Stealing a maltese terrier from the RSPCA

poetix said :

Mang said :

Just read on CT that the dog has been reunited with its owners.

Found wandering the streets by a passer by.

That is great news. I was worried that she was stolen for a puppy farm, but didn’t want to say in case the owners read the thread.

She was desexed.

Great to hear she’s been reunited! I wonder what happened. Seems like a lot of effort to for apparently no reason.

Ok..

I’ve figured it out, forensic computer analysis revealed that the dog in question was in fact a hybrid,
this is what it was crossed with, explains everything;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2exBPkg3n1A&feature=related

Case closed.

EvanJames said :

Broke out on its own? Those wires have been cut, look they’re all in a line, with clean cuts. And there’s no way a dog chewed through that reo mesh. Sure would love to know what really happened!

Ok JB, we need a sarcasm button so people can understand what’s going on…

EvanJames said :

Broke out on its own? Those wires have been cut, look they’re all in a line, with clean cuts. And there’s no way a dog chewed through that reo mesh. Sure would love to know what really happened!

Umm……OK…

johnboy said :

Followed by Wuld Nah Kest

I think it might have actually used Raan Mir Tah and had some assistance by a bear 🙂

Broke out on its own? Those wires have been cut, look they’re all in a line, with clean cuts. And there’s no way a dog chewed through that reo mesh. Sure would love to know what really happened!

Mang said :

Just read on CT that the dog has been reunited with its owners.

Found wandering the streets by a passer by.

That is great news. I was worried that she was stolen for a puppy farm, but didn’t want to say in case the owners read the thread.

Mang said :

Just read on CT that the dog has been reunited with its owners.

Found wandering the streets by a passer by.

So he did break out on his own.

Must have given a big shout of Fus Ro Dah.

Just read on CT that the dog has been reunited with its owners.

Found wandering the streets by a passer by.

I hope this all turns out OK.

I’ve owned dogs all my life, and we now have a beautiful little Maltese terrier who looks pretty much like Daisy, and she is a treasured member of our family.

The idea that someone could deliberately hurt such an innocent creature is abhorrent.

Ian said :

I would be really surprised if this is a random dognapping. More like someone after that particular dog, so owner, family, friend, enemy, estranged partner of owner all strike me as candidates for doing the break in.

I really don’t think the family are involved, given that they are are happy (not estranged) family with a 12 year old who was the owner of the dog and they have all been named, including the suburb they live in.

Would be a bit hard to hide the dog from everyone they know in Canberra who has read the article lol

Baldy said :

Using it to train dogs for dog fights maybe? It wont ne much use but can be used to give them a taste for blood. I have heard of this happening.

Since when have there been organised dog fights (and an associated small dog stealing campaign) in Canberra?

Some people here seem to think that Canberra is the wild west…

And by the way I love the above tag, ‘maletese terrier’.

Sounds like an exotic name for a striper.

When you see the prices they (puppy farms and others) are charging for ‘designer’ cross breed mutts, (many of which are based on Maltese), a pedigree moppet must seem like a godsend.

I would be really surprised if this is a random dognapping. More like someone after that particular dog, so owner, family, friend, enemy, estranged partner of owner all strike me as candidates for doing the break in.

Baldy said :

Using it to train dogs for dog fights maybe? It wont ne much use but can be used to give them a taste for blood. I have heard of this happening.

Bait dogs. Unfortunately it does happen, but I wouldn’t think Canberra is much of a dogfighting hot spot. I think it’s much more likely that someone wanted a free cute pet. Maybe they saw her when they went in for a look the previous day.

NoImRight said :

How do we know the dog didnt force its way out? Looks like an angry ball of muscle.

LoL. thanks for the laugh.

Perhaps the dog is now an internet sensation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO-phqmyqdY

How do we know the dog didnt force its way out? Looks like an angry ball of muscle.

I wonder if maybe theyre worried about what the RSPCA might charge them to get their dog back .. Im fairly sure in that situation with DAS, there is a fee for their looking after the dog and a few administration charges..