UPDATE 8:08 p.m.: Heidi has been returned to her owners.
The Reddit comment was updated to read "Heidi has been returned," and went on to explain another Reddit user was supposed to pick up the dog to return it to the owners, but failed to show up. So the dog thief took Heidi to meet the owners himself.
"They charged me and demanded my name," the comment read. "So much for no confrontation or questions."
The owners told News 8 they will be filling out a police report, and said they thought they were meeting with a friend of the commenter, not the commenter himself.
"Oh [by the way], I gave them money to repair the lock and the first words out of her mouth were 'give me THE [expletive] dog!' Way to be personally attached to your sweet puppy," the comment continues. "I'm done here. Please take better care of Heidi going forward."
We'll have more on this story Thursday night on News 8 at 10.
FORT WORTH -- A beloved Swiss mountain dog named "Heidi" remained away from her heartbroken owners early Thursday evening.
The 10-month-old puppy was taken from a dog run on the side of the Gupton's home on Friday during the height of the ice storm. The dog was left outside for a few hours when the couple went to dinner.
But someone who lives nearby took a saw to a gate, and say they rescued the dog. In a posting about the missing dog on the social news site Reddit, someone posting with the handle "dogthedogsaver" said in a comment Heidi looked neglected and cold in the conditions.
The couple refutes those claims and points to home video taken just hours earlier out in the winter elements having the time of her life.
The commenter claimed he saw Heidi in the dog run earlier in the afternoon then again six hours later. He said he called animal control and the humane society but neither could help due to the weather. The commenter then cut the lock off the dog run and took Heidi to his home.
"[...]Heidi is so much happier now," the post read. "She whines at the door when her new daddy leaves, has a huge backyard to play in and two other dogs her size to play around with. Oh, and she has a doggie door so she can go in and out whenever she wants."
You can read the full original comment here, under the headline beginning with "10 MONTH OLD GREATER SWISS MOUNTAIN..." [Warning: Foul language].
The owners say Heidi's breed can sustain cold weather for much longer periods of time than other dogs.
"We just all want her back here," said Brooke Wright, a friend and neighbor.
The North Texas Humane Society said it was aware of the case, and was trying to help the owners.
The thief posted again on Thursday, saying Heidi would be returned sometime Thursday night. No other specifics were posted.
The Guptons were offering a $2,000 reward for the safe return of the animal.
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The Reddit comment was updated to read "Heidi has been returned," and went on to explain another Reddit user was supposed to pick up the dog to return it to the owners, but failed to show up. So the dog thief took Heidi to meet the owners himself.
"They charged me and demanded my name," the comment read. "So much for no confrontation or questions."
The owners told News 8 they will be filling out a police report, and said they thought they were meeting with a friend of the commenter, not the commenter himself.
"Oh [by the way], I gave them money to repair the lock and the first words out of her mouth were 'give me THE [expletive] dog!' Way to be personally attached to your sweet puppy," the comment continues. "I'm done here. Please take better care of Heidi going forward."
We'll have more on this story Thursday night on News 8 at 10.
FORT WORTH -- A beloved Swiss mountain dog named "Heidi" remained away from her heartbroken owners early Thursday evening.
The 10-month-old puppy was taken from a dog run on the side of the Gupton's home on Friday during the height of the ice storm. The dog was left outside for a few hours when the couple went to dinner.
But someone who lives nearby took a saw to a gate, and say they rescued the dog. In a posting about the missing dog on the social news site Reddit, someone posting with the handle "dogthedogsaver" said in a comment Heidi looked neglected and cold in the conditions.
The couple refutes those claims and points to home video taken just hours earlier out in the winter elements having the time of her life.
The commenter claimed he saw Heidi in the dog run earlier in the afternoon then again six hours later. He said he called animal control and the humane society but neither could help due to the weather. The commenter then cut the lock off the dog run and took Heidi to his home.
"[...]Heidi is so much happier now," the post read. "She whines at the door when her new daddy leaves, has a huge backyard to play in and two other dogs her size to play around with. Oh, and she has a doggie door so she can go in and out whenever she wants."
You can read the full original comment here, under the headline beginning with "10 MONTH OLD GREATER SWISS MOUNTAIN..." [Warning: Foul language].
The owners say Heidi's breed can sustain cold weather for much longer periods of time than other dogs.
"We just all want her back here," said Brooke Wright, a friend and neighbor.
The North Texas Humane Society said it was aware of the case, and was trying to help the owners.
The thief posted again on Thursday, saying Heidi would be returned sometime Thursday night. No other specifics were posted.
The Guptons were offering a $2,000 reward for the safe return of the animal.
E-mail tunger@wfaa.com
via www.wfaa.com/news/local/Stolen-Swiss-mountain-dog-is-still-gone-despite-thiefs-pledge-to-return-it-235649341.html
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