The woman was howling mad. She said she’d talked
to a man over the phone last May about getting title to a factory-fresh German
shepherd. The fellow assured her that as soon as her check cleared he’d make a
call to Germany and have her pup on the next boat out of Bremerhaven. She wired
him the full $1,875 sticker price and fully expected to be enjoying sloppy
dog-kisses within five weeks. She’s been long-distance-dogging the man ever
since but he keeps putting her off with one flea-bitten excuse after another
and, so far, hasn’t macht mit der hundt, or returned her gelt. JCSO
investigators have now picked up the scent.