It's another example of the stupidity of thieves.
The people concerned were having work done to the house and the day before the robbery they had a load of stuff delivered, tools and such, which was put in the garage. The thieves broke in through the garage roof, nicked all the stuff inside and managed to find a key to get into the house. There they took money, valuables, computers and the dog, as well as the car keys, and they took the car.
The car was found close by burnt out the next day. The couple concerned made a massive effort to get the dog back, the rest of the stuff was insur