We are Laura Keith and Thomas Caso.

We are sharing this story with the hopes that it will draw
attention to the theft our dog, Cash. We know where he is and how it happened. Our goal is to bring him
home as fast as possible.

Cash is a 1 1/2 year old Weimaraner pup. He was reported to the police as stolen at the end of February
a little over a month ago. Our dog-sitter/breeder/ friend offered to take him to training and boarding
while we were on holiday. We live in Manhattan, the training is in New Jersey, she was very generous
and insisted it would be great for Cash. We accepted with excitement.

As the owner of the sire, and breeder of our dog, we trusted her implicitly. When we were dropping off
Cash to her, she asked Thomas to sign a standard consent necessary for boarding, giving permission to
bring Cash to training. She explained the document to us and assured him of its content. This is where
the nightmare begins.

Little did we know, she had an ulterior motive. Cash’s father, “Shadow”, recently passed away suddenly.
As the breeder, she needs a new sire for maintaining the pedigree. This is the only reason we can come
up with for her to do something so sick…
Immediately after Cash reached the training center, they posted a picture of their newest student on
Facebook. Oddly referring to him as “Shadow”. I immediately communicated with them about his name
and other details. I followed his training online along with sending them a quintessential dog-mom
essay, detailing his needs and preferences and asking how we was doing. Only to get a phone call from
her to Thomas saying we shouldn’t contact the training center, they can’t have us calling to check on
him all the time.

When it came time to pick Cash up, she ducked all calls, messages, and texts. The training center
informed us she had picked him up and did not know Of his where abouts. Horrified and worried, we
went to her house and place of work. Neither she nor Cash was there, we were devastated.

We filed a police report, and finally received an email from her stating that we freely gave Cash away,
showing a signed document that neither of us had seen before. This document was also presented to us
from the training center. She refused to tell us where our dog was. Because of her paperwork claim,
police say it can only be resolved in court.

After weeks of searching day and night, emailing, posting, messaging, multiple visits with police, and
knocking on doors from Manhattan to Philadelphia, Cash was located. Incredibly, we spot him being
walked by a man in Matawan where we were passing out flyers!

When Cash saw us, he jumped wailed and cried. We told the man he was a stolen dog , explained
everything. We wished to take him back right there and then, but we were not heard. He refused.

Despite providing the police with receipts, screenshots of confirmation pickup messages, and new
details, they again said we had no rights to claim the dog. We showed texts from the dog sitter and
papers of ownership. We were ignored.

This man who has him now continues to refuse to give him back. We have tried everything, from
sending him flowers, offering to buy him a new puppy, and all reimbursements for what he has spent on
Cash. Because we are getting stonewalled, we are forced to proceed with an attorney. The legal help we
need is unaffordable, as this process could take a very long time.
How could a person do this? As a Weimaraner breeder, she should know the vital formative stage in a
puppy’s life. How could she so violently disrupt our bond? It’s unimaginable! We are devastated and
heartbroken.

We are perplexed and sickened by this behavior. We’ve learned the man who has Cash is an associate of
her husband. We do not know why these parties are keeping Cash from us, but the siring prospect
seems the most likely. The police seem to be siding with them, and we feel helpless.

Cash is our pride and joy, our child. We love and celebrate him every single day — an obvious fact to our
friends, family, neighbors, and the world of social media. He is the happiest, sweetest animal, and cared
for with the highest standards. We’ve raised him since 10 weeks old. He is our everything. We are in the
dark, heartbroken, and empty.

We have been using a supporting hashtag to follow on helping him getting home as fast as possible :
#BringPuppyCashHome