Vancouver Dog Snatchers

Posted by Sean
Filed in News
August 15, 2008

Attention residents of Small Dog Land, ie Coal Harbour/Gastown/Yaletown. There is a couple out there snatching yr poodlez! My friend Damian recently had his adorable Boston Terrier Liza yanked from right underneath his nose, but it was caught on tape. First, the guy will distract the owner, then his partner comes along with a jacket and scoops up your special little guy. I heard a similar scheme a few years ago regarding the theft of laptops, but come on, SMALL DOGS? They are so small. Apparently they've struck before. I saw a poster for a missing little guy called Gargamel, whom I had met the previous day, skulking out from his owner's book bag. Is there no common decency? Have we reduced ourselves to barbarians? Why are people so desperate for money that they'll burn down Woodlands to get a few pieces of copper, or rob a convenience store with a bloody hypodermic needle? I thought we were living in times of economic prosperity...

If you don't have Facebook, here is the description of the dog and thieves from the group: "Liza is black and white, 8 yrs old, 13 lbs, and was last seen wearing a burgundy Coach collar. She has "THUG LIFE" in very small printing tattooed on her belly. There is video footage of couple putting a jacket over her and walking away. The man had a shaved head and full tattooed sleeves. The woman has long blondish brown hair and was wearing a pink flower in it. We believe that the couple are junkies and probably live in the Main and Hastings area. Please keep your eyes peeled!"

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THUG LIFE on the dogs belly is I need an Adult Diaper funny.
Poor dog. Where the heck would someone 'pawn' a dog.

Posted by: Chris at August 15, 2008 3:16 PM | Quote Comment

Thats horrible!

Posted by: Anna K> at August 15, 2008 3:56 PM | Quote Comment

I've met this dog. She's such a great pup. Hope Damian gets her back.

Posted by: Andrew P at August 15, 2008 4:31 PM | Quote Comment

Holy shit. So people are tattooing their dogs now? THUG LIFE on her belly? Am i the only person that finds this strange?

Don't get me wrong, people stealing dogs is bad, but shit man, you tattooed a dog.

Posted by: Ari at August 15, 2008 11:53 PM | Quote Comment

best of luck Damian ... and yes Ari, almost all dogs get a tattoo, stay on subject here people.

Posted by: craig engman at August 16, 2008 1:26 AM | Quote Comment

Needlessly tattooing their puppy? What a sad, self serving thing to do.

Maybe they didn't deserve that adorable dog.

Posted by: RB at August 16, 2008 4:47 AM | Quote Comment

Alot of people tattoo their animals in case of events like this, just like microchipping!! i hope someone finds this pup and these creeps!

Posted by: A. at August 16, 2008 7:40 AM | Quote Comment

Alot of people tattoo their animals in case of events like this, just like microchipping!! i hope someone finds this pup and these creeps!

Posted by: A. at August 16, 2008 7:40 AM | Quote Comment

Yeah, tattooing a dog did seem a little strange to me. But I vaguely recall someone I know doing it, too. I've never owned one so I can't say if it's common practice for sure. Either way, if one MUST tattoo their dog, wouldn't getting a THUG LIFE tattoo be pretty spiffy shit?

Posted by: Andrew P at August 16, 2008 10:39 AM | Quote Comment

Tattooing contact information is one thing, "Thug Life" is another.

With a microchip anyone could easily find out the owner information. The out thing someone who finds this pup will learn-the owner must be a douche.

Posted by: RB at August 16, 2008 11:03 AM | Quote Comment

OUCH. Out comes the "douche".

Posted by: LOLing at August 16, 2008 2:49 PM | Quote Comment

Why is the media not being informed? The more that people know the more they are aware.

Posted by: Caaa at August 17, 2008 8:37 AM | Quote Comment

Coach collar? Thug Life?

seconding Douche. I do feel bad for them though.

Posted by: heh at August 18, 2008 12:59 PM | Quote Comment

I can't believe the person passing by these thieves, just walks right by without even enquiring...it is obvious that they are stealing someones pet...

I have had many dogs surrendered to our rescue that have been living donwtown in the Hastings area, and believe me when I say it is a bad place for a doggie to be.

Damian, I would truly walk down Hastings street daily and nightly, betcha you will bump into your dog and the people that have them.

I have people on the watch....

Posted by: dhanametta at August 18, 2008 2:32 PM | Quote Comment

Just an FYI... I saw a very obviously cracked out woman the other day in the Harbour Centre mall with a pink flower in her hair. (She was being chased away from Quiznos for demanding free cups of ice.)

Posted by: Mike at August 18, 2008 3:15 PM | Quote Comment

It's really sad to hear that dogs are being stolen in our area. Does anyone know if Gargamel was found? I noticed that the posters for Liza were taken down, was she found yet? I'm keeping my eyes open for them both.

Posted by: Ronda at August 18, 2008 5:15 PM | Quote Comment

Dog recovered today, Damien should keep his girlfriends dog on a leash and cut back on the pot, no?

Posted by: james at August 18, 2008 6:20 PM | Quote Comment

As far as I know, Gargamel is still MIA. His owner is a friend of my husband's. Unfortunately, many of these little dogs are not used to being outside by themselves, so they wouldn't even know how to get home if they escaped their kidnappers.

Posted by: Wendy at August 18, 2008 8:44 PM | Quote Comment