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Sure, the Taco Bell dog grabbed all the Chihuahua headlines in recent weeks. But he -- who's a she, actually -- may only lose a job. When it comes to Chihuahuas in peril, the most gripping story may be that of Tyk Thomas and Litty Leigh, beloved pets of Backstreet Boy Brian Littrell and his fiancée, Leighanne Wallace. On July 19 both dogs disappeared from the couple's home outside of Atlanta after an unidentified woman buzzed at the gate. "I told her, 'No, you can't come in,' " says Wallace, 31. Soon after, the dogs were missing. Wallace called Littrell, 25, who hopped a plane back to the States from Sweden, where he was recording the band's new album. "He was extremely upset, almost more than I was,"Wallace says. The popster appealed for the dogs' safe return on local TV and radio. After four days, "we were miserable," recalls Wallace, "and completely without hope."
Then on July 23 a
tipster alerted police to the dogs' whereabouts.
"When we got home, we got in bed with the dogs," says Wallace.
With good reason. Although both dogs have traveled the world in style,
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