2 Naperville Petland employees charged with stealing Pomeranian...

Two women are charged with misdemeanor retail theft for allegedly swiping a pricey Pomeranian puppy from the Naperville pet store where they have worked.

[Billy Bob]

Good for the store donating to the
K-9 unit.

[Dog Lover]

Boy, with a comment like "Someone should have killed it," it's no wonder some people care more for "stupid" animals than they do for human beings.

Just when you think people can't get any dumber...

[people]

hahaah i went to school with these people....lets just say they are not the sharpest tool in the box...

what losers....they should think about doing something productive with their lives! as a teenager you have the world ahead of you! i feel sorry for their parents they are good people....trust me its not the parents!

[jailtime please]

tbets wrote:

Puppy mills are bad.
Those three should be assigned a couple hundred hours at an animal shelter. Damn dummies. Nothing like reinforcing a stereotype to the yups in Naperville.

I wouldn't want any of these lowlifes anywhere near a helpless animal. Let them clean out the sewers!

[Just Wondering]

Man, Naperville needs to do something to keep that Plainfield, Aurora, and Bolingbrook riff-raff out. Of course, then nobody would be left to clean the poop out of the puppy cages.

[Every Dog Has Its Day]

Having that on your rap sheet. A couple of dogs done in by a dog. Creeps.

[Brien Comerford]

These malicious people are very lucky that the dog was not harmed. Thank you Tribune for addressing animal cruelty, abuse, neglect and theft.

[Red]

RACISM!!!

[cosmo kramer]

save a life rescue a shelter dog or cat

www.petfinder.com

you can find puppies, kittens, purebreds at shelters and the cost is often a small donation to cover sterilizing the pet so it doesn't contribute to the over population of homeless pets.

why pay hundreds of dollars for a pet that undoubtedly came from a ruthless puppy miller when you can RESCUE a homeless purebred from your local nonprofit shelter for much much less coin?

[Annie]

I have purebred German shepherd that I bought from a breeder. He was lonely, so I looked on Petfinder about a year ago and found another purebred female GSD. She had been returned to the shelter several times, for being overly submissive (she has accidents when her alpha human approaches her). I took her in an worked with her, and I have to say, these two have been the best dogs I've ever had, and I'm so glad that I didn't just run to a place like Petland on a whim just because I wanted a purebred and I wanted it now. I waited for the litter from the breeder, and I searched Petfinder for over two months before I obtained my dogs. I can't say enough good things about Petfinder.

[cosmo kramer]

Annie wrote:

I have purebred German shepherd that I bought from a breeder. He was lonely, so I looked on Petfinder about a year ago and found another purebred female GSD. She had been returned to the shelter several times, for being overly submissive (she has accidents when her alpha human approaches her). I took her in an worked with her, and I have to say, these two have been the best dogs I've ever had, and I'm so glad that I didn't just run to a place like Petland on a whim just because I wanted a purebred and I wanted it now. I waited for the litter from the breeder, and I searched Petfinder for over two months before I obtained my dogs. I can't say enough good things about Petfinder.

You rock!

[dog person]

Annie wrote:

I have purebred German shepherd that I bought from a breeder. He was lonely, so I looked on Petfinder about a year ago and found another purebred female GSD. She had been returned to the shelter several times, for being overly submissive (she has accidents when her alpha human approaches her). I took her in an worked with her, and I have to say, these two have been the best dogs I've ever had, and I'm so glad that I didn't just run to a place like Petland on a whim just because I wanted a purebred and I wanted it now. I waited for the litter from the breeder, and I searched Petfinder for over two months before I obtained my dogs. I can't say enough good things about Petfinder.

Aw, this story made my day. Glad to hear your pups are so happy together!

[Cheddie24]

Truthout wrote:

Stop patronizing stores like Petland.
The world does not need puppy stores!! They get their dogs from puppy mills and the cycle continues.
STOP DOING BUSINESS WITH STORES THAT SELL PUPPIES, STORES LIKE PETLAND!!!
Go to a reputable 'hobby' breeder: a person who just has a few litters a year. Or go to your local shelter.
I just dropped off some donations at my local shelter yesterday...every cage had a dog in it who needed a home. Every time a store like PetLand gets a puppy from a puppy mill, every time a puppy mill breeeds another dog, it is taking away a home from an abused, neglected or homeless dog.
Why would you want to give PetLand $1,500 for a puppy? Why do you want to put your hard earned money into their greedy pockets? They don't care about animals!!
It's businesses like them that keep the puppy mill system alive.

Right on!