While thieves at a Cuckfield (Sussex) house stole silver worth £60, smoked cigars, and drank lemonade, two Pekinese dogs slept undisturbed.

Dundee Evening Telegraph, 17 July 1929

Photo: Pekenese (Pekingese) dog at Helena Montana (HMKC) dog show 2011. Wikimedia public domain. image.

Contributed by Malcolm Davison.