“All I want for Christmas is my dognapped puppy”
17 Dec 2009
A 7 year-old Parker County girl wrote to Santa of her wish for Christmas, the return of her pet puppy.
“I know it will work,” she said.
Brooke Botello’s mother witnessed how their 6 month-old English bulldog got snatched right in front of the family’s home.
“That makes me feel really sad,” Brooke said. “She was like a new-born puppy. She was that cute.”
Life isn’t the same without Brooke’s four-legged playmate, shares her mother.
“It’s really different without her,” she continues. “I used to play tag with her. She used to chase me around.”
With Christmas just around the corner, Brooke knew what to do. She sits at the back of the family’s car after unsuccessfully checking a shelter for Rosita. Brooke expresses her dilemma to writing about it.
“I said, ‘Dear Santa, (what) I really want for Christmas is for Rosita to come home. So please try your best, Santa. I believe you. So please bring her back. Please. Love, Brooke.”
Brooke’s grandmother, Marjorie King, said she doesn’t know what to tell her.
“She’s convinced Santa is going to bring Rosita back to her,” King said.
“The reindeer will track it,” Brooke said. “They have good noses.”
“The toys she wanted, she doesn’t want any more,” her grandmother said. “How do you prepare a child that more than likely, your dog is not coming back?”
She said she doesn’t have the heart to tell her there are some gifts even Santa can’t provide.
Brooke’s family filed a police report, but there is little information to investigate. Her mother only had a general description of a white pickup truck and didn’t get a good look at the driver.
“Santa is a good person, so he’ll try his best,” Brooke said. “I know he will.”
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