My sister warned me that there was a group of nefarious types stealing dogs locally.
Apparently this has been a more common practice given the lockdown phenomenon of soaring dog prices and increased demand for designer dogs.
I saw Maggie from the village this morning and warned her as her sweet cocker made goo goo eyes at Mary
“I’m prepared” she said pragmatically showing me a specially made waist band to which she had fixed her dog’s lead to with what looked like a climber’s carabina.
“Keeps my hands free” she said, “ in case of emergencies”
I looked impressed
She pointed to a small piece of equipment on her wasteband
“ Here is my rape alarm too !”
I laughed and was just about to ask her if she was packing a gun , when she fished into a pocket and brought out a small canister
“ pepper spray !” She explained
God help anyone trying to steal Maggie’s dog I thought
Sounds like Margaret was trying to warn you off just in case you were feeling frisky.
ReplyDeleteHummm
DeleteThis has been one of my biggest concerns recently while walking my three dogs. I have changed my walking route so that I am in a build up area just in case someone tries to take my dogs and I can scream for help. I have also changed the times of day that I walk them. I think I will follow your friend's example and attach extra clips to lead and collar . Such Evil people who steal people's pets, it causes such heartbreak to the owners. I have to admit that although I consider myself a strong woman, if someone stole my pets, it would finish me, I would never recover from it
ReplyDeleteI must admit I’m more vigilant than I used to be
DeleteThey deserve anything she can dish out. I suspect the greater risk is a dog left unattended in a garden, or allowed to wander off the lead. Sad for the dog and the owner (does anyone own a dog, or are we merely keepers?)
ReplyDeleteThieves are stealing to order
DeleteIt's good to be prepared.
ReplyDeleteI so hope those who are heartlessly stealing dogs will be caught soon and put in jail where they belong. Are Mary and Dorothy micro-chipped?
Hugs!
Yes both are microchipped
DeleteHOW LOW do people have to stoop to be stealing doggies? HANG THEM!
ReplyDeleteabout as low as a Jack Russell
Delete“ Chihuahua”
DeleteGood for her - I hope she never needs to use any of it.
ReplyDeleteA force to recondwith
DeleteP.S. Travel - they are breaking into people's homes to steal dogs, even from elderly pensioners etc. They also attack people in parks and rip the dog from them. Close-to-whelping bitches are exactly what they like best as they get a litter of puppies for nothing. Heart-breaking posts come up on my Facebook page daily.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds worrying x
DeleteThe motto of the Boy Scouts of America (which, ironically, only includes the United States of America), is "Be Prepared." I don't think they meant pepper spray. May Margaret never feel the need to use it.
ReplyDeleteI think she would empty the whole can if needed without hesitation
DeleteYou should warn Margaret not to advertise her pepper spray since it's illegal to carry in the UK. X
ReplyDeleteLol a little old lady like her?
DeleteIndeed, it is illegal, but a girl always needs a little bottle of perfume. Have you ever had some in your eye? It's very painful.
DeleteOr a pocket sized hair lacquer and comb
Deletesomeone ripped a puppy out of a woman's arms at a local park recently. if anyone comes near my pups with malicious thoughts, they better be ready to tango.
ReplyDeleteYes, anyone touches my Mary will lose their fingers
DeleteRead this to my husband as we had our morning coffee. We both laughed out loud. He nearly spit his coffee across the kitchen. Thank you, John. It's wonderful to start a day with a good belly laugh. Hugs to Margaret... and to you!
ReplyDeleteShe’s. In our choir and looks like butter wouldn’t melt
DeleteI hope all the doggies of Trelawnyd stay safe!
ReplyDeleteThanks Debra x
DeleteI've heard of people knocking on doors, seemingly to ask an innocent question, and if they see or hear a dog, they later come back to steal it. Such low-life! Sadly, too, many rescue centres are being inundated with pets no longer wanted because lockdown is easing and people are going back to work. My mind boggles at the stupidity. xx
ReplyDeleteI’m looking for an alpha male at themo but all the rescue centres seem locally seem. Closed
DeleteYou can get alpha males in rescue centres? That's been kept quiet. Don't tell my wife. Go get yourself one John.
DeleteIt is a big problem around here and has been for a number of years.
ReplyDeleteIt used to be illegal fights you heard the dogs were being stolen for, now it seems designer dogs are all the rage
DeleteA while ago I had a cross lurcher staffy jack russel and I know I was being watched by 2 rough men-so much so I stopped going there x
DeleteWhen my children were young we lived on 100 wooded acres. They were only allowed to play close by near our home where it was open and had a circular driveway so we could check on them all the time. We had a little mini-schnauzer who played with them. Not only did someone steal our dog, but one time a car with two men pulled into our driveway and start chatting up our curly blond, eyelashed blue eyed younger son. The dognap was heartbreaking; our vet said there were rumors of men in the village stealing dogs for laboratories. Thank goodness when the two men chatting w/ my younger son took off after the older son approached the car. Certainly awful feelings of vulnerability afterwards. Be safe. Hugs from the mini-mountain in Maine.
ReplyDeleteNow that is terrifying
DeleteIt's happening where I live too-I'm now on edge most of the time and only a few weeks ago a young woman was in tears after a couple she thought were enticing her young labrador from her.Two men stopped and asked an elderly gent about his dog,one reached forward to the dog and the old gent an ex boxer walloped him in the face and they ran off.Even 7 years ago walking back to my house on the very day I had just collected my lily from the dogs home a black shiny truck stopped alongside me and there were 4 strong men inside-"that's a fine looking dog" one said clearly a gypsy-as a neighbour was on his drive behind a large hedge I avoided them and they drove away x
ReplyDeleteGood thinking on Margaret's part. A safety device, a backup just in case it fails, and a backup for the backup. LOL. Can you please ask what the rape alarm is and how it works?
