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Cocker Specific Discussion => Lost & Found Cockers => Topic started by: sarahR on January 01, 2013, 09:21:00 AM
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www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2255535/Hampshire-police-hope-collar-gang-theft-cocker-spaniels-worth-1-500-each.html
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The black and white Cocker, Jarvis, has just been registered on DogLost as being stolen on 30/12/12
http://www.doglost.co.uk/dog_blog.php?dogId=46871
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Maisie and Tia are also on DogLost now
http://www.doglost.co.uk/dog_blog.php?dogId=46846
http://www.doglost.co.uk/dog_blog.php?dogId=46845
The registration number of a van seen in the area has been reported to police and is a registration known by DogLost as having been implicated in other dog thefts >:D
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It's awful I read it earlier
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Archie came from this area. His breeder is very worried. It can't be helpful to be publishing values in the national press can it?
Really hope the dogs are found and the thieves get what they deserve. >:D
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3 topics started on same subject, now all merged with gentle reminder for those starting a new topic to do a quick check and make sure there isn't already an existing one (or two ph34r) on the same subject :D
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How harrowing for the owners and the poor dogs.
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It can't be helpful to be publishing values in the national press can it?
Hmm - that's what I thought. :-\
Still horrific for the owners tho'.
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It can't be helpful to be publishing values in the national press can it?
Hmm - that's what I thought. :-\
Especially when the prices are ridiculous, too. I've never heard of a cocker for sale for £1,500 (perhaps maybe Harrods, but that doesn't count!). The story uses that headline to shock, and is a great example of very lazy journalism (not uncommon in that publication). Very unhelpful.
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It can't be helpful to be publishing values in the national press can it?
Hmm - that's what I thought. :-\
Especially when the prices are ridiculous, too. I've never heard of a cocker for sale for £1,500 (perhaps maybe Harrods, but that doesn't count!). The story uses that headline to shock, and is a great example of very lazy journalism (not uncommon in that publication). Very unhelpful.
I wouldn't be suprised if most, if not all of the dogs stolen are working gundogs. The above price would be in line with a trained working gundog :D
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It is annoying when the press try to make something seem more valuable!
When I had two tortoises that went missing and I had to ask the newspapers not to inflate the value of them because it encouraged more thefts!
I was also not allowed to offer a reward for their return for the same reason.
They suddenly reappeared back into the garden after it was published that there was a 5 year prison sentence if they were found selling them on!!
Hope these all become too hot to handle too!
Pat
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I wouldn't be suprised if most, if not all of the dogs stolen are working gundogs. The above price would be in line with a trained working gundog :D
I had no idea that there was a market in selling trained adult working dogs. I still really don't think that the newspapers should have included the value. (I looked on google and it seems the story came from a local newspaper first (including the value), and was re-reported by the Mail - still, the Mail is obsessed with putting a monetary value on everything). As Pat says, it just encourages more people to do it if they advertise how much the dogs are worth! Given that they've valued one at £1,500 and the other two at (only) £600, then presumably the thieves will be more interested in selling the more expensive one on...
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It can't be helpful to be publishing values in the national press can it?
That's exactly what I thought. Also publishing "celebrity owners" :huh: :huh:
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It can't be helpful to be publishing values in the national press can it?
Hmm - that's what I thought. :-\
Especially when the prices are ridiculous, too. I've never heard of a cocker for sale for £1,500 (perhaps maybe Harrods, but that doesn't count!). The story uses that headline to shock, and is a great example of very lazy journalism (not uncommon in that publication). Very unhelpful.
No the prices are not ridiculous - the price for a fully trained working cocker with a good pedigree is on average £1500 to £2000....
A friend of mine had a working cocker bitch stolen (to order rumour has it) 3 years ago in Hampshire - her value was £2000 - she was field trial quality and was never found :'(
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I really hope they are all back home very soon.
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http://www.doglost.co.uk/dog_blog.php?dogId=19734
http://www.doglost.co.uk/dog_blog.php?dogId=19718
I remeber Maggie , Poppy, Diva & Fudge were stolen from gun dog trainning kennels in 2009 from SP11 which is in the general area :'(
http://maps.google.co.uk/?q=SP11%20to%20SP10
they were broken into and any dogs worth anything they took ,,,,,Spaniel dog theft has been going on for years & in particular from Kennels , hope at last the police will get onto this !
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A friend of mine had a working cocker bitch stolen (to order rumour has it) 3 years ago in Hampshire - her value was £2000 - she was field trial quality and was never found :'(
That's awful. You would think it would just be too risky that she's be recognised if she was ever worked again, and if they bred from her people would see her name on the pedigree. Do you think they would try to pass her pups (which would probably have a tendency to be good workers too) off as the pups from a one of their own bitches, to improve their reputation, and command a better price?
Must be heart breaking for all owners who've had dogs taken - I'd be totally paranoid about security.
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It's attracted a lot of attention - being reported on BBC South - general story about theft of dogs. Hopefully this will help to not only find the dogs and bring the thiefs to justice but will deter others from doing it again.
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Have alerted my Parents to this as it is a bit too close for comfort to them. The poor owners. Don't think I could cope if I lost mine.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-20986957
3 men have been arrested and bailed. Fingers crossed that the dogs will be found and reunited with their owners.
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Hope they find the dogs quickly and reunite them.
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I have everything crossed that the dogs are soon located.
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Jarvis has been found the other two haven't yet.
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http://www.doglost.co.uk/dog-blog.php?dogId=46871 about Jarvis being reunited with his owners.
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Lovely news :)
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-20986957
3 men have been arrested and bailed. Fingers crossed that the dogs will be found and reunited with their owners.
Bailed and now out in a different van doing the same no doubt