The Blog For Dogs

DOG thefts are rife in Bolton as criminals target beloved pets to make money from sales as their values have rocketed since the start of the pandemic. The crime is devastating families across the UK with crooks entering homes and gardens to steal their animals. And the problem has affected an increasing number of households […]

POLICE in Cheshire are reminding residents to take some simple precautions to protect their dogs. The National Police Chiefs Council highlighted the nationwide rise in dog thefts with the charity DogLost seeing a large increase in the number of dogs reported to them as stolen. In Cheshire police have seen a slight decrease following a […]

A frantic puppy was rescued from a frozen lake after it fell into the water and got stuck in the ice while chasing a duck. The dog slipped into the water in Victoria Park, Hackney, London, at around 11.30am on Sunday, and could be heard yelping for help in a footage of the incident. Its […]

@JustineQuirk from @DogLostUK says violent dog thefts are becoming more common and offers to tips to be safe. Watch and listen here: https://twitter.com/bbc5live/status/1359892362474962958

After several sightings in the area since going missing in the snow three weeks ago, Gizmo has finally been safely reunited with owner Kate. Gizmo went missing with her pal Ruby on 23 January but sadly Ruby passed away after it was suspected she had been hit by a car shortly after both dogs disappeared.https://blog.doglost.co.uk/dog-dies-and-another-missing-after-getting-lost-in-snow/). […]

Dorothy Elen, DogLost’s North Wales Area Volunteer, featured in an interview on BBC Radio Cymru ( Welsh ) this morning discussing DogLost and Drone SAR For Lost Dogs UK. Listen to the piece at 55 minutes from the start of the programme here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000s14t

As part of a feature on dog theft, the owner of three dogs stolen in Perthshire last year tells the story of how one of them was recovered over 360 miles away in the West Midlands. Dog theft is a significant and growing problem across the UK during the pandemic and one of the stolen […]

DogLost’s very first celebrity supporter crossed rainbow bridge on Monday. CH Soletrader Peek a Boo, known as Jilly, was Crufts Best in Show in 2013. I watched her win the Hound Group at Crufts after a hard day promoting DogLost, but it was the final when she made history as the first Petit Basset Griffon […]

Earlier today, Iain Duncan Smith MP shared his views on tougher sentences for pet theft with Nick Ferrari on LBC. You can listen to part of his interview here: Talking to @NickFerrariLBC earlier today.2020 has seen an increase in dog thefts of 250% in some areas, and a 168% rise in searches for puppies for […]

For many dog owners, the pandemic has meant more time at home with their pets. But the demand for dogs has also led to a huge increase in thefts. The value of some breeds has tripled in the past year and criminals have been quick to cash in as Anna Youssef reports. Samantha Hatton’s 18 month old […]

Local hikers managed to carry out an elaborate rescue mission after they came across an injured pup looking slightly worse for wear up the Wicklow Mountains. Feel-good news stories seem to be getting fewer and farther between these days so when you find one, you have to grab it with both hands. And boy do […]

A woman kicked a dognapper in the shin after he tried to snatch her dog’s lead from her hand. Rachel Soley, 41, was ‘absolutely terrified’ after two men said ‘give me your dog’ as she walked her dog Woody on Salters Lane South in Darlington, County Durham. Officials say incidents like these are rare, but […]

A dog owner is “absolutely broken” after his two Springer Spaniels were stolen from outside of his home.   Matthew Cullum, a farmer from Forncett, just south of Norwich, said “laws need to change” after his dogs, Bonnie and Tilly, were taken between 5pm and 6pm on Wednesday, January 27. The Springer Spaniels are working dogs, both three years old, with brown heads, white bodies and fairly small. […]

Ricky Gervais has given a major boost to a family desperately searching for their dog who is feared stolen. The actor, who has a home in Marlow, is a well-known animal lover. So when he heard about the plight of Liv Turner’s family, who are trying to find their beloved pet dog Dexter, he shared their appeal […]

When six of Sarah’s dogs were stolen in late December, she was left reeling. But she was not alone, as increasing numbers of pet owners have experienced similar losses across Britain. “I can’t name one feeling because there was too many — I was basically shocked, upset, frightened because of how this happened,” the 35-year-old, […]

Sniffer dogs can detect coronavirus in human saliva samples with 94% accuracy, according to German scientists. The dogs, which were trained at Hanover’s University of Veterinary Medicine, have been primed to pick up the ‘corona odour’ of infected cells, according to German armed forces vet Esther Schalke. Some of the pandemic-fighting pups include Filou, a […]

Police are investigating A woman has spoken of her family’s heartbreak after their beloved dog was stolen from their yard near Rothwell. Amelia Brookshaw’s family’s Springer spaniel Cressy went missing from Thorpe Underwood Farm, between Harrington and Rothwell, last Thursday (January 28), and is believed to have been taken at about 2.55pm. The failed gun […]

A pair of ‘dognappers’ ran away in fright after a botched attempt to steal a Belgian Malinois – a breed often used by police and the military. Two men approached five-stone Nellie, and her owner Toby Currier, in Portsmouth last Wednesday. Toby, 19, said one of the men made a fuss of the dog and […]

The following dogs are featured in the DogLost column in the current issue of The Countryman’s Weekly. For further details on each dog, enter the 6 digit DogLost ID in the search box on the website: http://www.doglost.co.uk

Jayne Hayes, from Newport, is the founder of ‘DogLost’, the UK’s largest dog rescue community. Jayne set up the service in 2003 after her own dog went missing and was recovered, and since then, the online community has grown to over 150,000 owners, who share information to help find lost or stolen pets. The charity […]

Devastated owners fears their beloved pet dog has been stolen after he disappeared in the woods. Dexter the red fox Labrador went missing on Thursday, January 14, in Hogback Woods in Beaconsfield. Despite huge efforts to find him, which include a Facebook group with more than 1,400 members and dozens of missing posters in the area, Dexter’s owners fear he […]