URGENT Bassethound LOST

Altintas


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Message Posted:
12/01/2012 19:40

Anyone who can help 533 859 3070

Bassethound lost in Ozankoy area

Lor49



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Message Posted:
12/01/2012 22:24

I hope you find him safe and well.

Altintas


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Message Posted:
12/01/2012 23:04

thx lor49

BizziLizzi


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Message Posted:
12/01/2012 23:10

Which part of Ozankoy was the dog last seen - yes I know dogs can travel distances but if I walk mine (small and friendly) in the right direction there is just a chance they may make contact. Any identification on the Bassett (and am I right in thinking Bassetts are the "hush puppy" dog?)

BizziLizzi


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Message Posted:
12/01/2012 23:29

Which part of Ozankoy was the dog last seen - yes I know dogs can travel distances but if I walk mine (small and friendly) in the right direction there is just a chance they may make contact. Any identification on the Bassett (and am I right in thinking Bassetts are the "hush puppy" dog?)

Altintas


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Message Posted:
12/01/2012 23:48

Yes you are right it's a hush puppy dog. It got lost on Thursday afternoon upper Ozankoy area

Thank you 4 your interest

We are desperate

Altintas


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Message Posted:
13/01/2012 09:38

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Amber


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Message Posted:
13/01/2012 12:04

Hope you find your Basset. Lovely dogs I have one in UK.

Altintas


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Message Posted:
13/01/2012 13:04

thanks Amber

We hope and prey

Altintas


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Message Posted:
13/01/2012 20:57

Thanks everyone for your help. Thanks to God we found our dog. It was stole with the purpose of resaling. Please be careful (especially Ozankoy area). There is a group of people who is busy with this "business". They tryied to sale our dog to Magusa as it is a good dog for hunting.

I suppose there should be a base of all dog lovers and owners to let all the others know that this or that dog belongs to a definite person. Then all re-saling will be impossible.

Thanks for your support and help to everyone.

CarrieRBag



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Message Posted:
13/01/2012 21:42

So glad you got your dog back. Heartless people. What a totally sad world we live in when people want to steal your dog!

lionel


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Message Posted:
13/01/2012 21:58

so keep them safe !!!! doh

Jonholmes


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Message Posted:
13/01/2012 21:59

I hope you contacted the Police about this and how you found him.

cidem



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Message Posted:
13/01/2012 23:52

there is something called chip i think at some veterinary clinics.. i was taking my dog abroad once and my vet has put something like that to my dogs skin.so if he gets lost or stolen you can easily find him by that chip...you can not see the chip and it doesnt have any harm on the dog...

BizziLizzi


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Message Posted:
13/01/2012 23:57

I am so glad the dog has been recovered. But what a sad world when there are so many beautiful strays looking for homes there should be people should be prepared to buy and sell dogs, let alone steal them. I mentioned on anothr thread one way of mitigating the risk is to have the dog neutered (particularly if it is a hunting type) and make sure anyone showing an unusual interest know that it is

BizziLizzi


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Message Posted:
14/01/2012 00:56

Message 14...



Actually microchips CAN hurt dogs. I keep warning people that one of my dogs had to have an operation to remove one that migrated and caused problems when she was too old to face an operation safely. Also you need a "reader". OK if the dogs strays and is found by a resposible person and gets to a VET or KAR who have the readers (although I wonder if they check strays routinely) but would someone who bought a stolen dog from a presumably dicy dealer check? You cant see by looking at the dog that it is chipped. Actually some form of branding (nasty though it sounds) might be better if it could be done painlessly.



But how sad in this country that used to be so safe we have to resort to these things to protect our pets.

My spaniel isnt even a pedigree - he just looks like one which is enough to make him vulnerable.

BoTanica


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Message Posted:
14/01/2012 09:13

I am so pleased that you got your dog back safe and sound. This is so worrying, especially if dogs are being stolen from peoples gardens. On one hand you want your dog to "sociable" and brought up to be gentle and welcoming (especially large breeds), but you then leave it wide open to trusting a would be thief. You are damned if you do, and damned if you don't! I shut my dog indoors when I am out, although I have a large and secure garden - just in case.



With regards micro-chipping (I have my dog chipped) this is only useful with regards theft (as opposed to just lost) if the BUYER has the dog scanned to check if he is buying stolen goods, and lets face it - that will NEVER happen.

Jonesy299


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Message Posted:
14/01/2012 13:15

I think the message is clear to reduce the numbers of lost / stolen dogs, poisonings etc is.... if your dog is as precious to you as your family then look after it in the same manner.



You wouldn't let your toddler wander outside the streets or wander off when having a walk. If it means a secure garden or walking on a lead with a muzzle to avoid eating contaminated food then that is the price for securing them a long life and protecting your precious family member.

bigbadbob


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Message Posted:
14/01/2012 13:43

Dognapping is also rife in the UK particularly pedigrees and in some cases the thieves asssk for a ransom to return the dog!

BizziLizzi


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Message Posted:
14/01/2012 18:33

Message 18. One has to balance security against quality of life of both dog and owner. You cant keep dogs (or toddlers for that matter, toddlers also pick up unconsidered trifles and stick them in their mouth- would you muzzle one?) in cotton wool. Dog ownership is becoming far too onorous and expensive and people will be deterred from providing much needed home for strays.



Message 19. Indeed, but why are we bringing so many bad things from the UK to Cyprus?

newscoop


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Message Posted:
14/01/2012 20:46

Bizzi;



Dognapping has been going on for years here, the more so where the owner is a 'soft Brit'



WE never brought that to Cyprus, it was already here.



