The puppy saga

Just a few days ago, my Daugher (Cheer) found a little puppy wandering the street in the dark. She brought the preciouse little thing inside and said. Mommy - (she always uses "Mommy" when she is trying to get her way) I said no.no.no the puppy goes back. She said, I don't know where she came from. If I leave her out there, she is going to get hit by a car. So little miss precious came in. I insisted that she stay outside, that was hard for me to say, because I tend to treat my pets like humans. We already have 3 dogs and they are Inside dogs for the most part. They go out to eat and pottie, but then right back in. I just couldn't committ to another one and if I let her inside, I knew that I would become too attached. She stayed out all night and she cried. I had to turn the radio on to block the noise. It was really pathetic. I thought about her all the next day at work. What were we going to do? I couldn't keep her, but I did not want to take her to the pound. They do not take them when they are too small (puppies). I did not want her to be killed. So I got myself worked up to keeping her. I drove home and thought about what to name her and how she would fit into my already full life.

When I arrived home, I stepped into the back yard and called for her. Precious, here Precious.

She was no where to be found. I walked all over the backyard, looking and calling for her. She was not there. Our house is on the corner of two streets. our back yard has a chain link fence and is visible from the side street. Someone came to the gate, and pried it open and took little Precious. I hope that it was her owner. Now I am worried that we have a puppy thief in the neighborhood. The puppy thief messed up the fence when they tried to open it and now I am afraid that we are going to have problems with "max" my Jack Russell Terrier escaping. He loves to peruse the neighborhood any time he gets a chance. You can't catch him, he runs around the block, checks out the other dogs and then comes back home.

A little message to the Puppy snatcher
I would have let you have your puppy back, if you had come to the door. I was only trying to keep her safe. She should have had a collar on. Then I could have found you and you would not have had to worry about her or mess up my gate.
Thanks a lot.