This is a mystery, but it is a true story.
It is a story made more timely by Michael Vick's return to football, when suddenly everyone seems to feel the need to re-proclaim their love of dogs.
But this isn't about football or pit bulls, it is about true love, the kind that compels a newly wed couple to bring their beloved canine on their honeymoon.
Laura Scandrett is a good friend of my cousin Julie Englesman's. Last weekend, she and her new husband, Tai, got married in Colorado, and couldn't bear to leave Laura's dog, Jackie, 15 at home.
"Jackie just walked Laura down the aisle at her wedding. Jackie is Laura's best friend, literally," Julie said.
So the honeymooning threesome hopped in car and took a road trip to Phoenix, which is where the tale gets ugly. Whereas in California, or even Flagstaff, it might be okay to leave a dog tied outside a store for a few minutes, it is simply not a common practice here in the desert.
When Laura and Tai exited a local Barnes and Noble, their newlywed bliss turned sour when there was no sight at all of their 50-pound, deaf, black-turning gray favorite pal.
"I know she is devastated, but I also know her well enough to know she is a wreck, and not wanting to talk about it without falling to pieces," Julie said.
The California couple have hired a private eye to help in the case but they are worried as they don't understand why, even if a do-gooder worried about the dog in the heat, they didn't look for her owners in the bookstore.
The reason I am bringing up Quarterback Vick is since his signing with the Philadelphia Eagles there has been an immediate surge in dog brutality items on Facebook. There's a poll about pit bull fighting, and jokes about, "Hide your beagle, Vick's an Eagle." Someone even quipped when I posted a Facebook photo of the missing Jackie, "Vick?"
For Laura Tai and Jackie, let's hope for a happy reunion before the day is out.
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