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Uploaded: Tuesday, October 30, 2012, 8:36 AM
Lost-and-found dogs confound Menlo Park neighborhood
The case of the canine caper
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by Sandy Brundage
Almanac Staff
Here's one for the Sherlock Holmes case file: In Menlo Park, two dogs vanish from a locked house. They're found, two days later, in the bedroom of a vacationing neighbor's locked home.
A neighbor alerted the Almanac to the strange tale. A couple returned to a disturbingly empty house on Oct. 5 -- their two Shih Tzus were nowhere to be found. All gates were locked, the home was secure. They concluded the dogs had not gone on the lam unaided.
After days of searching, the distraught owners got a call on Oct. 7 from a stranger reporting that, after being gone for a week, the stranger's family had come home to a disturbingly occupied house -- the dogs were locked inside, trapped in a bedroom.
Linfield Oaks residents wondered what this meant. Did a thief break into the dogs' home and then use the other location to temporarily stash the Shih Tzus? Construction work going on at the home where the dogs were found may have provided access to the bedroom, but no suspects have been identified.
Police investigating the canine caper confirmed ownership of the mysteriously transported dogs, according to spokesperson Nicole Acker, but it remains unknown how they became dislocated in the first place.
"Still very odd, yet the dogs are back so we are all happy," the dogs' owner said.Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto, on Oct 30, 2012 at 11:20 am Pure bred dogs, especially small ones, are stills hot ticket item. Obviously, stashing the dogs until a buyer was found was the fastest way to make money. The homeowners foiled the caper, but of course still look to whoever knew both where the dogs lived & that this place under construction would be unoccupied. I'm glad the dogs are now safely at home.
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Posted by Cur Mudgeon, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood, on Oct 30, 2012 at 11:46 am Simple. Maybe a worker at the home under construction noticed the dogs and took them, intending to sell. Perhaps the prospective "buyer" had second thoughts, or didn't come through in time. Glad the dogs were found and re-united. Stupid crooks. Small dogs may be expensive, but keeping them over a lifetime costs much more than the initial investment.
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Posted by Resident of PA, a member of the JLS Middle School community, on Oct 30, 2012 at 4:12 pm Or maybe a worker at the home under construction noticed the dogs and put them back in the wrong house...thinking he was helping. =)
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Posted by dennis, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood, on Oct 30, 2012 at 4:31 pm Arf!
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Posted by Hulkamania, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Oct 30, 2012 at 6:17 pm Where's Ace Ventura when you need him?
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Posted by Nora Charles, a resident of Stanford, on Oct 30, 2012 at 8:06 pm Very weird. I'm just happy that the dogs are okay and home safely. And perhaps another good reason to install home cameras. A missing computer is one thing, but a family member is quite another!
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