A pair of brazen dog-nappers snatched a \u201cloving and flirty\u201d Yorkshire Terrier named Chanel from a Queens yard when the owner briefly stepped away, according to authorities and the pup\u2019s owner.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Owner Claudia Jaramillo Lopez, 47, told The Post Friday she took her eye off pint-sized Chanel for only two minutes around 6 p.m. Sept. 17 when the opportunistic thieves snatched Chanel from the front lawn of her College Point home. <\/p>\n
Chanel \u2014 who is 10 years old and \u201cvery playful but not with anyone\u201d \u2014 initially wouldn\u2019t go with the cold-heated duo when they double-parked outside the 130th Street and 14th Avenue residence and beckoned to her, Lopez said. <\/p>\n
Pint-sized Chanel was using the bathroom on the front lawn of her owner\u2019s College Point home when two thieves allegedly swooped her up. \u00a0 NYPD<\/p>\n
They then resorted to grabbing the petite gray and tan pooch out of the yard and carrying her into their Subaru Forester \u2014 but she still tried to resist them. <\/p>\n
\u201cIn the video you can see that they tried to pick her up but she would not get into the car,\u201d Lopez said by phone in a Spanish-language interview. \u201cShe\u2019s a smart puppy, she knows where her house is.\u201d<\/p>\n
A surveillance image released by the NYPD shows one of the crooks carrying Chanel in his arms.<\/p>\n
The opportunistic crooks grabbed Chanel when her owner wasn\u2019t looking, sources said. NYPD<\/p>\n
Both dognappers were still on the loose Friday and the NYPD asked for the public\u2019s help in tracking them down. NYPD<\/p>\n
But by the time the unsuspecting Lopez circled back around the corner with her other Yorkshire Terrier, Leti, Chanel was gone.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t see her anywhere,\u201d Lopez said. \u201cI called her name because she would hide in the parking space and when I called she would answer\u2026.I was worried looking for her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSimply, I was sure that I was going to find her there because I was sure nobody was going to take her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Once Lopez\u2019s husband checked the cameras, the couple realized someone had taken their beloved pet.<\/p>\n
Chanel was a charmer in the neighborhood \u2014 with passerby often commenting, \u201cOh she\u2019s so pretty,\u201d Lopez said.<\/p>\n
\u201cChanel was a very happy dog, very loving and flirty,\u201d Lopez added. \u201cShe was very flirty, she liked to play with people she was familiar with.\u201d<\/p>\n
The suspects fled in a 2014 Subaru Forester, police said. NYPD<\/p>\n
Chanel was \u201cobedient,\u201d and Lopez\u2019s family never walked her or Leti on leashes \u201cunless we went out to the park or other places,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know why she didn\u2019t follow me that day,\u201d the owner added. \u201cUsually she follows me but that day she decided to stay there.\u201d<\/p>\n
The petite tan and gray-colored dog is valued at around $1,200, police said.<\/p>\n
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Police are still looking for the suspects nearly a month later and released photos of the pair, their gray getaway car and of Chanel.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information on their whereabouts is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).\u00a0<\/p>\n