Pooch dognapped during dog show Canadian Press Jun. 29, 2004 10:30 AM LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Police are investigating, local veterinarians are on alert and fellow dog lovers are on the lookout after a Yorkshire terrier was dognapped from a dog show on the weekend. Glennis Doig said her dog, Cheeky, was taken from his exercise pen Sunday during the final day of the Lethbridge and District Kennel Club's annual dog show and obedience trials. "It was just like she vanished," Doig said Monday from her home in Leduc, about 50 kilometres south of Edmonton. "It's just awful. I can't even imagine how a person would feel who lost their child." Doig said she doesn't think Cheeky got out of the pen by herself because if there was an escape route, the other dogs in the pen would have gotten out as well. The four-year-old female pooch, who weighs less than two kilograms, could have been hidden away under a jacket and snuck out of the football field. Doig and her husband, Mike, travel the Western Canadian dog show circuit 52 weeks a year, setting up a booth to sell dog show grooming and pet supplies. She said the dog show crowd is a "very close-knit community" and she can't believe one of the participants would have taken Cheeky. Andrea Knibbs, organizer of the dog show, said it's unlikely the dog could have escaped from the field, which is fenced in. "Everybody notices a loose dog in a dog show because you never see one," Knibbs said. The police said Cheeky was worth $500, but Doig said it would cost her about $2,500 to buy a new dog.