A devastated Inglewood dog owner has begged the thieves who stole his "children" to give them back.
Issac Sandoval was heartbroken when his the mother of his litter of English bulldog puppies and their two adult siblings were taken overnight from the 300 block of Magnolia Street Saturday.
And while he can understand why someone would want to take 5-year-old Sunny and her first litter, two-year-old Bunny and Thor, he is still hopeful he will be reunited with his best friends.
"They're purebred and they're pretty expensive dogs, so it's understandable why someone would want them but it's ridiculous that someone would... steal them," Sandoval said, "I don't breed animals here. I don't have kids and these are my children."
He said his remaining pet pooches, who are only three months old, have been pining for their mother and siblings since the theft occurred.
"They still look for her. They still come out here and wonder why their mom, and their older brother and sister aren't out here to play with them," he said.
Sandoval said he never heard a thing when the thieves struck during the weekend. Their leashes are still hanging near the scene of the crime.
"They came late or very early Saturday night, Sunday morning," Sandoval said. "We just didn't hear them. By the time I came out to feed them Sunday morning, they were gone."
Bulldogs are the fifth most popular purebreed in the United States according to the American Kennel Club, and were the favored pets of Sir Winston Churchill, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War.