Next you'll be saying WE brought dodgy estate agents and briefs here too.

suehowlittle


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Message Posted:
14/01/2012 21:03

Hi fences, high gates and padlock the gate when you go out if you like to give your dog the run of the garden.



What a ridiculous state of affairs. All these lovely, unwanted dogs running about and yet thieves want to steal your dog from your garden.



I can only think then that they want them for breeding. Perhaps if your dogs were spayed/castrated then they would not be attractive to the thieves.



Better to have a mutt I think (Heinz 57).



AND, BUY YOUR DOG A MUZZLE - IT DOES NOT HURT THEM!!!!!

BizziLizzi


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Message Posted:
14/01/2012 23:44

Message 22: I do have high fences and gates and padlocks and I feel as if I am livingin a prison. Nonethless a dog was poisoned in the garden - and that wasnt done by shepherds or farmers - wrong area. Now my dogs have to be kept indoors when I go out which limits my movements.



I agree with you about mutts (is was sheer accident that one of my dogs looks like a pedigree!) and I also suggested that neutering, apart from anything else, would at least be a deterant to kidnapping.



Muzzles do hurt - I tried it and the dog rubbed so hard to get it off he caused a serious eye infection - people arnt perfect - it is impossible to keep an eye on the dog every second. And a muzzled dog cant eat, drink or even pant propertly (dogs sweat through their tongues) in hot weather. It is a sick society that can only suggest such extreme measures to protect innocent animals.



What with muzzles, scoops, poison antidotes, a harness for the dog who slips her collar, preparing three dogs for

BizziLizzi


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Message Posted:
14/01/2012 23:58

a simple walk resembles setting out on a major expedition - and is nearly as expensive.



Message 21: Well I never heard of it until recently but then there werent so many expensive pedigrees about.



AS for Estate Agents, etc. my Cypriot builder and and solicior were honest, professional and exceptionally helpful and went out of their way to protect me from exploitation from others (including a British supplier of equipment ). The Estate Agent was perhaps not entirely well qualified or experienced but he did his best within his limitations was honest, and at no cost to me helped sort out a problem with bills left the previous owner.



Meanwhile in England my Estate Agent cheated me rotten and to take him to law was beyond my means, and my Solicitor earned a fortune by churning out totally useless forms on his computer so I could pay fees for certificates which benefited neither me nor the purchaser, but got the British Government a bit more money in stealth taxes.

Jonesy299


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Message Posted:
15/01/2012 14:31

Time to end this string (it was a lost dog request and we are already giving estate agents a pasting) - bassett found..hurrah!

suehowlittle


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Message Posted:
15/01/2012 17:20

I am so happy that you have your dog back, please forgive the suggestions if of no value, I will ask you though, do your dogs bark incessantly when you are out? Are you sure? Whilst not condoning poisoning I will say that the dogs of my neighbour bark incessantly and it drives us nuts (even in the night). I wonder if it's only a matter of time before a less tolerant neighbour throws something into their garden.



I think irresponsible dog owners who let their dogs bark like this (whilst they are in) are anti-social morons, the dogs are not barking because they are on guard but because they are hungry, ignored and miserable.

BizziLizzi


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Message Posted:
15/01/2012 18:34

Could be Sue, but it could also be the dogs are bored and lonely and/or they are themselves being contantly disturbed by noisy revellers who can be either cats or people visiting the local pub - both the latter are a constant problem where I live. You can actually track the route of the revellers through the village as one dog quietens down and another sets up!



It a no-win situation for dog owners - keep them indoors and your and their freedom and quality of life suffers intolerably, leave them in a secure garden and if even if they are normally quiet you risk complaints and poison if they are disturbed and have fit of barking, let them run free and you risk traffic accidents and poison and the hatred of 44 posters



Which would you rather do - have a country where no one is allowed to keep dogs (and more strays are roaming the streets or no dogs at all because all have been destroyed) or put up with a little extra noise among all the others (or better still offer to dog sit)

Altintas


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Message Posted:
16/01/2012 10:41

Thanks everyone for a discussion. Anyway we started looking for a GPRS device that will allow us to keep track of your pet.

Anyone who has info about this WELCOMe let's share our ideas!

cyprusairsoft



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Message Posted:
16/01/2012 10:49

im sure a gprs collar is available



with muzzles you have to introduce them slowly to your dog a little bit at a time until it gets used to it



its better then a poisened dog.

cyprusairsoft



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Message Posted:
16/01/2012 10:59

glad fred the basset was found safe and sound

Amber


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Message Posted:
16/01/2012 11:43

Altintas



So pleased your got your lovely dog back safe and sound.





Cannot believe it was targeted for use of hunting when so many poor hunting dogs here meet untimely ends at the end of the hunting season and they become surplus to requirements !!

BizziLizzi


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Message Posted:
16/01/2012 19:06

A discussion on how to protect pets,on the other hand , is useful.



is grps the electronic tagging thing? I looked into it - not available in TRNC but is in South on Internet.

Expensive and complicated. Fences require a reliable electricity supply.



You dont say how the dog got loose in the first place>? Was it from the garden? I have three gates - one to the drive, one from the drive to the back door (mostly used because the front door opens onto the street) and one to separate the front garden from the back (air lock principle ) as well as a fenced dog compound with shelter for when there are workmen or visitors who dont like dogs. Complicated and expensive and not entirely fool proof (dogs do tend the be always on the WRONG side of a gate or door) but better to my mind than alternatives. I still feel it is very wrong to have to go to these extremes.



If the dog was allowed out of the garden - sorry but you really shouldnt let it roam.



If it slipped its lead

BizziLizzi


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Message Posted:
16/01/2012 19:09

If it slipped its collar (one of mine must be related to Houdini) a choke chain (but only when on the lead) or a harness.