How rude! The following appeared in today's Chronicle Telegram:

 A case of a daylight dognapping?

Ryan Merrill
The Chronicle-Telegram
ELYRIA — The purple bed at the foot of the coffee table sits empty in Millie Terrell’s living room.
Up until Sunday, Rosie, a 6-year-old golden retriever-miniature collie mix slept there each morning as Terrell fixed her first cup of coffee.

But Terrell’s morning routine changed Monday. Terrell, 71, made the coffee and at about 8 a.m., she put Rosie on her leash and spent a little time outside with her, Terrell said, just as she always does.
Then Terrell came back in to read the paper.

But when she went to check on Rosie, her beloved companion was gone. She found the dog’s red collar, unclipped, on the porch.

“I didn’t hear her bark to be let back in,” Terrell said. “After seeing the collar I was pretty sure she was kidnapped because there was no way her head would come through the collar.”

Terrell said she bought Rosie as a present for her granddaughter, 11-year-old Nicole Ickes. She kept Rosie when Nicole and Nicole’s mother moved.

Rosie had been neglected, abused and abandoned by her former owners, Terrell said, and the mistreatment led to some unusual behavior. Rosie becomes depressed easily, Terrell said, and flat out refused to ever go in the basement.