A beloved pet going missing is something many owners fear. The hope is that someone finds it and, at worst, adopts it, if not just returns it. But what if this hypothetical third party is one’s relative and they didn’t just “find” a missing pet, they stole it instead.
A man asked the internet for some help when he noticed that his wife’s missing pug had shown up on her sister’s social media. So they decided to investigate and, before you ask, this story even has an update. We also reached out to him via private message and will update the article when he gets back to us.
Confronting family can be stressful

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So one man asked for advice on what to do when he strongly suspected his SIL had stolen his wife’s dog








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People asked some follow-up questions



Readers shared their thoughts




Later, he shared what happened






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He also took his time to respond to some reader comments





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Some folks were skeptical












