Originally Posted by wemple2 (Post 1199619)

Ah man...is YT slow tonight or is it just me, I had written a reply, tried to submit and nothing...
Anyway, Winston's having a good day, thanks for asking. And Mango?
It's been a long time since we've heard anything...do you really think someone would be stupid enough to try to sell a stolen dog at the local Walmart? Maybe...I hope she finds him. But I'm starting to have doubts...maybe we should keep looking, is there a TV station or radio station in the Tracy area? If we can get this story broadcast, it will at least make people aware...and watch for Zeke, maybe someone with a heart will actually come forward with information. Still praying for Zekes' safe return to his loving family.

Originally Posted by Proud Mommy (Post 1197950)

Amen!

I would have already fallen apart if it wasn't for you amazing women! I came to this site hoping to find one or two people to keep an eye out for my precious boy, what I have received is something of a working miracle. I cannot describe the feelings I have for everyone of you. Each of you have invested time into this community and you have made strong bonds with each other... I see it in the posts. I am new here and you have each treated me like an old friend. I would like to share a little about myself and why my bond to my dear Zeke is so strong. For the past fourteen years I have been wife and mother. I lost my identity along the way which I know happens to a lot of moms. I have wanted a Yorkshire Terrier all my life. I always said when I grew up I would get one. Well, I gave birth to my first child in 1993. This was not the time for a brand new puppy, so I waited. As Christopher got older my dream of getting my Yorkie was nearing. He was finally old enough to be trusted around such a small dog so I began searching for a breeder in our area. Before I could find a breeder I was surprised by the news that I was three months pregnant. So I thought great another seven years! So again I waited. This time however was a little different. My baby Cayden was three years old. In November of 2005 I almost died from internal bleeding due to a disease I did not know I had. I had to have several transfusions and was in the hospital for a couple weeks. I finally was released but it was short lived... a week latter I was back in the hospital with more bleeding. In just four months I had been hospitalized so many times the nurses knew me by name. I have Crohnes Disease and it is a chronic, incurable disease but with medication and/or surgery partial control is possible. For some reason the doctors could not get my bleeding to stop and I was on a lot of medication. In March I decided I was not going to wait any longer for my Yorkie. I know at the time this was very selfish of me because I was only thinking of myself. I was afraid I may die and I did not want to leave without ever having my Yorkie. I wanted a little girl so bad because I have two sons and never had a daughter and I wanted my girl. I found an add in the paper that day and drove out to see them... she had two boys no girls. For some reason when I picked up Zeke I could not put him down. Even though I knew I did not want a boy something drew me to him. I left there with him. I had not told my husband of my intentions. I think the saying goes... better to ask for forgiveness then for permission... I was taking that route. I had been reading my Bible and happened to be in the book of Ezekiel, to make it more dog friendly I shortened it to Zeke. After I got him I went into the hospital once more ( which my husband snuck him in for me :) ) I have never been back I have been in remission since April of 2006. He is my angel, he always made everyday wonderful. I woke up every morning to licky faces as I call them and we went about our business together everyday. I now have a huge hole in my heart and I do not feel like the same person I was. I miss him so much my body aches. I know this was long and you guys are probably thinking, and why did we need to know all this, but I could not think of any other way to express the immensity in which I am so humbly grateful for everything you guys are doing for Zeke and I.

Originally Posted by daisy mae06 (Post 1199729)

I talked to Proud mommy tonight and I think she has not gotten on because the manager at walmart gave her the run a round. He said he couldn't just go though all the tapes and if he and the GM do and they see a lady they will call the police. She called the Tracey police and they were very rude. she is really having a hard time. Everyone Please keep her and Zeke in your Prayers. They need it really bad right now.
I am sure she has more to add to this. I may have forgotten some of it.

Originally Posted by daisy mae06 (Post 1199729)

I talked to Proud mommy tonight and I think she has not gotten on because the manager at walmart gave her the run a round. He said he couldn't just go though all the tapes and if he and the GM do and they see a lady they will call the police. She called the Tracey police and they were very rude. she is really having a hard time. Everyone Please keep her and Zeke in your Prayers. They need it really bad right now.
I am sure she has more to add to this. I may have forgotten some of it.

