UPDATE: On March 2, 2017, Global News spoke with Lisa Morrie, the owner of the nine missing puppies. She told Global News seven of the nine puppies have been returned, however, two are still missing. She did not explain the circumstances behind how the dogs were returned.
An Edmonton woman is reaching out on social media to find nine pitbull puppies reported stolen from a Mill Woods residence.
Brianna Main posted on Facebook that nine puppies were stolen from her friend’s garage Thursday evening.
The dogs’ owner, Lisa Morrie, said the dogs were alone in the heated garage for about an hour while they ate.
“I came in at eight o’clock and I had taken the mother out. I fed them. I gave them their food dishes and then I left them to eat.”
She returned to the garage at around 9:15 p.m. to check on the puppies but they were gone.
She was initially confused.
“How? What? Where? Because you’d be able to see them around the garage even if they just go out of the pen. You’d be able to see them and hear them whimpering once they get stuck.”
Morrie believes the person who stole the puppies used a crowbar to open the garage door because of visible damage to it.
Edmonton police confirmed to Global News they are investigating the incident.
Nothing else was stolen from the garage, which is one reason Morrie believes the person responsible knew the puppies were inside.
“It seems like somebody who knows me, because that’s a pretty short time frame.”
Morrie is particularly concerned about the puppies’ well-being because of their young age.
“The puppies shouldn’t be leaving the mom until eight weeks. Six is the bare minimum of when they should leave, and they should be fully weaned off before they leave and they weren’t.”
Main’s Facebook post asking for the public’s help in finding the puppies was shared 2,400 times by 11:30 a.m. Friday.