10:45am Wednesday 7th May 2008
By Alison Sanders
A NEWPORT couple are devastated after their pedigree dog was stolen.
Rebecca Roberts, 22, and Craig Rendells, 30, are offering a cash reward for their beloved Alsatian puppy Kira, who was taken from the garden of their house in Duckpool Road, Newport.
Ms Roberts said: "We miss her dearly. She has not been picked up by the RSPCA or the dog warden and we can only assume that someone has taken her.Our other dog Blade is crying constantly for Kira. He is pining his little heart out.
Driving instructor Mr Rendells left the six-month-old puppy at 2pm on April 28 but was horrified to learn she had disappeared when he returned home at around 5pm.
It is thought local teenagers took the dog.
A local paperboy said he saw the fawn and black alsatian being taken and told the couple after seeing a poster appealing for the missing dog.
Ms Roberts said the gate was shut but the padlock was not bolted because they are currently fitting a new gate.
She said: "The dogs cannot get out by themselves. It is an eight foot steel gate with a great big lock. We have now put a fence 12 foot back from the gate so people can't get close to the gate and the dogs."
The couple have put up posters in Beechwood Park, in shops and pubs and on lamposts appealing for information.
Gwent Police have made door-to-door enquiries.
Ms Roberts, who has had both dogs since they were six-weeks-old, said: "They look intimidating and are often bought as guard dogs. But Kira and Blade are well-tempered."
A spokesman for the RSPCA advised all dogs to be fitted with a microchip or a collar.
He said: "We send our sympathies to the owners, any theft of a dog is illegal."
Anyone with information about Kira's whereabouts can contact Ms Roberts on 07825 911057.
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