Confession and $20 in Case of Scooter the Stolen Pug
Submitted by For The Love of the Dog
This is actually a rather sad story all the way around.
Rob and Kim Velevis’ little one year old pug, Scooter, slipped out of the yard on Christmas eve. Needless to say, when the Velevises found out the Scooter was missing, they scoured the neighborhood, nearby park and shelters looking for their lost little dog t no avail. They didn’t find their little Scooter and had no clue what could have happened to him.
Well, now they know! They received a letter from the woman who found their little dog, Scooter. You can read the letter below. Along with the letter was enclosed $20.
Now you can see why I say it’s a sad story all the way around. A young couple loses they dog. A woman find him and because she has no Christmas gift for her young daughter, she gives her the dog even though she know that the owners will be heartbroken over the loss of their dog.
“We’re expecting our first child in May,” said owner Kim Velevis, “and the fact that our little girl might not be able to grow up around Scooter, it crushes us.”
“We just can’t believe that another human would do this to somebody else, especially on Christmas Eve,” said husband Rob “She knew in the letter it was going to wreck our family.”
The Velevises haven’t gone to the police. They don’t want to press charges. They’ve even said they they would buy another dog for the little girl. So now they just want as many people as possible to look for their dog and to have him back home as soon as possible.
They believe the little girl has family members living in the Dallas area and may know where Scooter is now. The Velevises live in Northeast Dallas, near Northaven and Marsh. The nearby school is Withers Elementary, and the closest park is Northhaven Park.
My heart is breaking for everyone in this story. I know the right thing would be for the Velevises to get their dog back especially since they offered to get a new puppy for the little girl. I’ll keep my eyes open and look to see how this whole story unfolds. I just hope for a happy as possible ending.
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January 4th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
I cried since reading your post and the letter sent to the Velevis family. I can see it from both points of view and it saddens me because there is obviously no way this can be a win/win situation. Someone is going to be heartbroken, either way.
I can only imagine what the woman who took Scooter must be going through (although it all stems from her alcohol addiction). So desperate after disappointing her daughter probably many, many times before, she takes a dog she knows belongs to someone in the hopes that it will bring some joy to her little girl. And now she is faced with the knowledge that her actions may break her daughter’s heart yet again. I feel that deep down she is a good person (sans the alcohol and the “dog-napping”). She she obviously feels guilty and I’m sure she sent the letter in the hopes that the knowledge that he is OK would help Scooter’s real parents. Keep in mind that, more than likely, she would never have been found out if she hadn’t sent the letter. She is in a somewhat emotionally desperate situation, and I hope she doesn’t fall of the wagon.
But the Velevis family situation is especially hard on me. After my daughter was born, I started having what I now know were heart problems (now at 41 I have a pacemaker and defibrillator) and I was also struggling with post-partum depression. Also, my daughter has SPD. We just couldn’t give Wallace and Grommit (not a typo) the attention and care they deserved so we contacted a Mini Aussie rescue group. They found W&G a new home where, I hope, they are better off. Unfortunately, they originally went to a foster mom so I didn’t say goodbye because I knew the change was going to be stressful enough without my losing it in front of them. Also unfortunate for us, the new mom wants nothing to do with us. I’m not looking to get them back, I just want to know how they are (and with the tainted dog food situation and devastating tornadoes in our area a while back, if they are still alive). They were as much our kids as my daughter is. It has been almost 2 yrs and I still miss them terribly (I haven’t stopped crying since I started writing this). I will miss them until the day I die.
Anyway, if I were Scooter’s parents, I would let the little girl keep Scooter, even knowing how much I would miss him and how my heart would break.