Gerry Can

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Well worth knowing

***Awareness Post***

We've had two requests to search for dogs recently. Sadly they've drowned and at this time of year they have resurfaced before we could get there, leaving their owners with a traumatic task of recovering them.

There are a number of breeds that CANT SWIM or are POOR SWIMMERS. They can sink very quickly and with best efforts to save them it is often not possible.

You rarely get a second chance with water.

Your dog may never have shown an interest in water, or may just paddle. But dogs are instinct reactive and it only takes one accident.

Please don't take the risk. Please keep breeds that are known to be poor swimmers on a lead near water. At least then you have a chance of saving them.

Some of the breeds most known that can't swim/poor swimmers and most at risk are...

• French Bulldogs
• English Bulldogs
• Pocket Bully's
• Pugs
• Dachshunds
• Boxers
• Shih Tzu's
• Basset Hounds
• Corgi's
• Maltese

JUST A REMINDER, TO ALL DOG OWNERS.

⚠️🚙⚠️ Despite the warnings, hundreds of dogs in the UK die every year after being left in a hot car. Someone you know may need to read this very important message. ⚠️🚙⚠️

SIX MINUTES is all it takes for a dog to overheat in a hot car.

Your dog could suffer serious injury or die in a matter of minutes if left alone in a car.

• The temperature inside a closed vehicle left in the sun can double within 12 minutes.

• At least 75% of the temperature increase in a closed vehicle occurs within 5 minutes of closing the vehicle, and at least 89% of the temperature increase occurs within 15 minutes of closing the vehicle.

• Temperatures exceeding 104˚ F can lead to death or serious injury for the occupants.

• Temperatures in a closed vehicle sitting in the hot sun can reach 160˚F and above. An animal will suffer immeasurably and may die before the temperature reaches 150˚F.

• Even when parked in the shade, the vehicle temperatures can exceed 104˚C.

• Leaving windows down more than 2 inches on an unattended vehicle will not prevent a car from reaching extreme temperatures.

• Even if the animal is revived, they can die due to severe internal organ damage.

Your dog trusts you to have their best interest at heart ALWAYS.
Please don’t risk their safety.

If you are not taking your dog inside your destination with you, PLEASE leave them at home where they are comfortable and safe.

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Important information x keep those doggos safe 🦮🐾🐶

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How to steal a dog.

1/ Find a unaccompanied dog left outside a shop.

2/ Approach the dog making happy sounds and talking. 30 seconds.

3/ See how the dog reacts to you approaching, wagging tail and happy to see you. 5 seconds.

4/ Bend down and stroke dog making a fuss as a normal pedestrian happy to see the dog. 10 seconds.

5/ Check around to ensure no one is taking any unwanted attention in you. 5 seconds.

6/ Check around to ensure the owner isn’t around or approaching. 5 seconds.

7/ Untether lead. 5 seconds.

8/ Walk off with dog naturally as if it’s your own.

From the initial approach to stealing the dog it’s taken around 1 minute.

All that is needed next is to check if the dog has been neutered or spayed and chipped. If it’s not sterile and has some value it can be sold into a puppy mill, the chip can be brutally hacked out.

If the dog has been sterilised then it can be sold on to many dog fighting rings as a bait dog to be torn to pieces over a prolonged period of time.

If it’s a designer breed or a pedigree then it can fetch £1000’s on the market.

One minute.

That’s all it takes for you to lose your dog because you left it for just a couple of minutes.

Stop leaving your dogs unattended, it’s a case of when you will lose it not if in the current climate of dog thefts.

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❤️🐾 try and take a good long walk with ur furry friends this bank holiday to free ur mind of life’s stresses 😘