What would you do if you gave your daughter, who was stricken with melonoma, a Yorkshire Terrier as a gift to help raise her spirits, give her hope, only to have it given away to someone else by a so-called “trusted” acquaintance whilst you were vacationing with your little girl in Europe? Me, I’d lose my shit… and if I was American, I’d sue also… probably to the tune of six million dollars. Well that’s what this father has gone and done:

A Manhattan man has filed a $6 million lawsuit in an attempt to force the return of a small dog that he says was a gift to his cancer-stricken teenage daughter from a now-imprisoned contractor and former friend.Martin Klein, a lawyer, says in papers filed in Manhattan’s state Supreme Court that the dog, a purebred Yorkshire terrier named Hershe, was given to his 15-year-old daughter, Michele Klein, by Ted Kohl on her 11th birthday.

Court papers say Kohl was taking care of Hershe while the Klein family was on vacation in London. After Kohl was sentenced Nov. 28, he gave the dog to a friend, Gayle Fisher Worth, who has kept the dog and refused to return it, Klein’s court papers say.

Klein’s lawyer, Hayley Greenberg, said Kohl, a longtime friend of Klein’s family, gave Michele the dog as a gift.

“Hershe was supposed to be returned to our client the day he (Kohl) went to prison, but he didn’t,” Greenberg said.

Court papers say Michele has been diagnosed with “malignant melanoma” and Hershe “gave her great comfort and assisted in her recovery efforts.” The dog’s absence is adding stress to the girl’s body, court papers say.

Things like this make my blood boil - not only am I a dog lover, but the fact that this little girl has cancer, well it just ticks me off. I met a group of cancer patients a few years ago when I volunteered for the Century Cycle ride with the Team In Training association, sponsoring the Leukemia Lymphoma Society - moved me so much… some just clinging on for dear life, lifted by the support of us “healthier folk” doing our good deeds.

Gayle Fisher Worth, give back the fucking dog - and I hate your fucking faux-aristocratic double-barrelled name.