A 12-year-old girl has made a heart-wrenching appeal to dognappers who stole her puppy saying she will give them all her pocket money just to have her back. Tia Bajalyte got Smaila, a toy poodle, for her birthday one year ago, but the pooch was stolen from her parent’s van in March by crooks who swiped her but left £400 in cash.
Schoolgirl Tia recorded a video message to the thieves to get her cute dog back, saying she had been looking forward to her birthday "having fun" with Smaila. Tia said she misses her dog every day and she was "like my little child." But she generously said she would give the dognappers all the money she has if it meant she got her back.
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