The owner of five miniature pinschers says he’s saddened by the disappearance of his two newborn puppies.
Brandon Topple, from Glen Haven, N.S., says he takes his dogs everywhere he goes.
He is currently in Edmonton caring for his terminally ill father, and two of his pinschers joined him for the trip. Three of the dogs stayed at home — including the expectant mom, Destiny.
At the end of June, Destiny had given birth to three purebred miniature pinschers. Topple had shared the exciting news on his Facebook page.
“When I made the post of the puppies being born, I didn’t realize how devastating the consequences would be with sharing that with everyone online,” said Topple.
When the puppies were just five days old, they were stolen from their home.
“It’s heartbreaking that somebody would do this to two brand new puppies despite them being cute or not,” said Topple.
“You don’t do that to two animals, two brand new animals with their eyes closed.”
His sister in law Shannon MacKinnon, who also lives in the home, had stepped out briefly to get groceries while the dogs were at home. She says someone broke in while she was gone and took two of the puppies.
Topple is now offering a $1,000 reward for their return and MacKinnon says the puppies might not survive without their mom.
“There really is no other point in people having the dogs because if they don’t survive then they’re not going to get anything out of it. So, they might as well come and get their reward and give us the dogs back,” said MacKinnon.
The RCMP say they are investigating the matter and the family has placed a kennel at the top of the driveway in hopes that they are returned safe and sound.
“It’s a no contact situation. Nobody will get in trouble, we just need these pups back because they are not going to survive,” MacKinnon said.
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