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Who knows? Jae was quick enough to tell us it was missing but precious little since..... maybe Panther can enlighten us.

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I've read this with intrest. Someone let my 3 boxers out a few months ago on a Monday night when I had gone to work. They opened my gate and let them all go. My gate was locked. I got a phone call when I arrived home from work off someone at Aspen Valley. They'd just picked the dogs up and taken them straight there. I wanted to go and pick them up immediately and they wouldn't let me. I had to pick them up the day after and was charged £240 for the privelige. The week after on the Monday when I went to work (and had secured my dogs in the house) Some cheeky so and so opened my front door and let my dogs out again. Luckily my son was in at the time, (that's why the door was unlocked) He had to run out and get them all back in. I have my suspicions about who is responsible, but they can't do it again. I've had a lot more locks fitted to my doors now. Whenever anyone goes out now, the door locks behind them.

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How the hell can anyone justify £240 for this?
It may be that one of councillors who come on here will be in a position to give us a breakdown on this disgraceful penalty?

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I think you will find the post from Suedardo very odd too, later in this thread. Procedure seems to be a licence to print money?

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I believe the HBC website says if it's the first time they have been found they will contact the owner and your dog will be returned. It was the first time mine had been out and found, they were all chipped etc but I still had to pay. £70 per dog to the council, no idea what for, and £18 per dog for Aspen Valley having them overnight. (Even though I wanted to pick them up the night before)

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the way i see this is the bin men n jay are partly to blame, but the real blame lies with the useless admin of our council, we have used this service twice in the last 8 yrs, both times we were told- leave yer back gate unlocked n we will collect in next fortnight / 10 days, which to me is unreasonable to leave yer backgate unbarred when no-one is in the house, also unreasonable to keep yer pet out of the yard fer so long. it aint rocket science all it needs is a phonecall the evening before telling ya were collecting tomorrow. also our dog got out 3 times in the first instance, paris thought i'd left the gate open,:( what was going on was oscar had his paw under the door waggling the sneck off (2" gap under bottom due to slope of yard) caught the little swine at it. theres all sorts of circumstances could have caused this, i reckon those that are casting blame have never had the misfortune to have to use this service.

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:rofl38:..umm snigger nice one :D

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yeh who says animals are dumb.:D

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I once had a fridge which had no storage on the inside of the door, and so the door was lighter. My cat learnt how to open it. :eek:

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There are plenty of humans who are far dumber than animals cashy:rolleyes:

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Animals are certainly not dumb ; our first house in Preston when we got married was a 2 up 2 down outside loo the back door was the old latch type.
we had a young cat one day we heard what we though was someone trying to creep in the back door so i went and opened the door and there was the cat swinging on the latch one paw through the handle and one on the latch this was funny to see but the shocking thing was he also had a 1/4 boiled ham in his mouth and i could hear the next door neighbor shouting, the cat had sneaked in though an open window and nicked it hehe

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Didn't know you were an animal trainer in your spare time mick:D

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that was your dinner for the next day sorted mick :D:D:D

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update.....the dog got out of the front gate, its a corner house with garden all around...for some reason the binmen came in through the front gate....weird as they always come the back way!!, the dog was taken to aspen kennels, in the end the dog warden brought him back....no charge...since the dog has been back, he couldnt walk properly, he could just manage before, poor sods legs where on the way out:(, also had a cough.
His cough overnight got worse, and he collasped a few times in the garden, due to his poor back legs and he was wheezing more.
Took him to the vets and the vet said it was best to put him to sleep :(
Now it doesnt matter who let him out because in the end he's gone anyway, everyone is upset, so now i think its time to close the thread...and as some said....END OFF!

RIP max my old boy xx

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Thanks for letting us know Panther, and one of the saddest endings we have had to a thread/incident on Accyweb. Sorry for the owners and yes, RIP Max. Don't think his escape was in vain though, as lots of helpful comments for dog owners in the future.

Very sorry. x