# Lady Gaga's dogwalker shot and dogs stolen **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 26, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812 "2021-02-26T14:40:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812/1 "2021-02-26T14:40:17Z")
This is a bizarre story. Two guys attacked Lady Gaga’s dogwalker and stole two of her French Bulldog, shooting him when he resisted. He was in critical condition but now apparently is in stable condition. She is offering $500,000 for their return. I could kind of understand trying to kidnap the dogs in order to hold them for ransom. But being willing to shoot someone seems way over the top. I don’t see how anyone could imagine they would get away with it. > **[New surveillance video shows the horrific attack on Lady Gaga's dog walker | CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/26/entertainment/lady-gaga-dog-walker-attack-video-trnd/index.html)** > > The Los Angeles Police Department is examining horrifying surveillance video showing two individuals attacking Lady Gaga's dog walker, opening fire on him and then fleeing the scene with the singer's two French bulldogs. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812/2 "2021-02-26T14:47:54Z")
Yeah, I wondered if the shooting had nothing to do with Gaga. If I shot a dogwalker, I would certainly try to make sure the dogs didn’t get hurt. I hope she gets them back. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812/3 "2021-02-26T14:51:02Z")
The average price of a French Bulldog is $1,500-$3,000, although the most expensive can run to $100,000. But I can’t imagine how you would go about fencing a hot dog. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812/4 "2021-02-26T15:43:34Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > But I can’t imagine how you would go about fencing a hot dog. 😉 In other news, a dirty water cart has been stolen East LA. Police remain baffled… ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812/5 "2021-02-26T15:55:23Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > But I can’t imagine how you would go about fencing a hot dog. Pun aside, that’s because you are not a criminal, associated with criminals and the black market. I also am not, and I don’t know how I would go about selling a stolen canine, but I am very aware that it happens. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812/6 "2021-02-26T15:55:29Z")
I think this is simply a case of stupid criminals. It obviously seems like they were going after ransom money, but it’s idiotic to throw in attempted murder in a dognapping scheme. Somebody got trigger happy when they should have just ran. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812/7 "2021-02-26T15:59:10Z")
> [@Ashtura](#): > > it’s idiotic to throw in attempted murder in a dognapping scheme. It’s idiotic to throw attempted murder, or even actual murder, into a convenience store robbery or a mugging too. Criminals being stupid is not that uncommon. > [@Ashtura](#): > > Somebody got trigger happy when they should have just ran. Or when they should have pursued a more legal means of employment. ---
**Author:** ![slash2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@slash2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slash2k)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812/8 "2021-02-26T16:04:46Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > But I can’t imagine how you would go about fencing a hot dog. Wouldn’t be terribly hard. The dogs were stolen in LA; an ad could be placed on Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace in San Diego or Fresno or Phoenix. In this case, the thieves were spectacularly unlucky in that they stole dogs belonging to a celebrity, so the dogs’ pictures are on the front page / cover of TMZ and People Magazine and so forth, but for an ordinary person’s dog nobody outside the immediate area is likely to know anything about the theft, and only a small percentage (3-5 percent) of dogs have microchips or other permanently affixed ID. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812/9 "2021-02-26T16:12:03Z")
But surely these dogs are chipped, right? So even if they sell them to someone, the first time it goes to a vet it will be discovered, I should expect. I’m thinking they must want ransom not resale profits. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812/10 "2021-02-26T16:13:27Z")
The chip is just under the skin. It can be removed. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812/11 "2021-02-26T16:48:37Z")
Still, they would have to sell the dogs for much less than the market price. It wouldn’t be a great payday. Still, it would be better than a convenience store or a mugging. However, it looked like the robbers had a nice car. They don’t appear to be just street thugs. It looked to me like both robbers got out of the back seat. So there would have been a driver involved too. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812/12 "2021-02-26T17:00:59Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > So even if they sell them to someone, the first time it goes to a vet it will be discovered, I should expect. I dunno, will it? Is checking for a chip a typical first vet appointment move? Seems like it’s only done on demand, when a dog’s owner isn’t identified. I honestly don’t remember if my dogs were scanned the first time I brought them to my vet (I was known to the vet from my previous dog but my dogs were new). Then again, they always whisk the buggers away for weight and nails… ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812/13 "2021-02-26T17:20:21Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Is checking for a chip a typical first vet appointment move? I don’t know about all vets, but I do know that my vet does. ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812/14 "2021-02-26T17:21:46Z")
When our cat went missing for a couple of days, the local vet said they only scanned chips for animals they recognized. If you recognize the pet, WTF is the chip for!? ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812/15 "2021-02-26T17:22:05Z")
She’s offering a $500,000 reward, no questions asked, for the return of the dogs. Am I the only one who thinks it’s odd that she’s not offering any reward for information leading to the arrest of the criminals who brutally shot her dog walker? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812/16 "2021-02-26T17:29:12Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/r8GcPGzGUb0/maxresdefault.jpg "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure - Bike reward") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8GcPGzGUb0) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812/17 "2021-02-26T17:38:38Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > She’s offering a $500,000 reward, no questions asked, for the return of the dogs. Am I the only one who thinks it’s odd that she’s not offering any reward for information leading to the arrest of the criminals who brutally shot her dog walker? Yes, that struck me as odd. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812/18 "2021-02-26T18:25:41Z")
> [@bibliophage](#): > > She’s offering a $500,000 reward, no questions asked, for the return of the dogs. Am I the only one who thinks it’s odd that she’s not offering any reward for information leading to the arrest of the criminals who brutally shot her dog walker? Hollywood Priorities ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812/19 "2021-02-26T18:32:51Z")
To be fair, the police are going to be looking into that. The police may have less interest in returning her dogs. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812/20 "2021-02-26T18:34:29Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Or when they should have pursued a more legal means of employment. That’s crazy talk, man! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gagas-dogwalker-shot-and-dogs-stolen/933812.md?page=2)