Bowie, a 6-month-old cavoodle, disappeared from outside Burgerfuel in New Lynn.

An Auckland woman is heartbroken after her dog was taken while she went into a restaurant to pick up dinner.

Jo Hodge said she took her dog Bowie with her to pick up her order at Burgerfuel in New Lynn on April 18 as she hadn't been out of the house all day.

She tied the dog's leash to a pole outside the restaurant and could see her through the window while she grabbed the order.

Hodge turned towards the counter for 30 seconds. When she looked back for Bowie, she was gone.

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"Her lead was still attached to the pole, but it had been unclipped from her collar," Hodge said.

SUPPLIED Jo Hodge says she is heartbroken and devastated that Bowie has been taken.

"I ended up going around calling for her and then it kind of dawned on me that she hadn't unclipped herself and she must have been taken."

Hodge said she was in a panic but a woman suggested she call the police.

She contacted her partner soon after and they spent 90 minutes searching New Lynn for the 6-month-old cavoodle.

SUPPLIED Bowie was taken from outside Burgerfuel in New Lynn on April 18.

Hodge said she went back and put up flyers but hadn't heard anything.

"It's just like she has vanished," Hodge said.

Hodge approached nearby businesses to see if anything was caught on their cameras but they had all been damaged in the April 10 storm and weren't working.

"[I'm] absolutely heartbroken, I'm devastated," Hodge said.

"I feel really guilty as well because I left her out there. It was a couple of seconds but ... poor little thing."

Hodge said she had yet to tell her two children that Bowie was missing.

"They will be devastated. They will be absolutely devastated," she said.

"My daughter has wanted a dog since she could say the word and we finally got one."

Hodge said Bowie was wearing a red collar with a round gold tag and is microchipped.

A police spokesperson confirmed they had been notified and staff were making enquiries.