THORNTON, Colo. -- A Chihuahua puppy stolen from a Thornton pet store was brought back.
The puppy was returned to the Pet Ranch Tuesday night just before the store closed.
The puppy, valued at $1,000, was taken Sunday by a man and a woman with a child in a stroller.
Surveillance video captured the theft, showing a man with a football jersey take the dog and place it underneath the stroller.
“It’s bad enough you’re going to be a thief, but why use your children? I have a moral issue with that. It’s a child. It’s learning. This is what it’s being taught,” Pet Ranch owner Renee Reese said Tuesday.
Reese said that within hours of our story Tuesday about the thefts, the dog was returned.
No arrests have been made in the case.
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TB
Ridiculous. The puppy store is a scam in itself. This story is just theives stealing from an unethical business that sells puppies of questionable breeding from puppy mills… Thousands upon thousands of chihuahua puppies languishing in the shelters and we are worried about this business? I don’t condone stealing, but the pet store is criminal too.
Anonymous
Tru dat lol the kid is to young to even know what is going on
Anonymous
This store is on the map for selling puppy mill dogs, while they get $1000 for this puppy it’s Mom and Dad live in horrendous conditions in a puppy mill. I have 6 of these Mom’s and Dad’s. Please do not put money into the pockets of puppy mill breeders. Always Adopt, Never Shop. Check it out. .http://nopetstorepuppies.com/stores?distance%5Bpostal_code%5D=80233&distance%5Bsearch_distance%5D=10000&distance%5Bsearch_units%5D=mile&type_1=All&=Search
Susan N
Pet stores and their owners and operators are disgusting and just as responsible for the horrendous suffering of the dogs in puppy mills. I adopted two puppy mill survivors and they still suffer emotionally from their past lives. Stealing is of course wrong. But I am more disgusted by the puppy stores.
CP
Really??? “I have a moral issue with that. It’s a child. It’s learning. This is what it’s being taught.” Where is the moral outrage of the pet store owner taking advantage of chidlren begging their parents for a cute little puppy while those puppies’ parents languish in horrible conditions?
Missy
Moral issue??? Hahaha! Coming from a store well known to profit from puppy mills? Disgusting. Please don’t support businesses like this.
Snarky Cosmos
Geez, why anyone would pay $1,100 for a rat masquerading as a dog is beyond me. As for the thieves who took the mutt; screw them.
LEARNTOSWIM
Wow, lots of hate here. Glad the puppy is ok.