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Samie - a 4 yr old female yorkie has been missing for 3 days in Urbandale, Iowa a suburb of Des Moines, Iowa. Last seen at her home near Urbandale High School.

$1,000 Reward. If found call Connie at 515-278-0624 or 515-537-0545.

She may have been stolen!!

She also may be sick. She had been to the vet 2 days earlier & was on medication.

Please, if you have any friends or family in the Des Moines area, please help us get the word out. I just met Samie's owner and she is desperate to have her back. Samie has a furbaby sister, Taylor, also a beautiful yorkie.

Today, I was out hanging up fliers about the Yorkie Meetup that Suzy & are planning. When I went into a grocery store to hang up a flier on a bullentin board, I saw the most beautiful little yorkie looking back at me - saying Lost.

I called the number and talked with Connie. I told her about Yorkietalk & that I wanted to help her find Samie. She does not use a computer, so I am posting this information for her.

I printed out the sticky thread about finding a lost dog - and drove to her house at 9 pm to take the information to her - I told her I wasn't a nut

This is what I know. The dogs have a dog door they can go in & out, even when Connie is gone. Connie had gone out of town for a few days, & a neighbor was checking in on the dogs. The neighbor came over & found Samie was missing.

Connie is afraid she may have been stolen. She lives in a quite suburb, even on a street that dead ends. The part of the suburb she lives has houses about 35 yrs old, but all well cared for. But it seems that she has an interesting situation going on next door.

I don't mean to offend anyone - but she suspects if the dog was stolen it was the neighbors. It seems that a Mexican couple bought the house & lived there a short time & after they moved out, a series of other Mexicans have moved into the house - they each stay about 3 mths then move on. Connie thinks this house is some type of halfway point for these folks & that they're illegals coming into the country. She has never told the police, never done anything, because she says she has mixed feelings about these people, because she wouldn't want to live in poverty like so many in Mexico.

The man who lives in the house now does not speak English, she handed him a note today (in English) that basically said, if you know who has my dog. I want her back, no questions asked & I'll give them $1,000.

Please pray for Samie, it is hardly likely that this dog would have climbed a chain link fence - she possibly had a hurt back, that's why she had been on meds. Samie had been to the vet because she wasn't feeling well, but the vet was having trouble pinpointing what was going on.

As I drove home tonight, I thought I should have asked to borrow one the pictures of Samie, so I could scan it in & post it here on YT so all could see her. I will try to get a pix of her. Connie did have posters with Samie's picture, so maybe a neighbor or someone scanned Samie's picture & they could email me one.

What else should I do to help??????