Keep an eye on your doggies if you’re on the Chase

[Thehooperman]

I saw a few of these notices when I took Bee up to the Chase for a short walk this afternoon.

 

[littleme]

Any news on algae, I sure I saw, a post recently, but can remember where

 

[Trumpet]

Algae non I'm afraid.

 

[BobClay]

Keep an eye on your dogs from thieves as well. These bastards are becoming rampant.

 

[staffordjas]

Keep an eye on your dogs from thieves as well. These bastards are becoming rampant.

We had a walk over the chase this morning. Kept seeing dogs on their own , who were well behind or in front of their owners. Kept thinking we'd found lost dogs , until the owners eventually appeared behind them . Some people had several dogs, walking along immersed in their phones with their dogs bounding off both in front and straggling behind . Kept thinking how easy it would be for someone to grab them and be off before the owners had even noticed half the time!

 

[Chillybean]

Nearly stepped on one basking in the sunshine on a path a few years ago up on the Chase, we always warn the kids when going up there.

 

[proactive]

We had a walk over the chase this morning. Kept seeing dogs on their own , who were well behind or in front of their owners. Kept thinking we'd found lost dogs , until the owners eventually appeared behind them . Some people had several dogs, walking along immersed in their phones with their dogs bounding off both in front and straggling behind . Kept thinking how easy it would be for someone to grab them and be off before the owners had even noticed half the time!

Cannock Chase really is remarkably safe from a dog theft point of view at the moment. I'm far more worried about the adders to be honest and that's reasonably rare thank goodness.

 

[Carole]

We had a walk over the chase this morning. Kept seeing dogs on their own , who were well behind or in front of their owners. Kept thinking we'd found lost dogs , until the owners eventually appeared behind them . Some people had several dogs, walking along immersed in their phones with their dogs bounding off both in front and straggling behind . Kept thinking how easy it would be for someone to grab them and be off before the owners had even noticed half the time!

I’m a bit guilty of that to be honest. It’s lovely to be able to let your dog off the lead and let them have a run around and a sniff at things.

She isn’t a dog that runs off and usually stays a few feet ahead or behind me. However, occasionally I go stomping off, day dreaming in a world of my own, especially if I’ve got things on my mind, only to realise that she isn’t behind me, she’s got herself interested in something or other.
It’s a lesson to me to pay more attention.

The other day I was walking to the farm shop at Bednall Head with the dog on a lead. I was walking up Joyce’s Lane when a small van overtook me but then suddenly stopped about 20 feet ahead of me. A man got out, opened the back door and then just stood there .....and waited.
I got a really bad feeling about this so I stayed where I was and got my phone out and pretended to be making a call.
He then got back in the van and drove off.

I told my husband and said “He could so easily have bundled me in the back of that van”

Husband said there could have been an innocent explanation but also it could have been an opportunitist dog napper seeing a woman on her own, country Lane, no CCTV. He did add that had the man taken me as well as the dog, he’d have returned me soon enough.

 

[BobClay]

Quite a news item down here about adders biting dogs. The local wildlife adviser however pointed out it was the mating season, and in this sort of weather they will tend to bask in the sunshine being cold blooded. They are in serious decline across the country. She advised keeping dogs on a lead because adders will only react to being disturbed. It's that old message, you leave them alone and they'll leave you alone. Of course, you can't explain that to a dog.

 

[Carole]

Quite a news item down here about adders biting dogs. The local wildlife adviser however pointed out it was the mating season, and in this sort of weather they will tend to bask in the sunshine being cold blooded. They are in serious decline across the country. She advised keeping dogs on a lead because adders will only react to being disturbed. It's that old message, you leave them alone and they'll leave you alone. Of course, you can't explain that to a dog.

My friends dog got bitten on the Chase a few years ago, the sort of dog that runs off into the undergrowth.
The dog was taken to the vet and fortunately was ok but it was such a worry for her.
She used to carry Piriton with her on her walks after that.

 

[BobClay]

A mate of mine down here said to me: "Adders spend ages sleeping. Wake up, lie in the Sun for a bit, start bonking (or whatever the reptilian version of reproduction is !!) slither about a bit, lie in the Sun some more, then go back to sleep for ages. I mean .. what is the point of that ?"

(I decided to remain silent. Sounded like a perfect bloody life style to me !!!)

 

[staffordjas]

Quite a news item down here about adders biting dogs. The local wildlife adviser however pointed out it was the mating season, and in this sort of weather they will tend to bask in the sunshine being cold blooded. They are in serious decline across the country. She advised keeping dogs on a lead because adders will only react to being disturbed. It's that old message, you leave them alone and they'll leave you alone. Of course, you can't explain that to a dog.

I came across one basking in the sun in the middle of the road as I was running up the road from Brocton by the Quarry a few years ago. I thought it was dead at first as it was so still. Was standing thinking of doing a detour incase it struck as I went past giving it a wide berth . It suddenly woke up and slithered across to the side of the road and off into the undergrowth.

 

[staffordjas]

I’m a bit guilty of that to be honest. It’s lovely to be able to let your dog off the lead and let them have a run around and a sniff at things.

She isn’t a dog that runs off and usually stays a few feet ahead or behind me. However, occasionally I go stomping off, day dreaming in a world of my own, especially if I’ve got things on my mind, only to realise that she isn’t behind me, she’s got herself interested in something or other.
It’s a lesson to me to pay more attention.

The other day I was walking to the farm shop at Bednall Head with the dog on a lead. I was walking up Joyce’s Lane when a small van overtook me but then suddenly stopped about 20 feet ahead of me. A man got out, opened the back door and then just stood there .....and waited.
I got a really bad feeling about this so I stayed where I was and got my phone out and pretended to be making a call.
He then got back in the van and drove off.

I told my husband and said “He could so easily have bundled me in the back of that van”

Husband said there could have been an innocent explanation but also it could have been an opportunitist dog napper seeing a woman on her own, country Lane, no CCTV. He did add that had the man taken me as well as the dog, he’d have returned me soon enough.

Glad you and your dog got home safely @Carole . Rather scary hearing of dogs being snatched so often these days , both from their homes and whilst being walked.

 

[Trumpet]

A mate of mine down here said to me: "Adders spend ages sleeping. Wake up, lie in the Sun for a bit, start bonking (or whatever the reptilian version of reproduction is !!) slither about a bit, lie in the Sun some more, then go back to sleep for ages. I mean .. what is the point of that ?"

(I decided to remain silent. Sounded like a perfect bloody life style to me !!!)

He missed beer out.

 

[BobClay]

Very true, but I'm not sure I want to deal with a drunken adder ....

 

[Thehooperman]

Very true, but I'm not sure I want to deal with a drunken adder ....

Adders are always legless so don't give them any more booze