A sick dognapper tried to steal a guide dog for the blind as its owner was out walking alone with a white stick. Maisy McAdam, a 23-year-old university student, was exercising in a nature reserve with her guide dog Willow, a six-year-old labrador-golden retriever cross, when a man tried to snatch her pet thinking she couldn’t see him lurking.
But the thief fled when Maisy, who is partially sighted, asked the dognapper what he was doing as he tried to put his own lead on her guide dog.
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association says the attempt to steal a partially sighted person’s guide dog which they rely on to navigate roads safely “beggars belief”.
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