Dog left for grooming at pet store is taken by stranger

KTRK, Channel 13, ABC Local Affiliate, Houston, Texas ^

[CovenBuster]

ABC13 Eyewitness News (12/15/04 - HOUSTON) — A Richmond couple is upset at a Sugar Land pet store they say gave away their beloved Pomeranian to a stranger.

Jana Brown says she dropped off her purebred Pomeranian named Mercedes to a Sugar Land Petco to get groomed more than a week ago, just as she has done dozens of times before. But ...

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[sinkspur]

Well, at least now they have an excuse to get a real dog. If you want a ratty little thing, you might as well get a cat. At least a cat grooms itself.

Rodney, you know better than this.

"Get a real dog" people are usually pit bull owners who have size issues.

[AppyPappy]

The Coven would turn you into a Pomegranate.

[TC Rider]

Pomeranian = Miniature rabid badger

However, every snarling Pomeranian I've known has had someone that loved it dearly. These people didn't deserve this.

(Much like I thought after the Laci Peterson and Lori Hawking murders, I suspect the husband. No Pomeranian has enough love for two humans.)

[Al Gator]

Pomeranians are good for dustmopping and thats about it.

I thought that was why they were bred!

[RedBloodedAmerican]

LOL Hey change your name to ThePomeranianHunter. heehee

Good grief ya'll need to lighten up. It could be the dog was mistaken for the "theifs" Pomeranian.

[Rodney King]

"Get a real dog" people are usually pit bull owners who have size issues

Well, I hate the pit bulls and the other mean dogs as well.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

I cannot even imagine. I can't help wondering where the ever-present video cameras were. Surely there's one in the parking lot

Every parking lot in America does not have a camera. This one is in a large strip center and when I served on the Sugar Land 4B Corp. Sugarland Properties was talking about cameras but the 4B only agreed to retrofit the mall and I don't think any were ever installed. There may be on on the Randall's a few doors down, IF I have the correct PETCO in mind.

[Hoodlum91]

Hehe

I posted on another thread: If my cat can beat up your dog it's not a dog.

After going Christmas shopping downtown last night I'll add: If you can carry your "dog" in your purse, it's not a dog.

[AppyPappy]

by TheRatHunter

Glad you're here.

[CovenBuster]

I can't believe all the @$$holes on this thread. This is someone's pet and their loss is very real and painful to them. Such knee-slapping humor here -- NOT.

[Hoodlum91]

LOL!

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

OMG ...... now you've done it!

[t_skoz]

Don't take the flames too personally. While I think it's terrible someone's beloved pet is missing, I really have no love for those rat-like dogs. I think they only thing worse is a cat!!!

I hope my post takes some of the heat away off of you!

:-)

[MineralMan]

How nice. You don't like small dogs? Don't get one. The folks who lost their dog are no doubt heartbroken. I'm sure they'd not appreciate your sentiments.

[Prime Choice]

The sad lesson here is this: never, but NEVER, leave your furbaby in the care of some schmuck whose job pays minimum wage.

[AppyPappy]

The keywords are not funny at all.

[Rodney King]

How nice. You don't like small dogs? Don't get one.

Don't have one.

The folks who lost their dog are no doubt heartbroken. I'm sure they'd not appreciate your sentiments

I'm sure they don't, and if they were freepers I wouldn't post them. However, I must say something is very strange about a website where people joke about "darwin award winners" all the time, most of whome were loved by someone, yet one can't joke about a ratty little dog that bites the heals of everyone except its owner.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Whoa, Xena, the dogs owner is not posting! Ease up just a little.

BTW is this the PETCO on 6 near Randalls? The one on 59 next to Coney Island closed and I don't know of another.

[Rodney King]

The keywords are not funny at all.

Yeah, I didn't post any of them.

[HairOfTheDog]

I smell a lawsuit.

They won't get much.... The market value of an adult pet dog is practically nothing, and that is all one can claim for it's loss. Value is at most the few hundred dollars they spent for it as a pup.

The best outcome to expect from the story is that the dog is found... returned or reported by someone with a conscience.

FWIW, I don't blame the store employee, who has never been under any obligation to double check ownership of dogs when people ask for them. So everyone, understand why next time, they will treat everyone with distrust.

Ping!