat and not him." McPherson said she knew she had to find a way to make it up to the traumatized Lexie. "I felt so bad, I bought him two new coats," she said. She still hopes to collar the crook. "I walked around Park Slope sort of to see if I could see anyone with the coat and I didn't. It's totally bizarre," she said. At Ace Supermarket on Seventh Avenue and Berkeley Place, employees insisted the neighborhood is normally safe for all mutts. "This is highly unusual for the area," said one. [email protected]
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This is from the Onion, right?
For the love of god, PLEASE tell me this is from the Onion. -
This sucks but the problem is that she left her dog alone!! Don't tie your dog up. Errands and dog walks should be separate. Much worse things than a stolen coat can happen when you leave a dog tied up outside of wherever.
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OpossumQueen wrote: This sucks but the problem is that she left her dog alone!! Don't tie your dog up. Errands and dog walks should be separate. Much worse things than a stolen coat can happen when you leave a dog tied up outside of wherever.
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This can't be serious, right?
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You have to be a moron to leave a dog outside of a store, especially a small-breed purebred dog. People will snatch them up in a heartbeat!
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What's next in Park Slope, stroller thieves? 8-[
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witch-king wrote: What's next in Park Slope, stroller thieves? 8-[
dare to dream :-)
I see strollers padlocked to fences often. -
Yes, it's serious and yes, people really shouldn't be leaving their dogs unattended/undefended. It's disturbing how often I see this. There is an aura of safety to Park Slope which can be lullabizing, but people still commit crimes of opportunity. It's lucky the dog herself wasn't taken; and then when the owner puts up reward posters the little miscreants turn her in. That's a not uncommon phenomenon with the best-case result. And I don't think you can count on the hoodlums to treat her well in the meantime.</understatement>
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Flexichick wrote: [quote=witch-king]What's next in Park Slope, stroller thieves? 8-[
dare to dream :-)
I see strollers padlocked to fences often.
Why would you want this to happen to someone?
Having anything stolen sucks and makes people sad. -
Flexichick wrote: [quote=witch-king]What's next in Park Slope, stroller thieves? 8-[
dare to dream :-)
I see strollers padlocked to fences often.
For some reason, I'm both relieved and disappointed to learn this
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Yes, why would anyone leave a dog outside a store while they were shopping? She should be grateful they didn't take the dog! I never shop when I have my dog with me unless someone is with me and they stay outside with her while I go in the store, never alone though
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Someone stole the jacket: not too shocked. Someone left the dog outside in cold weather: THAT shocks me. She's an idiot. Lucky your dog did not get stolen. But, good thing Donna didn't have to go outside again to walk your dog for a separate trip, right?!
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I'm curious as to what would happen if people left their kids in front of the store "just for a second".
I see so many dogs tied up it makes me sad. They are often anxious and desperate for their owners to come back. It really kills me when people do this outside of bars or restaurants - where the dog will obviously be there for a while. -
I could be way off base on this but I had a thought.
Perhaps a dog lover took the jacket as a warning to this stupid woman that her dog should not be left alone in front of a store. If this story is true they would have realized that the woman would be back in a minute so they waited nearby to make sure the dog would not freeze or be abandoned and the whole story would land up on Brooklynian. -
veets wrote: I could be way off base on this but I had a thought.
or perhaps the coat was ugly and the dog took it off itself out of embarrassment and buried it someplace nearby....tied itself back up to the post and hoped that it would get treats out of sympathy. Dogs are sneaky like that
Perhaps a dog lover took the jacket as a warning to this stupid woman that her dog should not be left alone in front of a store. If this story is true they would have realized that the woman would be back in a minute so they waited nearby to make sure the dog would not freeze or be abandoned and the whole story would land up on Brooklynian. -
Veets and Flexi, you guys are cracking me up
Hopefully this story makes a few folks rethink tying their dogs out alone. I think most don't realize the many reasons not to do it. -
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she probably thought it was her dog and didn't realize her mistake until she brought it home, now she has to buy a matching green sweater to match Lexies.
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Drudge has it up now.....this is my favorite part of the news cycle. Watch the loons from Drudge fill the comments on the local NBC site with anti-Obama chatter...they get Westboro crazy.
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Daveon8th wrote: Drudge has it up now..... Watch the loons from Drudge
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FAKE
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dogs don't need fkn sweaters. and the debate over leaving dogs outside was won by those insisting they must must take their dogs everywhere with them, you and your allergies or childhood dogbite trauma be dammed.
they're dogs. not people. repeat after me.
dogs lick their butts, i do not.
dogs eat garbage off the street, i do not.
dogs sniff other dogs butts. i do not.
dogs jump up on people unexpectedly. i do not.
dogs like waiting for you. it makes them feel important. i do not. -
I'm just glad Drudge didn't read read my open letter :-#
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OpossumQueen wrote: Veets and Flexi, you guys are cracking me up
Yup
Hopefully this story makes a few folks rethink tying their dogs out alone. I think most don't realize the many reasons not to do it.
I think that is what Flexi and I would like people to consider. -
The logical solution to this problem is to tie a videocam to your dog's head. This will scare off any criminals on the one hand, and on the other hand if the criminal is not scared off he will steal the videocam instead of the blanket, thereby ensuring a warm dog when the owner returns.
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The suggestion of a dog with a videocam may distress their owners by making them aware of what their precious pets do, which ,The Chipster highlighted about dogs, licking their own butts, sniffing other dogs butts and eating garbage and not to mention licking their owners face, which may be the most degrading act of all.
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You neglected to mention every dog owners fear: that the dog that is about to lick you has just licked it's own butt
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Walkathon wrote: The logical solution to this problem is to tie a videocam to your dog's head. This will scare off any criminals on the one hand, and on the other hand if the criminal is not scared off he will steal the videocam instead of the blanket, thereby ensuring a warm dog when the owner returns.
In the universe of emotional insanity.. I like this solution.
But.. I have not lost track of the obvious..never leave your dog tied up in front of a store and run in and get the quart of milk.
Assume that if you love your pooch and think he is adorable then other people will feel that way as well and there are bad people out there and they will steal your dog. -
eggcream wrote: [quote=Daveon8th]Drudge has it up now..... Watch the loons from Drudge
:shock:
Is that an ironic shock? Getting an article linked to by Drudge guarantees tons of traffic and hundreds of the most vile comments on the internet.
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