Tycoon pulls out all the stops for return of stolen dog

THE stakes for high net-worth dogs continues to rise.

First, there was the $1.5 million (€1.06m) mastiff. Then came the “troubled” millionaire maltese. And now comes the toy terrier.

Thieves in Italy last month sneaked into the Genoa hotel room of Russian chemicals tycoon Stanislav Rybchinsky and stole the family’s Russian toy terrier, Johnny.