Stolen puppy: Family’s urgent plea to residents in Armadale area over missing four-month-old show dog

A Perth family has issued a desperate plea to the community to help find their four-month old puppy after it was potentially stolen from their Mt Richon home on Wednesday.

Ra the Chow Chow was meant to be competing in a dog show on Friday night, instead the devastated Rhodes family are endlessly driving around their neighbourhood, calling out his name in hopes they can find the lost puppy.

Owner and dog breeder Nicquelle Rhodes is “beside” herself over his malicious disappearance in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

“He’s a show dog, very loved and missed by my four children who are 10, six, four and two - someone’s possibly broken our gate and taken him,” Ms Rhodes said.

“He went missing with three other females that I own, they’ve all been located safe but there’s been no sightings of the puppy.”

Residents around the Mr Richon, Armadale, Kelmscott area are being urged to keep an eye out and review any footage they have that may lead to the fluffy dogs safe return.

Ms Rhodes has no doubt in her mind that foul play was involved in the red and orange puppy’s sudden disappearance.

“It’d be very rare that he would leave (the other dogs), they’re very close and he is the only of that could easily be picked up and carried away,” she said.

“It definitely looks like the gate was tampered... I thought perhaps it had been left open but I actually couldn’t physically close it.

“The gate has been tampered with, the gate has been bent, I don’t know if by using a tool but it has been bent in a way that it can’t be closed.”

The family is offering a $2000, no questions asked reward for the distinct dogs safe return.

Micro-chipped and trained to compete, Ra has left a hole in the young family’s heart.

“I’ve been off work since he’s been missing, my kids and I have been driving around, they’re crying and having panic attacks,” Ms Rhodes said.

“I am beside myself, I raised this puppy, delivered it - all our dogs are special to us but he’s our baby.

“He’s supposed to be in a dog show tonight... he’s supposed to be in our Santa photos next week.

“We just want him home, we’re desperate.”

Anyone with information is being urged to contact the Rhodes family on 0435 764 996.