Fiona Guthrie is asking for Cranbourne people to look out for her stolen pet dog Millie.
By Sarah Schwager
A CRANBOURNE woman is desperately seeking the return of her beloved pet beagle Millie after it was “dognapped” over a week ago.
Fiona Guthrie was in Adelaide on Sunday, 14 January and due home that night when she received a call that someone had found her three-year-old purebred dog at the BP service station on Cranbourne-Frankston Road.
Her dog Millie had been locked in the yard of her Ainsleigh Court house with her housemate’s other two dogs while her housemate was at work.
Ms Guthrie said she had been very relieved to hear from the man as she had not even known her dog had escaped and asked for his name and phone number so she could organise for someone to pick Millie up.
But the man said he would call her back when he got home.
Ms Guthrie said just a few minutes later the man called again and asked if she was sure she wanted the dog back, as his son had seen it and wanted to keep it.
“I said, ‘Of course I still want her back’. I couldn’t understand why he was asking,” she said.
Ms Guthrie asked for the caller’s number but he said he could not remember it and would text it to her.
That was the last time Ms Guthrie heard from the man.
“He called from a private number so I could not trace the call and he never told me his name,” she said.
“Knowing that someone’s got (Millie) and has knowingly kept her almost makes it worse.”
Ms Guthrie said she could not understand how Millie had got out of the yard and made it all the way to the service station.
“It’s such a long way for such a little dog,” she said.
The dog was reported missing to the police on Monday, 15 January and police are still searching for clues to the disappearance.
Millie is a tri-coloured beagle that Ms Guthrie has owned since she was just a puppy.
She said Millie was a very happy-go-lucky dog.
“She’s probably not missing me. That’s her personality. She loves everyone,” Ms Guthrie said.
Ms Guthrie said Millie was a purebred so had not been spayed.
“She could be put in pup quite easily. I don’t know what they are going to do with her,” she said.
Ms Guthrie said her housemate’s dalmation, Furyck, was so sad since Millie had gone, moping around the house and sleeping in Millie’s bed every night.
Police are viewing surveillance tapes from the service station and are checking telephone records.
Anyone with information or who may have seen a dog in the area that matches Millie’s description is urged to contact Senior Constable Glenn Dunn of Cranbourne Police on 5991 0600 or Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000.
