DURANT, Okla. (KTEN) – For Khrystian Rice, it was a heart-stopping minute: Walking out of the Durant Walmart to discover her car and her five-month-old Australian shepherd treatment dog gone.

Friday marks 3 weeks of connecting online and publishing leaflets around town.

“I went in there, it wasn’t even 20 minutes,” Rice said. “I spent most of that time in the self checkout. And whenever I came out, my car and Miles were gone.”

Miles does a lot more than sit and remain.

“He knows how to respond whenever I’m crying. Or whenever I don’t get out of bed, he wants to go outside and play,” Rice said. “Keeping me active and getting me to go outside and doing things like that have really helped with my mental health and getting me active myself.”

Efforts to discover the individual accountable have actually lost.

“The police officer said that he saw somebody that was watching me from the trailer park, and whenever I went inside was when he got into my car,” Rice said.

But a security video camera recording couldn’t recognize a wrongdoer beyond the color of their clothing.

“They checked the cameras, but they said that the footage itself was too grainy to see the suspect,” Rice said.

Rice said she’s faced lots of obstructions throughout her search.

“It’s been hard to get a further reach because Facebook communities are so localized that it’s hard for people outside of their communities to reach them,” Rice said.

So now, it’s up to her and a couple of others to find the service dog.

Rice has actually published an $800 benefit for Miles. If you see him, you can get in touch with her straight.