Originally Posted by adahl (Post 1199804)

Do you guys think this looks like him at all? I live near Proud mommy and I have been searching craigslist and the sac bee for dogs and here is one from craiglist. I talked to the woman that is trying to re-home him and she doesnt have any more pictures and she doesnt really have any info on him. She wont even tell me his name??? I thought it was weird, this isnt the best pic to compare it to....

Originally Posted by Sukoshi's Mom (Post 1199821)

Hmmm...I do see simiarities, although it's hard to tell for sure. The baby in the pic does look sad though, so I wonder if he is missing his real mommy...all the more reason to think it could be Zeke?! I also find it odd the lady wouldn't give you any info on him. Did she say if the dog was hers or how she aquired him?

Originally Posted by kelsie123186 (Post 1199844)

I have read through most of these posts but have skipped a few so im not sure if anyone has suggested this but, Maybe if we made a way for the person that took Zeke to return him without having to see anyone face to face and somewhere where they would be assured they wouldnt get in trouble. They might be more likely to return him. Im sure that they have seen posters around and maybe they feel it has gone so far now that if they return him now they will be in big trouble. I know we want to see the person or people who took zeke punished for their actions but before that we want zeke home with his momma safe and sound! Its just a thought.

Also, that really sucks that the people at walmart were not more helpful. And like a few other people said, most people that go to walmart go often (at least once a week) and if this lady was out there trying to sell a yorkie (maybe zeke) im sure alot of people saw her. So maybe if we had some people that live in the area stand out infront of walmart and hand out flyers and ask questions to each person personally as they walk in we could get some answers. Maybe even putting flyers on car windows at walmart. And of course, like many people have said, put posters up at walmart.

We will continue to pray for you and your little zeke's safe return!

Originally Posted by MyFairLacy (Post 1199852)

This situation is making me so mad. Why won't the police help her? Why won't the manager at walmart help her? I think I'd be contacting some higherups in the corporate office in walmart and trying to get them to convince your local manager to help more. I also just don't understand why the police won't do anything if you have a witness that saw your dog with those ladies and you have their business card. I wouldn't just let the police brush me off...I'd stay on them to do something about the theft...they wouldn't just make me go away. Is Walmart goign to contact you if they see someone selling ayorkie out front again? Was this woman seen over the weekend? That seems to be when most people try to sell dogs at the walmart where I live...maybe you can spend this saturday on the lookout at your walmart. I want you to find him so bad!!!

Originally Posted by Proud Mommy (Post 1199861)

Today I received a phone call from a man that said he believed he saw a woman at Walmart on Sunday trying to sell Zeke. I asked him why he was sure and he told me he was there with his kids and they spent a while petting and holding the dog. He told me she was a blonde woman and she was trying to sell him for $400.00. Today while he was searching the paper for job prospects he came across Zekes add. He claims it is the same exact dog. I immediately called the case officer and left a message, once again he did not answer. I called my husband and he called the Walmart manager, Marcus. He initially told him he would review the tape from Sunday to see if there was a picture of the woman with "the dog." I jumped in my car and headed for Tracy. My first stops in Tracy were the two addresses I have been able to obtain thus far. The first house my son knocked on the door to see if he could hear a dog bark... but nothing. The second a man was outside gardening. I drove around the neighborhood with a silent dog whistle and yelling his name. Nothing. I headed for Walmart still optimistic because this man was willing to help...I thought maybe my luck was changing. I arrived there and had to wait more that thirty minutes for Marcus, the manager, to come out and meet with me. His words were definitely not what I wanted to hear. He told me the stores procedures for solicitors is to ask them to leave, if they refuse then they call the police and file a report against them. So I was told that I needed to wait until he could speak with the other managers on duty that day to see if any reports were filed against any solicitors. If not than he could not help me. I asked about the security tape he told my husband he would look at and his response was "do you know how long that would take?" He told me that the police could request them if they wanted to but that he could do no more for me. So once again stuck.

