It looks like the District’s summer dognapping season is getting off to an early start. Last July, it was everyone’s favorite Vizsla, Molly (long since safely returned home). Now WUSA9 reports on a burglary in Woodridge Thursday that included the theft of an 11-week-old Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy named Chuma. Owner Kevin Fitzgerald tells Channel 9 that all he wants is his dog back.

Thieves smashed a basement window to enter the house in the quiet Northeast neighborhood of Woodridge sometime between 9am and 4 pm. They stole television sets, laptop computers, electronics. Those can be replaced. Chuma cannot.

“He’s a Rhodesian Ridgeback. 11 weeks old. He has a distinctive ridge of fur that grows down his back,” said Fitzgerald.

Chuma was inside the house in a crate when the robbery occurred, so it’s clear he was stolen and didn’t simply escape. Another dog carrier of his was abandoned in a back alley.

Major bummer. Best of luck to the Fitzgeralds as they search for their stolen pup.