By The Calgary Herald
August 23, 2007
Dwayne Ewasiuk said he was more worried about his dog Rowdy than he was about his truck, which was stolen with the dog inside when he went into a southeast convenience store.
When Rowdy was stolen along with her owner's truck, and dumped onto a strange street overnight, Dwayne Ewasiuk feared she wouldn't survive.
"She's only six inches (15 centimetres) tall. You even have to worry about the cats. I'm surprised she made it through the night," said Ewasiuk, 30.
Ewasiuk's itty-bitty, tan-coloured chihuahua-Pomeranian cross was inside his truck when it was stolen Tuesday, shortly before 8 p.m.
He had just picked up Rowdy from her $50-a-treatment pet grooming appointment and stopped to buy pop at an Abbeydale corner store near 68th Street and 8th Avenue S.E. on the way home.
As he stood in line to pay, he saw his tiny dog, wearing a glamorous rhinestone-studded black collar, staring at him from the truck's window.
Then he watched as his white GMC truck began backing out of the parking lot.
As Ewasiuk ran toward the fleeing truck, he cursed himself for carelessly leaving the keys on the console. But he was more upset about his miniature dog.
"I almost got run over. I wasn't even worried about the truck," he said, adding the company truck was equipped with GPS.
Thanks to the electronic tracking device, police found the truck across the city in the northeast community of Bridgeland a short time later.
A woman who was arrested refused to co-operate in locating the missing dog, police said.
Police called Ewasiuk at home about 1 a.m. to tell him someone reported seeing a tan-coloured dog in the neighbourhood.
Ewasiuk was too worried to wait, so he went out looking for Rowdy himself.
"It was hard to sleep, anyway, so I went out at 6:30 a.m. and called her and called her and all of a sudden she just appeared," said Ewasiuk.
He dropped to his knees, calling her name. She ran to him and jumped into his arms.
"She was shaking and licking me," he said. "It goes from depressed to happiness. I was so worried about it. It was so crazy."
Five years ago on Christmas Eve, Ewasiuk bought Rowdy from a pet store.
"I always pictured myself having a big dog, but she was the one. She caught my eye," he said.
"She's been through everything with me. I'm so excited she's back."
Amanda Gail Wick, 38, of Calgary, is charged with theft over $5,000.
Source: http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=a45fea25-56e1-4b3f-81bb-492d807dd095
Printer-friendly version here
No comments:
Post a Comment