http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/167437/dogs_kidnapped_at_gunpoint_recovered.html
A videotape from a home surveillance system was key in solving the case of the Yorkshire Terriers stolen at gunpoint. Four purebred puppies and an adult pet were stolen by intruders who held the owners at gunpoint while catching the dogs and putting them in a plastic bag. The videotape of the crime was played on multiple television stations, leading to tips that cracked the Los Angeles case.
Four of the five purebred Yorkshire Terriers, that had been stolen at gunpoint more than a week ago have been returned. The fifth dog has not been recovered yet. The suspect turned himself in to police.
The dogs had been stolen at gunpoint during a home invasion. Three puppies, valued at $2,500 each, along with a full grown family pet, were recovered and returned to their owners at the Wilshire Division police station on Saturday night. One puppy remained missing, according to police, as reported by Fox News.
Family members hugged their puppies and left the police station with the dogs in their arms.
Yorkshire Terriers are small dogs with long hair. The breed is one of the most popular AKC breeds in America.
Fox News reported that Detective Luis Corona said that the dogs were recovered after Ryan Belton, 19, of Los Angeles, surrendered to police Friday night.. Ryan Belton was booked for investigation of residential robbery.
The gunpoint dog napping had been captured on a home surveillance system, that taped the incident. The videotape of the robbery was shown on news media. The videotape of the robbery that aired on local television resulted in many tips being called into police. As a result of these tips, police went to the home of Belton's father, Detective Corona said. "When the son came home, he confronted the son and that led to the son being brought in to the station to turn himself in."
A second man was being sought.
The puppies had been advertised for sale in a newspaper. Two men posing as buyers made an appointment to see them on February 23. When a female family member opened the door, one of the men pulled a hand gun. The men ordered the family of four to lie on the floor in the living room. A home surveillance camera recorded the robbery scene as on man held a gun and the other man chased after the puppies with a plastic bag as they scampered around the room. He snatched one of the dogs from a woman's hands.
After grabbing the four puppies and the family dog and stuffing them in the plastic bag, the man and his partner fled in a silver car, according to police.
By: DogLover | Tuesday, March 6, 2007 at 8:30 AM | | 
The National Geographic Channel's "Dog Whisperer" series, now em"bark"ing on its third season and starring Cesar Milan, is looking for neurotic Huskies, frantic Havanese, Skittish bulldogs, silly Samoyeds and other problem pups with their owners to appear on the show.
The nationwide open call and search will stop in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Minneapolis, New York, Washington, D.C. and Miami.
To submit your four legged Barky McBarksalot, send in a 5-7 minute video of you and your dog documenting at least three instances of the dog's bad habits, along with your age and occupation, dog's name, age and breed. Explain your dog's problem, how they affect your life as well as why you love your dog. For more information - check out
http://dogpsychologycenter.com/submissions.php
By: DogLover | Monday, March 5, 2007 at 9:55 AM | |
Wiki the epitome of free information. I was bored this morning and I went online to look for information about dogs on wiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DogsInteresting Facts:
"Among dog lovers, dogs are generally valued for their intelligence, and both anecdotal evidence and scientific research suggest that dogs have a reasonably high intelligence. This intelligence is expressed differently with different breeds and individuals"
"Dogs have nearly 220 million smell-sensitive cells over an area about the size of a pocket handkerchief (compared to 5 million over an area the size of a postage stamp for humans). Some breeds have been selectively bred for excellence in detecting scents, even compared to their canine brethren."
"The acute danger from grapes and raisins has been uncovered only since about 2000, and made public slowly since then. At present the cause is not known. Whatever the reason, since only small quantities are necessary to induce acute renal failure, dogs should not be fed grapes or raisins, and sultanas and currants should likely be withheld as well."
By: DogLover | Friday, March 2, 2007 at 9:22 AM | |
http://imdb.com/title/tt0417001/As far as movies go, you "must love dogs" to like this one. The story is totally predictable, the dialogue is banal, the direction is wooden and the pace can be charitably described as glacial. The movie is like that battery rabbit-"It just keeps going and going and going".
Yes, it's a 'chick flick', but that doesn't explain why this one just lays there. Yes, we have the requisite gorgeous and intelligent female protagonist who inexplicably thinks she can't enter into a relationship. We have the sensitive "diamond in the rough" man who doesn't yet realize that he is damn near perfect. We have the standard misadventures until they realize they are Meant To Be Together. So what's wrong?
I wouldn't have believed it possible, but someone has actually made Diane Lane uninteresting. You really don't care about her, and it's hard to tell if she cares about the men in her life because she really cares or because she thinks she should care. She eventually meets two men who seem great and there are a few humorous incidents, including the "search for condoms", but mostly it just excruciatingly drags along.
One problem they write themselves into is that the guy who is a "rival" to John Cusack (whose character also has no charisma) is such a great guy. The only way the writers know how to handle this is to have him turn out to be an ass. Problem is, this is totally out of character relative to how he's been in the entire rest of the movie. Diane Lane then has no choice (after the standard epiphany of self awareness) but to fly to the man who basically is second choice. In other words, "We belong together because who I'd rather be with is a bum and I choose you by process of elimination".
The real flaw is here is that none of the characters have any depth or are particularly interesting. "Chick flicks" can be well done and fun, just go back about 10 years and ask Meg Ryan or Sandra Bullock. They aren't though, when everyone walks through "Chick Flick by the Numbers", which is what we have here. Come to think of it, that would have been a better title for the movie.
By: DogLover | Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 8:50 AM | |
