RCMP search for dog with one testicle

By RENATO GANDIA The Canadian Press
Sun. Jan 20 - 5:12 AM

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. — Alberta Mounties say a dog stolen from a pet store should be easy to spot.

"I can’t imagine a miniature (Doberman) pinscher’s testicle being overly large, but the fact that there’s only one hanging and not the other is going to help identify this dog,"" said RCMP Const. Scott Hagarty. ""It sticks out."

Hagarty said the heist happened New Year’s Eve when two women entered a Petland store in Grande Prairie and were looking at puppies in an open pen.

Soon, one of the pups was gone, and so were the suspects.

Store manager Glenda Stride said the tan-coloured puppy was worth $1,588. She said the stolen pooch hadn’t been neutered or implanted with a microchip. ""We probably would have found it by now if it had a microchip,"" she noted.

The two suspects met up with two men in the store, police said, but it was unclear if the men played any role in the theft. A surveillance camera recorded one of the women exiting the store with the dog tucked under her coat, accompanied by the second woman.

Hagarty said police are relying on tips from people who may have seen the dog. An RCMP release explained that only one of the puppy’s testicles had descended.

""It’s kind of a unique dog," Hagarty said.