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Adorable dognapped pugs returned to rightful owner

Two dogs stolen in a West Seattle burglary earlier this week have been returned to their rightful owner.

An unidentified citizen took the pugs to the King County Animal Care and Control Shelter in Kent Thursday evening. Officials there were able to use microchips implanted in the animals to trace them back to owner Marsha Lubetkin and the happy family was reunited, wrote spokeswoman Nancy B. McKenney in an e-mail.

The two cute pugs - one of which is blind - were discovered missing Monday after Lubetkin came home to discover someone had ransacked part of her home, stealing two rings and the dogs.

Lubetkin was so desperate to be reuinted that she offered a monetary reward and said she would drop charges against the dognappers if they turned in the dogs.

It's unclear where this development leaves the police investigation.

Posted by at August 21, 2008 11:34 p.m.
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#168711

Posted by AvalancheChief at 8/22/08 8:20 a.m.

I would be psychotic if anyone ever stole my pugs. You don't own pugs, pugs own you.

#168721

Posted by judman25 at 8/22/08 8:39 a.m.

I can sleep now.

#168753

Posted by Emily9802 at 8/22/08 9:29 a.m.

I'm so, so happy to hear this. I don't know what I would do if someone took my two little guys. Actually, if I caught them in the act and happened to be holding a baseball bat, I know EXACTLY what I'd do.

#168765

Posted by unregistered user at 8/22/08 9:59 a.m.

This is so fantastic!

A big thank you to the "unidentified citizen took the pugs to the King County Animal Care and Control Shelter in Kent Thursday evening".

Thank you for doing the right thing.

#168797

Posted by goodcop at 8/22/08 11:06 a.m.

Glad the pugs made it back!!! Stealing ones pug should be a capital crime! Okay, that's a bit much, but I still hope they catch who stole them and they go to prison for 400 years.

#168802

Posted by asdfg1 at 8/22/08 11:11 a.m.

I am looking forward to my first burglary. My pitbull is the sweetest dog in the world but if someone breaks in it will be their last mistake. They would be begging me to finish them off with my shotgun.

#168814

Posted by naabta at 8/22/08 11:35 a.m.

- "I can sleep now."

hahaha, i was really worried!

#169460

Posted by unregistered user at 8/24/08 11:44 a.m.

"My pitbull is the sweetest dog in the world but if someone breaks in it will be their last mistake"

From what you wrote, it follows that your pitbull is NOT the sweetest thing in the world.

If you were honest, you would have written "I own a vicious breed of dog and if someone comes into my house it will kill them. If it doesn't, I'll finish them off with my shotgun."

At least your shotgun is not likely to go off on its own and tear to pieces some innocent neighborood child.

#169696

Posted by asdfg1 at 8/25/08 9:20 a.m.

I was making a joke but your statements are very ignorant. Keep watching movies!

Any dog can be trained to be vicious if the owner wants it to be. The problem is that the majority of owners who cause trouble with pitbulls have trained them to be aggressive.

#169739

Posted by unregistered user at 8/25/08 11:04 a.m.

I own a pitbull AND my house was broken into. I'm sure she gave the thief a tongue lashing he will never forget. That's right, she didn't do anything. That's why I now have an alarm system. My dog is my pet, not an attack animal. If I came home and someone was in my house with my pitbull and my cats; forget the dog, beware the owner.

I'm so happy to hear the pugs were returned. That's pretty low; stealing someone's beloved pet.

#169933

Posted by unregistered user at 8/25/08 5:12 p.m.

"I was making a joke but your statements are very ignorant. Keep watching movies! "

Nothing at all to do with watching movies, and I didn't mean to insult you either.

Google it for the number of people (mostly kids) killed or maimed by pitbulls in North America alone, and only one year back. You'll be surprised by the number of incident.

http://www.dog-bite-law-center.com/pit_bull_attacks.html

In France, they want the breed to be eliminated from existence in the country by 2010. This is based strictly on the number of killings and maimings. Again, mostly children.

#170372

Posted by asdfg1 at 8/26/08 1:02 p.m.

I'm sure all by responsible pet owners. People kill people too, maybe the french should wipe out that breed as well?

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