Tourist’s blind dog stolen in North Miami carjacking and she wants her back

NORTH MIAMI, Fla. – A Canadian woman’s visit to South Florida became a nightmare Thursday when two men carjacked her friend at gunpoint with her beloved dog in the backseat.

The woman, who asked to be identified solely by her first name, Valentina, said her blind, 14-year-old Shiba Inu named “Tina” is like a daughter, and she desperately wants her back.

“I feel like I failed her and she has never failed me,” Valentina said.

Valentina took a road trip to South Florida to visit her friend and Tina was along for every single mile. Tina tagged along as Valentina’s friend showed them around Miami.

“I was in the passenger seat and my dog was asleep and she was at my feet,” Valentina said.

At around midnight, Valentina said they pulled back into her friend’s driveway on Northwest 135th Street, just west of Interstate 95.

Valentina said she got out to move some things from her friend’s car to her own and all of a sudden, she heard a “dreadful” commotion.

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“It all happened so fast, but the screams were so loud and there was a scuffle, like it was a horrible kind of scuffle,” Valentina said.

Valentina said two men held her friend at gunpoint, yanked her out of her black 2017 Nissan Versa Note and took off with Tina still inside.

“I ran,” Valentina said. “I went there and went onto the sidewalk just turned and I saw the car just driving away.”

Tina was wearing a red harness that said “blind dog” on both sides.

Police have yet to track down Tina or the Nissan.

Anyone with information is asked to call North Miami police or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.