Tuesday 15 July 2014

Dog Owners/Parents please be aware.......

OK, this post is literally a SHOUT out to all dog owners and parents out there and all those who read and live in the vicinity or know of anyone who does or visits please pass on what I am about to write.

On Sunday morning I went to take Trojan for a walk around our local field. It is a lovely field In my village of Barrowby. The pre-school is held on the grounds as is a breakfast and after school club.

It also house the football teams and many matches and also the local cricket pavilion.

It was very nice of the Parish council a few years ago now to put up bins place all around the perimeter of the field so that when you clean up after your dog you don't even have to carry it all the way home.

The field is tended well, litter picked and it has wild areas left for the dogs to sniff around in and other wild animals to use for their homes and foraging.

So anyway as we were getting near to the end of our walk on Sunday morning i saw Trojan snuffling quite intently in the grass and when he lifted his head up he had something in his mouth.

I immediately told him to 'Come' and 'Drop' which he did for me and this is what fell out of his mouth....

2 inch lump of roasted meat with a 3 inch rusty nail through it.

I don't know whether you can tell from the photo but it is a 2 inch square of roasted meat with a 3 inch nail driven through the middle of it.

I thank my lucky stars that Trojan was good enough to bring it to me and drop it as if he had bitten into it he could quite easily have gone both through the top and bottom of his mouth.

This seems to me deliberate...after all something like this can't be done by accident. I am pretty certain it was placed for a dog to find but i shout out to parent too as it is a play area for children and a nail protruding up as this was could have done serious damage to a child's foot had they stepped on it and i dread to think what damage it could cause if a child fell on it.

The offending item was found in the cut grass at the edge of the field where it is left a little longer than the grass of the football and cricket pitches so was easily concealed and would only be 'sniffed' out by a dog, or found by a child that became injured by it.

I have informed the local police but there isn't really much they can do except try and make people in the area aware and I'm not sure how they will do that so this is why i am telling you about it now and encouraging you to keep other people informed.

Sorry it wasn't the nicest pot in the world but I hate to think of someones child or dog becoming injured because there are those out there that do this sort of thing!!!
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19 comments:

  1. Shocking, there are some truly awful dim witted people out there. Thank fully Trojan was well trained enough!

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    1. I was surprised he dropped it for me really...but he's a smart dog...maybe he just sensed something wasn't right about it.

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  2. Cruel! So glad Trojan wasn't hurt.

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  3. Some people are just evil :(

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    1. I really can't fathom some people out Fran

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  4. That's disgusting. I'd cook it and make the perpetratotr eat it if I found them

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    1. What I would like to do to the perpetrator isn't printable Sue!!

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  5. Thank you for publishing this.

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    1. You are welcome...I just wanted to make people aware to keep an extra eye on their pets and children...I think this has given people that chance.

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  6. Glad that you were able to get Trojan to drop that before he was injured. It really makes you wonder what is wrong with people that they could do something like this. Hopefully there won't be more of these laying around and no pets or people will be hurt

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    1. I know Ann. I'm not asking everyone to be a dog lover...but if you don't like them then don't go roaming around fields which are laid out for walking dogs and dog socialising...there are plenty of other natural and beautiful places to walk in the village!!

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  7. Hello Dear Tanya,
    It is a good thing that Trojan is well behaved and listened when you asked him to drop what was in his mouth.
    It really is terrible the things that go on! I think people must be so much more aware of their surroundings and what is going on with terrible acts such as this.
    I am so glad to be back and visiting. I hope all is well.
    Blessings dear. Catherine

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    1. It's when things like this occur I am happy for social media as at least many others are now aware to be extra vigilante with their pets and children.

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  8. I really hate people who do things like this to dogs. I'm glad your dog was okay.

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    1. Me too Ratty, I don't know what I would do if something terrible happened to him!!

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  9. That's terrible. I can't understand why anyone would actually go out of their way to harm an animal. We've just come back from Cornwall where I heard someone calling Trojan to a dog on one of the beaches. I had to look twice at the owner as it looked just like your Trojan. I think he must have a twin.

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    1. I know Jo but i put it on here and FB as it was the easiest way i could think of to get people aware of the situation.

      Strange about Trojan havng a twin..I just hope his twin is as spoilt and as loved as what our Trojan is!!!

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  10. Sunday 1st March 2015

    Dear Tanya,

    Thank you for visiting my post about my latest Etsy treasuries.

    Great post about the dangers that are lurking about for innocent dogs. I'm glad that you could get it away from a place where a dog could bite it and get hurt. But it is shocking that anyone could be that cruel.

    Good that you are so observant.

    Kind regards,
    Anna

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