Stolen Dogs

[tiggerblue10]

This is awful.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55525041

I've never had dogs as I'm a doggy person but if I did I'd keep them indoors in this weather.

[tiggerblue10]

*Not a doggy person, that should read!

[Baldric]

// I've never had dogs as I'm a doggy person // ?????

[Baldric]

Crossed posts ;o)

[Paigntonian]

The thieves are disgusting and appalling. It's common, particularly in rural areas and, especially on farms, that dogs are kept outside. That, surely, is no excuse for theft, the harm to the animals and the hurt caused to the owners' families.

[Dagman]

A lowlife tried to steal my sister's dog from their garden last week, luckily she looked out just before he could catch the dog, she screamed at him and he ran. They have attempted this all over apparently. Police on it but no result yet!

[Paigntonian]

As many will have read, Covid has led to a huge hike in the price of puppies and, presumably, that of more mature dogs and bitches.

[tiggerblue10]

I try to proof-read before posting, but something almost always misses the net! My dyslexia...

[wolf63]

It's a crime that non-animal people would dismiss as a petty crime.

It is a nasty thing to do, steal a member of a person's family for, probably, financial reasons. The family and the abducted animal suffer as a result.

The criminals are getting bolder - people are being beaten up so that the dog could be grabbed.

Scum - the lot of them!

[tiggerblue10]

One parent on the school run had a teeny tiny dog on a lead. I don't know what breed it was but I was worried that someone might grab it, cut the lead and run off. Either that or someone would accidentally step on it, it was that small.

[wolf63]

tigger - some of the little dogs look fragile but they can be pretty vicious too.

Little dogs are scary, but big dogs are cuddly.

[Paigntonian]

Wolf: That's the word. Scum.

[tiggerblue10]

Wolf, I had a small dog growling at me once and all I did was look at it! Lol

Another time I was sitting on someone's couch and their great big German Shepherd jumped up and sat across my lap! I was stuck there for about 10 minutes until the owner came back from making tea and got the dog off me. I really am not used to them.

[wolf63]

I have had two dogs in the last 40 years - both cross German Shepherds, they were both very protective.

Princess Merlin was much more vicious than either of the dogs. She only looked like an innocent fluffy ball of Pussy Cat.

[237SJ]

Seems odd to me that these people had 6 dogs living in outbuildings on their farm. All the farmers that I have grown up with have a border collie that lives outside and maybe a gun dog for when they go shooting foxes etc.

[barry1010]

Maybe they breed them, 237

[barry1010]

I'm sure they are breeding the dogs as the owners said that the thieves took the majority of the bitches and left the majority of the males, so they have more than 6 dogs.

[royfromaus]

America
https://news.sky.com/story/lady-gaga-offering-500-000-reward-after-dog-walker-is-shot-and-her-two-pets-stolen-12228751