Recent rash of dog thefts lead to disturbing questions.

Not Afraid · 01-10-2008, 11:42 PM

Apparently there has been quite a few dog thefts lately making headlines. For the past several days, I've had some pretty unsettling comments made to me while walking in Down Town Long Beach (which is a pretty urban area to say the least). Here's a sampling of comments I get when walking 2 pugs and 2 shihtzu:

"Hey, that's the kind of dog that cost $2000. Someone stole one of these dog and the owner is offering a $10,000 reward!"

"Those dogs are REALLY expensive, aren't they????"

"How much did your dog cost?"

"Are those dogs fixed or cat they have puppies?"

(Of course, then there's just the creepy pimp-looking guy who said "I ain't never seen a pretty woman walking 5 dogs before!!!!!" BARF!)

I'm used to people talking to me when I have dogs. It's not unusual nor does it bother me and I usually have some witty or fun comment to say as I'm walking away. But, the comments lately have got my hackles up and I was a bit freaked out today.

There is no "safe" place downtown to walk dogs and I have quite a few dogs in that area - many of them are pure bred. It would be pretty easy for someone to walk up and just take one of the dogs off the leash and run away. Scares the CRAP out of me!

I just hope the "news" isn't giving people bad ideas. I will be one pissed off person if someone gets cranky with me.

01-10-2008, 11:42 PM	#1
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Recent rash of dog thefts lead to disturbing questions. Apparently there has been quite a few dog thefts lately making headlines. For the past several days, I've had some pretty unsettling comments made to me while walking in Down Town Long Beach (which is a pretty urban area to say the least). Here's a sampling of comments I get when walking 2 pugs and 2 shihtzu: "Hey, that's the kind of dog that cost $2000. Someone stole one of these dog and the owner is offering a $10,000 reward!" "Those dogs are REALLY expensive, aren't they????" "How much did your dog cost?" "Are those dogs fixed or cat they have puppies?" (Of course, then there's just the creepy pimp-looking guy who said "I ain't never seen a pretty woman walking 5 dogs before!!!!!" BARF!) I'm used to people talking to me when I have dogs. It's not unusual nor does it bother me and I usually have some witty or fun comment to say as I'm walking away. But, the comments lately have got my hackles up and I was a bit freaked out today. There is no "safe" place downtown to walk dogs and I have quite a few dogs in that area - many of them are pure bred. It would be pretty easy for someone to walk up and just take one of the dogs off the leash and run away. Scares the CRAP out of me! I just hope the "news" isn't giving people bad ideas. I will be one pissed off person if someone gets cranky with me.
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