just seen on look north that a old lady had tied her dog up outside a shop and some one pinched it and the dog was found dead a while later..is awful never tying mine up outside a shop again.:(

Thats aweful that some one would do such an aweful thing to a poor dog:(
I never leave mine like that although i know Dave has onece or twice had to leave our mob like that when needing the loo!

It's terrible. My mum told me about it earlier. I've never dared to leave my dogs tied up outside shops as I'd never forgive myself if anything happened to them. The poor lady must be distraught, my sympathy goes out to her.

i work at wilkinsons at hillsborough,and the other week someone tied their dog up outside and it broke free,luckily for the owner it decided to come into the shop rather than go onto busy bradfield rd where it would have certainly caused an accident,we had to hold on to it and put a tanoy call out for the owner to come forward.

just seen on look north that a old lady had tied her dog up outside a shop and some one pinched it and the dog was found dead a while later..is awful never tying mine up outside a shop again.:(Oh no thats horrible :cry:
Where was this?
I never leave Gadget tied up and thought I might just be being over cautious until now... :(

Oh no, why did I just look that up?
I'm even sadder now that I've read it in more detail :cry:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/7841237.stm

Poor old lady xx

I won't read it but it sounds awful you can't do anything these days and people are just so cruel.

Poor lady x

How sick :mad:

I hope the police take it seriously, first stop cruelty to animals, next stop humans. :(

How sick :mad:

I hope the police take it seriously, first stop cruelty to animals, next stop humans. :(I know I'm just being totally naive and hoping for the best, but he might not have killed the dog on purpose... and might not have actually been cruel to it??

"Police said her injuries were consistent with a high fall"

*Could* have been an accident while he was walking her.

(thats what I'm telling myself anyway :()

It's so awful, poor old lady she must be distraught. I would NEVER leave Evie outside a shop, I worry about her getting stolen.

I know I'm just being totally naive and hoping for the best, but he might not have killed the dog on purpose... and might not have actually been cruel to it??

"Police said her injuries were consistent with a high fall"

*Could* have been an accident while he was walking her.

(thats what I'm telling myself anyway :()

either way its his fault for taking the poor dog, some kids are so evil

Thats terrible the poor lady must be distraught, I would never evert leave any of mine outside a shop, and iI never leave them in the car either, I know a lot of people do but I couldn't cope with it if this happened to me, and no I cant read the story either

either way its his fault for taking the poor dog, some kids are so evil

It wasn't a kid, it was a man.

It wasn't a kid, it was a man.

oh right, either way its sick

This is one reason why I wouldn't leave Molly tied up outside anywhere. I couldn't deal with someone nicking her. There are security leads that you can buy if you need to tie them up somewhere and leave them- I remember Lotti telling me about them.

(Another reason I wouldn't leave her outside a shop is that she'd bark and howl for the entire time that I was in the shop, which everyone else around her may find rather hard to deal with!)

I know I'm just being totally naive and hoping for the best, but he might not have killed the dog on purpose... and might not have actually been cruel to it??

"Police said her injuries were consistent with a high fall"

*Could* have been an accident while he was walking her.

(thats what I'm telling myself anyway :()

That's what I can't help wondering, too.

Before I will think the man was "evil," my mind goes to thinking perhaps he suffers from a mental illness, and had no bad intentions.

I hope they catch the scum and release his name and address to the public..

there was a day and age when we could leave our dogs outside shops in safety

I leave Brude sat under a stay command, and preferably where I can still see him

I leave D outside the shops if I'm just nipping in, it takes me about 5 mins to tie all the knots in the lead so he could not lunge at any passing dogs and he wears his muzzle too. I know it would take someone a while to untie all the knots, as it take me ages to undo him :lol: He sits beautifully looking out for me to come back :)

i leave my girls tied outside when i go to shops, i always take them with me for more walks time, but im thinking maybe i shouldent now id hate this to happen and i would never forgive myself

They've arrested someone. Thankfully they do appear to be taking it seriously: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bradford/7853483.stm :rant:

There is a collection for the elderly couple whose dog it was on another forum I visit in order for them to have a cremation and memorial for their dog, any excess money is going to an animal charity of their choice.

I am glad that the police have taken this very seriously.

That's amazing news

I hope his capture gets more publicity than the original story too - in the hope it puts others off any stupid ideas of something similar :mad:

This is what worries me about the current reporting in the media on the subject of dogs - it stirs up enough malice for people to think it's okay to treat people's pets badly :rant:

This is one reason why I wouldn't leave Molly tied up outside anywhere. I couldn't deal with someone nicking her.

(Another reason I wouldn't leave her outside a shop is that she'd bark and howl for the entire time that I was in the shop, which everyone else around her may find rather hard to deal with!)

My thoughts exactly! I've never left our dog tied up anywhere without me.