Family pet snatched from back deck, mother says

A mother and her children say they feel as though they’ve lost a member of the family after their dog was taken from their backyard last week.

Rachel Kakegamic let her three-month-old miniature pinscher-chihuahua mix onto the back deck of her Huron Crescent home on Friday, Jan. 14. When Kakegamic returned to let her dog Daisy inside, she was gone and there were footprints leading from the back gate to the deck and back out again.

Kakegamic said she believes it was obvious that someone had taken her dog.

"It’s really unsettling and it’s really scary. Having kids in the house and especially the idea that my backdoor was open," she said. "You don’t expect something like that to happen."

Kakegamic filed a police report with the Thunder Bay Police Service, called the Thunder Bay Humane Society, the city’s animal services and provided local vets with photos of the dog. She even posted a listing on Kijiji, but so far she’s only received messages of support without any real leads.

"Other than that, now we just have to wait," Kakegamic said.

With more than 1,700 views on Kijiji so far, Kakegamic said the level of support she’s received is more than she expected. But with three small children, Kakegamic said the loss has been tough for her family.

"It’s hard because the kids shouldn’t have to lose something like that," she said. "We’d like to have our dog back, it’s our pet. She’s come to be part of our family and that was taken away from us."

Kakegamic said the family also lost a cat earlier this summer, which was since returned to them.