Dogsey

A dog has been reunited with her owner thanks to the use of social media, the work of a Safer Neighbourhoods Team and the local community. Cookie – a six-month-old Staffordshire mastiff American Bulldog cross – was taken from her home address in Neptune Walk, Erith on Wednesday 14 May.

Her owner, June Gosling, had left Cookie inside the house at 9am and when she returned at 2pm she noticed that a ground floor window was wide open and Cookie was missing.

Police were called and officers attended to take a statement. Following this the owner posted an appeal on FB for anyone who had seen Cookie to contact her.
She received several messages saying that a dog matching Cookie’s description was seen around Picardy Street, Belvedere.

This was followed up by Belvedere Safer Neighbourhood Team officers with residents coming forward saying they had seen a man in that area walking the dog.

The following day Tuesday (20th May) at approximately 1pm the officers were on a crime prevention stall at Picardy Street, Belvedere when a man walked past with a dog that looked like Cookie.

He was stopped and spoken to. The dog he was in possession of was taken to a local vet by the officers and as the dog was microchippped when it was scanned, it revealed the dog was Cookie.