Their 12-pound Pekingese named Tian Shao Minzhu, which means "my sweet little Democrat" started barking and Debra Brady noticed someone trying to open a sliding door on the side of their home on Brentwood Road, he said.
She saw the three disguised men and banged on a window, causing them to flee, he said. She immediately called 911 and then her husband. "By the time she called me, they [the police] were already there," he said. Debra Brady was not hurt and nothing was taken.