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Dog theft crime - Dog owner (18th Feb 2021 - 11:55:25) Hello fellow dog owners, as most of you will be aware there is a drastic increase in dog theft and as a woman with a dog I feel very vulnerable. I no longer will go out on my own with the dog and will avoid certain places, due to hearing of recent and local attempts and attacks. Only the other day there was an odd situation by silent garden Wanted to see if anyone has any advice or maybe a safety in numbers approach is the way forward, or if there are any other people out there feeling the same and wanting to join force? I’ve heard many people are not walking their dogs due to this, I’m not in a position where I feel it would be fair on my dog to deprive them of their daily fun Obvious things I’ve read and that come to mind which may be useful to others: - safety in numbers - avoid remote locations - avoid routes with easy escape/road access if going off road - do not let your dog off if recall is not good - avoid walking same time and routes - don’t ever leave your dog unattended even if for 1 minute

Re: Dog theft crime - Louise (19th Feb 2021 - 18:58:13) There is a poster up at Linchmere mentioning an attempted theft at Blackdown last week. It suggests we buy personal alarms that can be sounded if anything happens.

Re: Dog theft crime - Solitary Walker (19th Feb 2021 - 22:29:12) No excuse to steal other people's possessions and I know we get attached to pets, but why are dogs so expensive, I mean I wouldn't walk around the forest displaying a two grand watch I'd expect to be robbed sooner or later and I'd be well stressed, ok that's a bit obvious we all know that, but maybe we shouldn't pay so much for dogs to walk off into the woods, then maybe they wouldn't want to nick them and it would make everyone feel safer like the 'dont leave valuables in your car' if noone did they'd stop hiding in the bushes scaring us all, even those who don't leave possessions in their car get turned over just because sometimes they get lucky, one report said that dog theft has overtaken both bicycle and car theft in the countryside in richer areas, it's the reverse in the cities, in the city I ride a cheap bike I don't worry too much as noone wants to jump me for it, in the countryside I think I'd purchase a cheaper dog, in fact they can't give them away at Battersea before putting them down, come on guys, do we need a valuable (price wise) dog unless it's a working dog but for most of us not necessary ok if you are rich but then you've got to start thinking about additional security or someone to go with you, like this poor owner is it worth the stress I thought a dog was to protect you not vice versa, world gone crazy who buys these knocked off dogs, problem is it's easier to sell than a nicked car and probably less prison time than for drugs, next we'll be paying thousands for cats these things are living creatures noone should be buying them or nicking them, just loving them as fellow creatures! I hope that makes some sense meantime if they catch them there should be same time as for stealing a car if not more.

Re: Dog theft crime - Dog owner (21st Feb 2021 - 00:44:09) Understand what you’re saying solitary Walker and whilst it’s wonderful to adopt, people do pay for their dogs and that’s the way it will always be, it doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t have one. Also worth noting I know of and have seen so many cross breeds and elderly dogs which aren’t “worth as much” from a monetary standpoint being stolen. Case and point being Spillo - very old and cross breed. The point being that any dog is vulnerable regardless of monetary value, which makes the problem even more uncontrollable ;(

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