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Old 09-30-2007, 06:22 PM   #1
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Omg Do you ever fear someone stealing your dog?

So by now you know that I used to own a rottie...so I never really had the fear that someone would come steal her. But 3 days in to having a yorkie and it is stressful thinking about going places with her and anyone can just run up and steal her?

At petsmart there were so many people petting her and at one point this teenage guy was there petting her and it dawned on me if this guy picks my dog up and runs I am going to be S&*% out of luck!!! Then when we get to my car their are some girls in the car next to mine that ask to pet her and I quickly let them touch and then said I had to go...I MEAN I DID NOT LET HER GO or anything....cus I just thought what if this girl takes my dog....

Maybe I am just paranoid....I hope that goes away...lol

Does anyone else ever think like this???
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Old 09-30-2007, 06:25 PM   #2
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Yes, I think about it a lot. I think I would be even more nervous if Lacy was a tiny yorkie. It's scary how many yorkies are being stolen...
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Old 09-30-2007, 06:26 PM   #3
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I think I have a healthy amount of concern. I NEVER leave Gracie unattended in the car. In stores, she rides in the child part of the shopping cart with the loop of her leash around my wrist. I don't let strangers hold her at all, unless I am in a controlled environment, like a pet shop owner wanting to hold her. She is chipped and registered with the AKC. I take every precaution and I do consider myself overprotective.
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Old 09-30-2007, 06:27 PM   #4
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i feel you..i am paranoid all the time..it just that there are a lot of sick people out there and for some reasons, yorkies are the most stolen ones..btw, what part of VA are you in? i am in leesburg!
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I don't walk my girls by my self, and I always keep the eagle eye on them, they are my babies
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Old 09-30-2007, 07:21 PM   #6
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Yes! All the time, if i see someone even looking at me weird if i have my dogs i think they want to steal them. There are some crazy ppl in New York, that's why when i take them somewhere that's far from my house my bf or someone is with me to help.
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Yes! I'm HATE leaving them when I go to classes and errands. I try to leave them as little as possible and take them with me whenever I can.
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I worry all the time. It's really hard not too. People are shady, deceptive, and sneaky, and its hard to trust people. My mom is always telling me how people love taking small dogs to make them fight in dog fights. It's really scary.
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Old 09-30-2007, 07:29 PM   #9
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I always tell people when they hold my litle 3 lb Abby that she has an alarm inside of her tha goes off if she gets more than fifty feet away from me. Its amazing how many people actually believe me and there reaction is "really I have never heard of such a thing '"

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I do. Gus wiggles like crazy when we meet people so I make it look like I'm holding his harness so he doesn't jump out of my arms but it's really so no one can grab him. If I do let someone hold him I keep a good grip on the leash. You can't be too careful.
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Janie that is a good one! I was thinking of telling people she has a lojack chip...hahhaha...I think they should invent that...
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Janie that is a good one! I was thinking of telling people she has a lojack chip...hahhaha...I think they should invent that...

I had not heard any storie...maybe I should google it...right now i do not have a carrier...so I need to invest that way I can take her whereever...this weekend I just carried her into the 7 11 to pay for my gas because I contemplated just leaving her in the car but then I was like nah...better safe then sorry...

I live close to leesburg we should meetup...
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You are NOT paranoid at all! I even have my boyfriend come stay at my house just to sleep here if I go to sleep at someone else's home with their dogs for petsitting where i can't take my guys. And I am a FREAK when going out somewhere with them. They are always attached to me, even if I carry them in to a pet store, their leash and harness stays on them and firmly secured to my wrist so if someone were to try the "grab & run" thing, well they'll be taking me with them! Yorkies are prime targets because people KNOW they can get a quick buck by stealing and selling them. Just don't get TOO paranoid, but ALWAYS stay to the side of caution with these wee ones.
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I don't think you are paranoid it happens all of the time! One of my brides just yesterday (I sell wedding gowns) told me her maltese was stolen from her apartment, someone broke the window and didn't take anything but the pup. And her furbaby was 14 years old, she had had her since she was a puppy!

People want to hold my girls all the time but I don't let them unless I know them, I just tell them they are "jumpers" and could get hurt. It scares me how vicious some people can be...I once had a guy at Petsmart offer me $6000 for Mia right then and there, he told me he would drive to the atm right then and there to get the cash, I couldn't believe it. I told him absolutely not, she's my baby, and he got all mad and flustered and couldn't understand why I wouldn't take the money...its people like that with no heart that WOULD steal a dog.
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We have so much crime here in S.A - but thank God, very little dog snatching..
but since being on Yt and hearing about all the stolen yorkies, I too am extra careful now.

We have hijackings and smash and grabs at intersections, so am getting anti smash "stuff" put on my new car's windows!! never worried about myself before but what if my babies got out the car!
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