Barking Up The Wrong Tree

Stealing Dogs

I read a story today in the Northern Echo about how two dogs were stolen from a family’s stable by luring them away with cooked chicken.  The owners came home to find the two missing dog’s leads left behind with a couple of half eaten chicken legs.

The two dogs were just pets, a rottweiler and a terrier, and one of them was a rescue dog.  The family has two children, aged nine and fourteen, who are understandably devastated.  The mother said:

“Siobhan has been crying all night, but I don’t know what to say to either of them. I don’t know if the dogs are going to come back and, if they don’t, I suppose we can only hope they are being looked after,” said Mrs Scott, of Coxhoe, County Durham.  They are family pets, not guard dogs. They don’t have a bad bone in their bodies. We have a holding where we keep horses, which is the best place for them if everyone is away out all day.”

Why anybody would do this is beyond me!  Unfortunately, only one of the dogs was microchipped so the owners are hoping the dogs are kept together so maybe they have a chance of getting both back.

You can read the full article on the Northern Echo website