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We are still in shock and dismay 
This morning we were working in the garden when we noticed the traffic slowing down outside our house. We live on the main Hereford to Abergavenny road which is 60mph limit, and cars passing our house are normally doing that speed - so we went outside to investigate. There were 3 dogs running loose in the road, and luckily the cars had slowed down before any of them were hit. I called them to me - a blue lurcher, black and tan x bred, and a small terrier, it looked like a cross between a heeler and a JRT. The JRT and black and tan came straight to me, and I called them in towards the garden, the lurcher followed reluctantly. I managed to get them inside and shut the gate. Steve tried to put them on leads, and when he went towards the lurcher, it went for him. I think it was frightened. I gave them some treats, and the lurcher took a while to take something from me, but would not let me put a lead on him. We rang the police, who said they wouldn't be able to get hold of the dog warden as it was a bank holiday, and that the police couldn't pick up dogs in their cars - even the dog handlers, as they weren't allowed to due to health and safety rules! We said we had nowhere to keep them, and wait for it - they suggested we let them go back on the road :rant: :rant: Can you believe it? :rant:
We said "WHAT - ON THE A465?" "They, and possibly someone else could get killed - they could cause a pile up" She replied that she understood how we felt, but there was nothing they could do. The only thing she could suggest was that we brought them down to the station ourselves. I explained that the lurcher would need catching with a noose pole, and she said again to let them back on the road.
In despair, we tried to get them in the van. The friendly two jumped in, and the lurcher followed - ok we thought - until Steve tried to get in the van, and the lurcher was guarding it!!! Eventually Steve managed to get in, but it was a bit scary :wacko: The little terrier (very friendly) jumped through to the front seats, and put it's head on Steve's lap. (He's fallen in love with it now!) He drove them to the police station where he was met by a woman on the desk who said she was scared of dogs, and on her own, so Steve would have to put them in the kennels :unsure: As it happened the two friendly ones went straight in, and the lurcher followed. It was not a nice place, dark with no windows. Now we can't stop thinking about them.
We still can't believe that the police were willing to leave these dogs on the road where they could have caused a major accident. We would like to complain to someone - but who?
This morning we were working in the garden when we noticed the traffic slowing down outside our house. We live on the main Hereford to Abergavenny road which is 60mph limit, and cars passing our house are normally doing that speed - so we went outside to investigate. There were 3 dogs running loose in the road, and luckily the cars had slowed down before any of them were hit. I called them to me - a blue lurcher, black and tan x bred, and a small terrier, it looked like a cross between a heeler and a JRT. The JRT and black and tan came straight to me, and I called them in towards the garden, the lurcher followed reluctantly. I managed to get them inside and shut the gate. Steve tried to put them on leads, and when he went towards the lurcher, it went for him. I think it was frightened. I gave them some treats, and the lurcher took a while to take something from me, but would not let me put a lead on him. We rang the police, who said they wouldn't be able to get hold of the dog warden as it was a bank holiday, and that the police couldn't pick up dogs in their cars - even the dog handlers, as they weren't allowed to due to health and safety rules! We said we had nowhere to keep them, and wait for it - they suggested we let them go back on the road :rant: :rant: Can you believe it? :rant:
We said "WHAT
- ON THE A465?" "They, and possibly someone else could get killed - they could cause a pile up" She replied that she understood how we felt, but there was nothing they could do. The only thing she could suggest was that we brought them down to the station ourselves. I explained that the lurcher would need catching with a noose pole, and she said again to let them back on the road.In despair, we tried to get them in the van. The friendly two jumped in, and the lurcher followed - ok we thought - until Steve tried to get in the van, and the lurcher was guarding it!!! Eventually Steve managed to get in, but it was a bit scary :wacko: The little terrier (very friendly) jumped through to the front seats, and put it's head on Steve's lap. (He's fallen in love with it now!) He drove them to the police station where he was met by a woman on the desk who said she was scared of dogs, and on her own, so Steve would have to put them in the kennels :unsure: As it happened the two friendly ones went straight in, and the lurcher followed. It was not a nice place, dark with no windows. Now we can't stop thinking about them.
We still can't believe that the police were willing to leave these dogs on the road where they could have caused a major accident. We would like to complain to someone - but who?
