I've just got back from walking my dog in Graves Park.

There is a male Sharpei dog wondering about around the cobnar rd entrance looking lost. Another dog walker told me it was there yesterday, too.

I'm sorry I couldn't catch it, but it does have a red collar with a tag on.

If it's your dog and you need help to look fo it tommorrow PM me.

Just bumping to say several people I've spoken to have seen this dog,. apparently its been around Graves park for a few days.

poor little mite will be hungry take some food he's sure to come to you so you can read his coller

and nobody has put up posters?

Mind you, that jack russell (?) that turned up in graves park has wandered over there from beyond Crystal Peaks!

Anybody checked doglost?

nope - no posting on doglost :(

make me feel upset when you think he out there alone its cold tonight lets hope he finds his way home soon .

My cat was taken and dumped on the motorway wandered around for a week before the lady picked him up and posted his advert in paper was 6 weeks before we got him home he was 30 miles away took some time for our adverts to find each other .

cold sorry

I've been trying to report him to the police. but I keep getting the answering machine, and they haven't rung me back yet.

they wont you have to keep ringing let me no if he finds his way home please sarah x

cold sorry
That's what the 'edit' button is for ;)

Are you ringing the 2202020 number Scoop?

opps sorry dident no

That's what the 'edit' button is for ;)

Are you ringing the 2202020 number Scoop?


Yes, then they're putting me through to Mossway. I've left two messages on the answering machine but no answer.

I've just spoken to apolice officer about this beautiful dog. Apparently it's been wandering about in Graves Park for over a week, they've had officers up there trying to catch it but its been running away. Poor little thing.

take some dinner for him he will come when he sure of you

Someone must be feeding it though, if it's been there for over a week? What a shame for the poor dog, you'd think someone somewhere would be missing it:(

edit at 18.45 ... I've made a few enquiries locally and been told that this dog is always wandering around. My informant told me it's been returned home to Abbey Lane on several occasions but it usually finds its way home by itself.:suspect:

Some people just know how to get the rest of us a bad name :rant:

Some people just know how to get the rest of us a bad name :rant:
what do you mean

what do you mean
Us dog owners.

It's people who behave like this that mean we have to have all sorts of silly restrictive rules, and ludicrous suggestions of how dog owners should be restricted, when in actual fact SOME people just shouldn't be allowed to HAVE dogs at all :roll:

post deleted - Strix

I'm sorry, his owner may be a perfectly nice person, but no responsible dog owner watches their dog escape, knows they are capable of doing so, and then lets it escape again.

They should have at least put a fence around their garden, high enough for the dog not to get over, and taken all the neccesary precautions to stop the dog from going awol.

I know you might say that the owner can't help it, and the dog escapes no matter what the owner does, but surely if you know your dog is prone to running off, you don't leave it unsupervised, don't take it outside without a lead, etc etc.

I agree Strix, this person is one of those responsible for giving owners of dogs (like me, you and many other dog owners on this forum) who actually care and look after their dogs a bad name. This should have been stopped two years ago. Either that or the dog should have been taken away from the woman, as letting a dog run around for days on end is very irresponsible.

aren't sharpeis on 'the list'? :suspect:

I didn't think they were :confused: will check it out though...

It winds me up when people say 'but he still manages to escape' sorry but you keep the dog in the house if it can get over the wall and as Lea said, don't take it out without a lead.
You work on it's recall before you let it off etc. etc. I can understand it happening once or twice, but after that, you do something about it!

I know someone who has a dog that has terrible recall and instead of training her or waiting for her, they leave her in the park, go home and wait for her to turn up! How can anyone do that?!

I hope this dog gets home soon and then I hope something's done to ensure this never happens again.

People like that dont deserve a dog. I'd take him home with me if I saw him and hand him in to RSPCA or something

Just checked it out and no they're definitely not on 'the list' :thumbsup:

I'm not condoning it, but..... when I was a little girl (a hundred years ago) it was standard practice to let your dog out by itself in the area I lived. Our dog wasn't allowed out by herself but my Grandmothers dog was.
We lived about four miles away from my Nan and often we'd hear a woof at the door and he would have come to visit us by himself! Of course this made my Mum very cross because then she'd have to walk him back!

I remember he was always being brought back by the dog warden.

Eventually my Nan got the message and started taking him out on the lead, but he never lost his wandelust and would escape at every available oppertunity, returning sheepishly a few hours later to a good shouting at from my Nan (they didn't have Victoria Stillwell in those days)!

I always remember that because dogs were allowed to wander freely, you got a good feel for doggy body language and seem to know which dogs you could safley pet and which to cross over the road if you saw it coming towards you.
I think this has stood me in good stead, it breaks my heart now in the park when parents treat every dog as a potential threat and start steering their children away as soon as they are approached by anyone with a dog. How are these children meant to build confidence with dogs and learn about their body language? It just instills fear as far as I can see.

I have to admit that I tell my kids not to approach any dog no matter how friendly it looks. They often ask the owner if it is ok to stroke their dog and i'm fine with that.
My son once went to stroke this lovely little dog tied up outside a shop. It was waggingi t's tail but whining after its owner, so my son told it it was ok and put his hand out to it and he very nearly ended up with no hand. When the bloke came out I told him that the dog should have a muzzle on being aggressive. He said it was my own fault for letting my kid go near his dog. Stupid man. There are too many dogs taught to be aggressive these days and they all look sweet and innocent so in my opinion telling a child not to approach any dog unless the owner says it's ok is necessary.

I have to admit that I tell my kids not to approach any dog no matter how friendly it looks. They often ask the owner if it is ok to stroke their dog and i'm fine with that.
My son once went to stroke this lovely little dog tied up outside a shop. It was waggingi t's tail but whining after its owner, so my son told it it was ok and put his hand out to it and he very nearly ended up with no hand. When the bloke came out I told him that the dog should have a muzzle on being aggressive. He said it was my own fault for letting my kid go near his dog. Stupid man. There are too many dogs taught to be aggressive these days and they all look sweet and innocent so in my opinion telling a child not to approach any dog unless the owner says it's ok is necessary.

Yes I agree, my little boy knows he's not allowed to stroke any dog unless he asks the owners permission first.

The people I was referring to are those that drag their children away when they see a dog and hold them tightly til yu're past, glare at you for having the cheek to have a dog in a public place, and generally give their children negative vibes about all dogs (one time a parent even picked their toddler up and lifted the child above his head as we went by!).

I'm sure the fact that I had to make my own judgements about dogs as I was growing up gave me confidence with dogs and means that I can spot the difference between a dog who's running towards me with "I want to play" body language and "come near me and I'll rip your face off" body language.

Also remember, most dogs snap on occasion if they're stressed for whatever reason, that doesn't mean to say you've nearly lost a part of your body. If a dog means to bite you it probably will, a snap is warning sign (and quite a late one at that, if you've got as far as being snapped at by a dog you've probably missed other signs that it wants you to leave it alone already).

Us dog owners.

It's people who behave like this that mean we have to have all sorts of silly restrictive rules, and ludicrous suggestions of how dog owners should be restricted, when in actual fact SOME people just shouldn't be allowed to HAVE dogs at all :roll:
i agree totaly people who cannot be botherd to look after there animals should never have got them in the first place

should not be out on his own, and find it a little worrying that a dog originally bred for fighting other animals should be wandering the streets alone. very irresponsible ownership.