'Hey stop, that's my dog!': Entitled kids attempts to steal one of pawrent's two doggos in broad daylight, mother defends daughter claiming she 'deserves it'

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
May 13, 2025 9:00 AM EDT

You never know what's going to happen in this crazy world we live in, animal fam. One day, you're paying for your gas and groceries like a normal hooman bean, and the next, some kids are trying to steal your dog while their parents try to gaslight you into saying it's been their dog all along. We've heard of people stealing cats before from purrfectly precarious situations, but never a person intentionally trying to run away with another pawson's dog in broad daylight. 

It all started when one pawrent decided to go to the park with their puppers one afternoon. One doggo decided to run off to a family and say hi, but instead of sending the cute canine back to his owner, they picked up the dog and tried to make a quick getaway in their car. Needless to say, that sounds like our worst nightmare. Scroll down to read the full story below, this is one for the history books.

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    Kids try to steal my dog, parents say they "deserve it."

    'You already have a dog! We like this one, [she] deserves it!
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    I'm heated, and it has nothing to do with the rising temperature. Like, this is absolutely infuriating that these types of people actually exist.
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    So I have two dogs, a 14 year old Chihuahua and 4 year old Cheagle. I decided to take them to a nearby park to let them get some fresh air, as they've just been lazying around pretty much all week, and I figured
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    they could do well with the exercise. So I grab a few treats, a gallon of water and collapsible bowls, their favorite ball and stuffed toy, hop in the car and head out. Day is quite nice, not too hot, but definitely starting to
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    get warmer, and figure we could do with a nice lunch when we get back. We get to the park, and there's a few people there; two families it seems, and a couple of people playing volleyball not too far away. I
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    park, find a nice, big empty spot with plenty of running space, and let the girls run loose. We're playing around for a good five minutes at this point, and I'm trying to keep my balance with
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    my walking cane so they don't knock me over as they run back towards me and into my legs like I'm the final bowling pin. I'll call my Chihuahua, J, and my Cheagle, C.
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    I'll note that C really, and I mean REALLY, likes to play, with anyone, everyone, anything, and everything, and that's mainly my father's part of spoiling and coddling her as a pup when she was two months old. Never
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    disciplined, spoiled with human food so much that she wouldn't eat regular dog or puppy food, disobeys, rarely listens when you call her name, etc. She's always wagging her tail so much
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  • Part of the fault lies with the owner, if we're being honest. An untrained dog cannot be off-leash, even if it's a small dog. You have no idea how other people's dogs will react. Or in this case, other people!

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    for whatever reason that her entire hip shakes and she'll get exhausted just from being happy (nicknamed her Fish B t).
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    So now at some point, there's some kids running around at a jungle gym nearby, laughing and playing, doing as kids do, and some adults that are trying to gather them all up and load them into their van. C sees this,
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    and decided, "hey, that looks like fun. I like fun. I'm gonna go have fun," and runs off to join in. J is chilling in the grass next to her water bowl and stuffed toy. So I call out to C, walking towards her, whistling and snapping my fingers (gets her
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    attention when it's time for food/to go for a walk/etc.), trying to get her to come back. No dice. She keeps moving and reaches the family, running around happily between everyone's feet like a cat with zoomies who's life goal is to trip
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    everyone it sees. Family's almost loaded up into the van, and one last kid stops and bends down to pet C. I'm thinking, "oh good, they stopped her from running off," and keep walking. The mom of the group is buckling a kid into
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    the seat and turns around to notice, looks up at me, back at C, then PICKS HER UP AND PUTS HER IN THE KIDS ARMS. Closes the car door and ushers her kid to the other side, hurrying them to get inside. I'm close enough to even hear her say, "go, go."
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  • We would be floored. Absolutely gobsmacked. Panic would be surging through our veins. You know how mothers can lift cars off their children from the adrenaline and necessity? Yeah, that would be us.

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    I yell out, "Hey! Hey stop, that's my dog!" and weeble wobble as fast as I can towards the car. Out the car steps who I assume is the father, and maybe an uncle? Not sure, was an older gentleman with grey hair, and the father steps in front of me
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    and puts his hand on my chest, stopping me in my tracks. Because I was walking fast, the sudden stop almost causes me to fall back, but luckily I maintain my balance.
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    F - Father, U - Uncle, M - Mother, Me - Yours truly F: Whoa whoa whoa, hey now. That's far enough.
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    Me: That's my dog, she just took my dog! (I'm shouting at this point, making sure I get the attention of anyone else around).
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    U: No, no tsk tsk tsk and gets in my face and wags his finger at me he's ours. We found him. We adopted him. Legally. F: U stop, be quiet.
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    M is on the other side of the car, watching us, holding her kid's shoulder, still not inside the car Me: You like that finger, then you'll keep it out of my face. Give me back MY. DOG.
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    Me: taking a step back and lift my cane up Don't let the this thing fool you. GIVE ME BACK MY DOG! (Now I'm not intimidating by any means. I'm 5'7" and wobble around with a
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    cane, F is a foot taller than me despite a beer belly had some muscle on his arms. Closest I can get to intimidating is my RBF and loud voice. But I am very defensive when it comes to family)
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    M: shouting from the other side of the car You already have a dog! We like this one, kid's name deserves it! Look, she's so cute! Me: GIVE ME BACK MY DOG!
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    F: You better get your dog and get the f out before you get hurt little man. J has made her way over and is standing a few feet behind me
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    Me: J, car! J turns and heads to the car An older and a younger woman come up from behind U, who was now silent this whole time but standing by to the side*
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    Younger Woman: Hey, no, that's not right. We'd been here when you arrived and you didn't have the dog. HE did. points at me F: to U Get in the car.
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    U complies and gets in, and F takes C from her kid's arms and sets her on the ground. Kid says "aww, bye doggy. You're cute!" and C runs away to join J at my car, but not before running to pick up her ball and J's stuffed toy at the same time, failing, and runs back to the car empty handed.
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    I bite my tongue and set my cane down, glaring at them as they get in their car and drive off, the two woman standing next to me. Once the family is gone, the two ask if I'm alright and if I need anything. I say no,
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    thank them for stepping in, apologize to them for having to step in, all is said and done, and I head back to my dogs and pick up their stuff. Back into the car, and back home.
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