7 News NOW Yorkie stolen!

[ilovelouie]

Originally Posted by Akina

Yes, please leave your baby at home!!!! They will be more comfortable with their favorite toys and warm bed!!!!! I learned my lessen in the past. We took my baby with us one day for a day trip. It was cloudy day. We left her while we went in the restaurant for lunch. (This was back in Japan about 10 years ago.) When we came back, she almost had a heat stroke!!! She was panting and she jump in to the water fountain to cool off!!!! I was sooo worried but she was O.K. after a while. Thank God!!!! Since then we never take her if we know we need to leave her in the car. Please don't make a mistake like I have......

Im glad your baby was ok. Live and learn I guess....but its a hard lesson unfortunately at our babies expense...

[ilovelouie]

Originally Posted by red98vett

GOOD post...& it's not harsh - you're right.

Before I knew better - I used to run into convienence stores with my husbands cockers in the car (about 6 years ago) but since getting the girls ...and knowing what I know now - NEVER. NO WAY would I take a huge chance like that - there's too many nuts in the world and dogs are being stolen & sold like drugs now

and my girls wouldn't LET me ever leave them lol - I remember stopping for gas once with them in the car - I didn't want to but had no choice - I'm at the window looking at them & they're boo-hooing their butts off lol - I was so paranoid too - looking all around me like a fugitive making sure no one looked interested in them. The world is scarier place for small expensive breeds.

LOL V you crack me up! I am the same way, and I can just picture you and those two cutiepies in this gas station situation....too funny, but true

[bettyeanne]

Just today .... I had to go to the bank and this being a new town .... who knew?? The Wells Fargo is in the grocery store????? God, I miss civilization!!! Anyway, my first bank [Alpine Bank] had drive-thru .... it was great ... they even gave Toto a little bone [she turned her nose up at it, but it was a sweet gesture]. Then I followed the signs to our other bank .... it was in the store .... I was able to park where I could see my car. The bank was busy & I kept looking out the window and began to realize I looked like a bank robber!! When it came my turn, I explained to the teller that I didn't realize they were in a store [Patrick usually takes care of these errands but is out of town] .... I told the teller that I had to leave my little Yorkie in the car .... she told me next time to bring her in!! She said that unless I had to shop for groceries, that it was OK to bring her to the bank ... they are in the front of the store! Whew .... I just never leave her in the car and am considering getting a new car without the convertible top .... if she had to be in there, someone could just slash the top and grab her! I don't care about the car but I would die if my baby got stolen!!

[gigismom]

I am very protective of Gigi. I'm acutely aware that precious pups get stolen all the time.

My first yorkie stole my heart right out of college. She was stolen out of my apartment. They took her and everything that belonged to her (food, bowls, toys, leash, all of it), and they took nothing else. I never got her back, and it took me over 10 years to recover enough to get another yorkie.....

[Brookef18]

Originally Posted by gigismom

I am very protective of Gigi. I'm acutely aware that precious pups get stolen all the time.

My first yorkie stole my heart right out of college. She was stolen out of my apartment. They took her and everything that belonged to her (food, bowls, toys, leash, all of it), and they took nothing else. I never got her back, and it took me over 10 years to recover enough to get another yorkie.....

Oh my Gosh you poor thing!!! Ya know it has crossed my mind that something like this COULD happen... I have thought about chewy getting stolen from our house! I told my self I was nuts and dismissed it... YIKES!
I'm sorry for the loss of your baby and am glad you have another one now...

[gigismom]

Originally Posted by Brookef18

Oh my Gosh you poor thing!!! Ya know it has crossed my mind that something like this COULD happen... I have thought about chewy getting stolen from our house! I told my self I was nuts and dismissed it... YIKES!
I'm sorry for the loss of your baby and am glad you have another one now...

I remember seeing my front door open, and the first thought I had was that Edie was probably lost..... I never imagined that she was the target until I started taking inventory of what was missing for the police report. They broke in through the kitchen window and left by way of the front door.... I was crushed. I still to this day feel guilty about not protecting her from being stolen. I had had her 6 years.

[magnolia]

This is exactly why I don't take Gabby and Gage with me unless I'm headed up to the deer camp for the week-end or to my in-laws. And IF I have to run pick up one of the boys somewhere, I MAY take Gage with me - he is the "calmer" of the 2 in the car and will stay where put whereas Gabby likes to "roam" (gosh, I need a car seat for her!!).

Oh, and V---girl, I can SO relate to the gas station. If I have to get gas either before heading to the deer camp or when I get back, Gabby will sit on the backseat and whine until I get back in the car and crank it up. I mean, it's not like she can't see me - I'm right there!!! But to hear her, you'd think I had abandoned her forever!