ReplyDeleteA rape alarm is just a personal siren. If you feel threatened, you just press a button and it emits a loud noise. Hopefully, that scares off the attacker, or alerts people nearby. Sadly, it doesn't castrate the b******d!
DeleteThanks for the explanation hooker x
DeleteThanks for the info HH, and I'm you on the issue of castration.
DeleteJust yesterday, my employer issued any employee who wanted one a device called "a screamer". Yup, it's a rape alarm.
DeleteWe've had two assaults in the staff parking lots in the last two weeks.
I have heard of pedigree dogs being snatched from yards.....With my previous pug, I had some guy walk along with us, uninvited, and he asked me a lot of intrusive questions about my dog, like how much does a pedigreed Pug cost etc./is he chipped, and so on. I refused to answer and we hustled off home. You know pugs will go with anyone, esp if a treat is offered, so I m careful.
ReplyDeleteIt is kind of sad a woman needs pepper spray and a rape siren in a sweet village like yours though.
A few years ago , I caught some bloke lifting William from over the kitchen wall...William loved everyone
DeleteIt happens here in the US too. Not so much in my neck of the woods (or if it is, it has not received publicity). Most everyone has 'mutts' though.
ReplyDeletePS: My niece 'carries'. She insists that this makes her safe, and that 'nobody messes with her'. We own the property two mailboxes down. I don't carry a weapon and feel no need to. Nobody messes with me, either. Yet I will never be able to explain to her that it has nothing to do with the fact that she carries a pistol.
ReplyDeleteOh lord ....
DeleteIf she were American, she'd have a gun! Not that I'm advocating that, necessarily.
ReplyDeleteI did hear about the dog thefts, though. I think the cops just busted a dog-theft ring somewhere outside London.
Yes watch olga , she will be high on their lists
DeleteI don't blame Margaret even if it may seem overdone, it must give her peace of mind. After all, we would do anything to protect these loved members of the family.
ReplyDeleteHer hubby , who was with her didn’t look surprised
DeleteWe have had a lot of dog thefts locally - totally heartbreaking. I am also now very wary of answering the door with the dogs around. I try to shut them in another room, but it is obvious we have dogs as they bark at everything, and throw themselves at the window should anyone dare even walk past! It's a sad world that we have to worry about these things.
ReplyDeleteBoth mine are targets , especially Dorothy
DeleteI saw a story on the news last weekend that they are catching a lot of people stealing ducks from ponds, parks, even backyards.
ReplyDeleteOh lord ....it’s a good job I haven’t still got all of my fowl in the Ukrainian village . At one moment in time I owned 70 hens, 16 runner ducks , turkeys and four geese
DeleteI loved your farm days, all the animals had names and stories! You seemed so happy and such fine farmer.
DeleteI had a lot of sadness to deal with after that
DeleteStealing doggies? Despicable.
ReplyDeleteAnd that's my kind of girl!!
XOXO
She reminded me of the guy with the guns in the film Tremors
DeleteGood woman!
ReplyDeleteShe's right to take precautions against dog theft, there's a lot of it going on. Dogs left outside shops are often stolen, I gather. Better safe than sorry.
ReplyDeleteThe pepper spray was infact paint spray
DeleteHair spray works too and is less likely to clog than paint spray.
DeleteTough times we live in. Nobody's going to pull a fast one on Margaret. She's prepared and well armed.
ReplyDeleteIn the US, it would be more likely that she would be carrying bear spray and an AK45.
ReplyDeleteFirst I've heard of dog-nappers; but I do know a lot of people who have gotten a dog during Covid ... usually a rescue. Except for my next-door neighbors. They got a purebred something-or-other. It usually barks around 7 a.m., and then again around 11 p.m.
ReplyDeleteGood god. I think I would die if someone took Franklin or Penelope. They are rescues, not purebred, so probably not wanted, which is fine with me. I want them.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Bless Margaret. The neighborhood is safe.
ReplyDeleteGood for her... she needs to be kitted-out in case of burglars too. Thieves are becoming more brazen by the day.
ReplyDeleteWell done to her on being prepared. It's so awful that this something to have to worry about. I worry about my mum with her little dog.
ReplyDeleteTrelawnyd's answer to Carol! Does that make you Daryl?
ReplyDeleteMost of our joint readers know my Mavis's story and how she was stolen off our land. Once I did get approached by a chap VERY interested in Suky the Pug, and I'm afraid I painted her in a very bad light and he quickly wandered off. I told him she was a spayed bitch on three types of medication with bone problems, and had been bought for a song as she was so ill so often ... sorry Suky we know only the spayed bit is true :-)
ReplyDeleteThat's a good idea to tell them the dog is full of problems. I think I will do the same if someone approaches me displaying an unhealthy interest.
DeleteI'd be a bit scared just getting close to her.
ReplyDeleteI had a van stop by me the other week in Pontypool - a nice chap started talking and asking about my dog, where I bought him, was he pure bred whippet etc, how much I'd paid... Then he says - will you sell him to me for a hundred quid more? Err.. no! Oh well, he shrugged and drove off!
ReplyDeleteMaggie is my kind of woman.
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