Originally Posted by laurenr (Post 1199863)

Aw Maureen! What a horrible day for you! I just wanted to check in here before I went to bed and saw your post. You are not alone Honey. Tomorrow is another day that we will ALL put our heads together and come up with a new plan. A few minutes ago, I was doing a search for lost animals on Google, incorporating local agencies. I came up with this as a start and will search it first thing in the morning:
http://search.petfinder.com/search/s...pe=1&x=13&y=12

Originally Posted by Proud Mommy (Post 1199861)

Today I received a phone call from a man that said he believed he saw a woman at Walmart on Sunday trying to sell Zeke. I asked him why he was sure and he told me he was there with his kids and they spent a while petting and holding the dog. He told me she was a blonde woman and she was trying to sell him for $400.00. Today while he was searching the paper for job prospects he came across Zekes add. He claims it is the same exact dog. I immediately called the case officer and left a message, once again he did not answer. I called my husband and he called the Walmart manager, Marcus. He initially told him he would review the tape from Sunday to see if there was a picture of the woman with "the dog." I jumped in my car and headed for Tracy. My first stops in Tracy were the two addresses I have been able to obtain thus far. The first house my son knocked on the door to see if he could hear a dog bark... but nothing. The second a man was outside gardening. I drove around the neighborhood with a silent dog whistle and yelling his name. Nothing. I headed for Walmart still optimistic because this man was willing to help...I thought maybe my luck was changing. I arrived there and had to wait more that thirty minutes for Marcus, the manager, to come out and meet with me. His words were definitely not what I wanted to hear. He told me the stores procedures for solicitors is to ask them to leave, if they refuse then they call the police and file a report against them. So I was told that I needed to wait until he could speak with the other managers on duty that day to see if any reports were filed against any solicitors. If not than he could not help me. I asked about the security tape he told my husband he would look at and his response was "do you know how long that would take?" He told me that the police could request them if they wanted to but that he could do no more for me. So once again stuck.

Originally Posted by kelsie123186 (Post 1199873)

It is really sad but do you think this guy could have possibly been treating you this way because you are a woman? It seems odd that he told your husband he would review the tapes and then once you showed up he had a different story. I have come across this problem a few times, our land lord will not even talk to me about problems we have with the house. He believes he should talk to "the man" and will not help me at all if I call him. Its so sad that this type of discrimination still takes place today. Not a saying that is what happend with you at walmart but it could be. Maybe see if your husband has time to go down there and personally speak with the manager. Just a thought. =/

Originally Posted by Galatea (Post 1199893)

I am a lawyer. I work with law enforcement all the time. I live in Fresno. If you would like, I could call from my office or send a letter to the Walmart people asking them to review the tape or provide a copy. I can't compel them to do so, but usually people get a bit more helpful when they think there is a lawyer involved.

Originally Posted by Galatea (Post 1199893)

I am a lawyer. I work with law enforcement all the time. I live in Fresno. If you would like, I could call from my office or send a letter to the Walmart people asking them to review the tape or provide a copy. I can't compel them to do so, but usually people get a bit more helpful when they think there is a lawyer involved.

Originally Posted by daisy mae06 (Post 1200219)

here is the reply I got back from the CL listing


He is a 1.5 years old pure breed toy size yorkie, around 5 pounds, with all up-to-date shots, fixed, house-trained. He has no problem with cats, dogs and kids. Very active and cute, will let you cuddle with him. His coat color is blue and gold, and is starting to turn more to gold color. Nice pointy ears, doesn't bark often. I need to relocate him by the end of the month as the new apt i moved to doesnt allow pets. Im asking for $500 obo.

*HE IS NOT FOR BREEDING AS HE IS NEUTERED*

I located in Fremont if you wanna meet him :) and no his ears are pointy! the picture was taken when he was lying down, maybe thats why it makes them look like they are floppy.

It is possable it is him what do I do now I am in NE way to far.. I need some one there to go see with proud mommy.

the seller never said his name? He does have ears up. Also did answer the picture ?? Is fremont way away from Prouud mommy?