Originally Posted by misslissa (Post 3119393)

I took Gatsby outside to play before me and the kids left to go and see the monthly art show he loves to go but i cant carry him right now thear is a shi-tzu dog next door that they just got and it is in side a chain link fence
Gatsby was on a tie out and lead i run around back to get the shorter lead because he could reach the sidewalk and i did not like it. i was around back maybe 30 seconds just long enough to grab the lead follow it to the porch un clip it and get back around the side of the house
when i got back there was a man trying to un hook Gatsby from his lead
(i knot the lead around the d-ring then i clip it threw the not and the d ring so you have to unknot the lead to get him off i did this because the kids used to let him off to show there friends and then he would jump out of there arms and run around the yard now im glad i started doing this when the man seen me he started running and yelling when i looked over at the neighbors yard there was a woman holding there puppy but she got her shirt stuck on the fence and could not run i yelled for my neighbor who is a large muscular man and the woman started to cry we held her until the police came and got her and by the end of the night they also had the man in custody i guess they normally buy dogs off craigslist and sell them for three times what they paid but people have gotten wise to them so they decided to step it up and steal a few pure breed dogs to sell
the most horrifying thing was that they live less then ten blocks from me and there daughter goes to school with my brother.
these people wear my neigbors i remember them from the neighborhood garage sale

Originally Posted by LilMissy (Post 3121471)

That is so awesome! I take it that you are still homecooking for him? I'm glad that he's doing so well. Do you have any recent pics?

My friend just posted yesterday on Facebook that his son's Shih Tzu was stolen at the park. The people who stole the puppy were caught, it was two 10 yr old boys! Their Mom was going to let them keep the puppy, but the neighbours saw posters and turned them in.

Originally Posted by mommadog1 (Post 3119747)

People are stealing dogs and selling them on CL, and a lot of other problems because of CL. When I am selling something I never ever let anyone come to my house. But most of the time I give stuff away on freecycle and again, nobody is allowed in my house.