Feb 02 2008

When The Shih Tzu Hits The Fan

Published by Gaius at 8:05 pm under Animals

Mayors resign. The mayor of Alice, Texas has resigned because of her dognapping of a neighbor's pet Shih Tzu.

The mayor of a small town in Texas has resigned after secretly keeping her neighbour's Shih Tzu while pretending it had died.
Neighbours had asked Alice Mayor Grace Saenz-Lopez to look after the dog, Puddles, during a holiday. She called them to say it was dead.

But the dog, which Ms Saenz-Lopez had renamed Panchito, was later seen at a dog groomer's and at her sister's home.

A custody hearing on Monday is expected to decide who keeps the pet.

Ms Saenz-Lopez had filed a police report to say that Puddles was missing.

While we here at Blue Crab Boulevard are not absolutely certain that a Shih Tzu is properly classified as a dog rather than as a rodent with aspirations (we're sure we will be hearing from outraged Shih Tzu owners over that), we cannot sanction the theft of other people's pets - whatever they are. We do, however, sometimes think of strangling the neighbor's rooster.

(H/T to NortonPete for sending in the link to this story.)

7 Responses to “When The Shih Tzu Hits The Fan”

  1. # NortonPeteon 02 Feb 2008 at 9:27 pm

    I have 3 dogs, 2 of them rescued. A Rhodesian Ridgeback, a Labrador Retriever and a 5.5 lb Maltese that is 18+ years old with no teeth.
    The Maltese rules with absolute impunity.

    ABCnews.go has a nice article on Michael Vick’s Dogs being rescued by “Best Friends” a very good organization .

  2. # Jimon 03 Feb 2008 at 1:00 pm

    Alice, Texas is now, and has always been, a corrupt pustule infecting the state. To be there is to think you have been suddenly and mysteriously transported to Louisiana. The whole town and its county is a rotten political stink hole.

  3. # martianon 03 Feb 2008 at 1:17 pm

    Jim, please don’t suger coat it - tell us what you really think!

  4. # feeblemindon 03 Feb 2008 at 3:26 pm

    Odd coincidence: After reading this post this a.m., I was on my way back from feeding cows when a car blew by me on the highway. The personalized plates read “SHIH TZU”. If it hadn’t been for BCB I would have thought shih tzu was a Chinese entree or exercise regimen.

  5. # NortonPeteon 03 Feb 2008 at 3:31 pm

    I think it is an entree in China.

  6. # Gaiuson 03 Feb 2008 at 3:44 pm

    Well, they shut down the cat meatball restaurant…

    http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2006/06/19/and-you-thought-it-was-a-myth/

  7. # Samon 03 Feb 2008 at 6:28 pm

    Aren’t those the large, noisy hamsters I see people carrying around on leashes?