There has been a worrying increase in the number of Pointers who have been stolen.  Please check your security arrangements for your own dogs and please be vigilant and if you have any suspicions or have any information which could help to unite a missing/stolen Pointer with its rightful owner, please do so however insignificant the piece of information may seem.   Further information and photographs of the following missing or stolen Pointers can be found at www.doggslost.co.uk  

*NEW*  MISSING POINTER  Black and White English Pointer went missing at around Midday on Tuesday the 6th May. Believed to have been taken off the B6297 between the top of Redgate Bank and Tow Law. (nr the Thronley lane) in County Durham. If you have any news please contact Katie on 07725563961 Alternatively if you have found him, please take him to your local vet, pound or police and they will be able to contact the owner. PHOTO BELOW

DARCY featured on Dogslost site at http://www.doglost.co.uk/forum.asp?ID=8844 Lost in post code HR4 after pursuing a deer 23/2/2007.  Microchipped.  Black & white dog just over a year old, best friend of Sarah and Alan.  Darcy is "tall Labrador height", very slim, deep chest, very well marked, 4 large spots on his back with lots of little flecks all over.  likes yawning loudly and perching his bum on the sofa with legs on the floor.  Sarah & Alan believe he may have been stolen. Contact mobile numbers:  Sarah 07908 736 579, Alan 0771 722 8680.

MEG  B/w Pointer Bitch lost in Gorebridge, Scotland early December 2006.  Dogslost page link http://www.doglost.co.uk/forum.asp?ID=8200

PEBBLES b/w Pointer bitch who ran off from Manor Park, Glossop, Stockport on 18 August 2006.  Microchipped.  Was wearing red & black striped collar.  Dogslost page link http://www.doglost.co.uk/forum.asp?ID=6931

WILLA  B/w Pointer Bitch, only a youngster, lost early May 2006 from Keevil, between Devizes and Westbury.  Dogslost site reference http://www.doglost.co.uk/forum.asp?ID=5916 Microchipped.  Owner believes somebody has picked her up and kept her.

ORVIS b/w Pointer Dog.  Ran after a pheasant near Pocklington, York 26 November 2005 and not seen since.  Wearing a collar but no I.D. Castrated.  Dogslost link http://www.doglost.co.uk/forum.asp?ID=4882

"NED"  A Whipspan-bred pointer went missing on Saturday 7th August 2004 and the owners presume he has been stolen. He went missing from his garden and was sighted within an hour being led away by a man.  They live in the Rivington area (near Chorley, Lancashire)   He is about 14 mths old, entire, lemon and white with a patch over one eye. His owners are very upset and have reported him missing to just about every vets, police, kennels etc.  If you have any information which may help please contact Barbara Critchley on 01257 480432 or Melanie Heaton on 01257 272943.  Doglost link http://www.doglost.co.uk/forum.asp?ID=1820

"Shamus" is another orange & white Pointer dog, stolen together with a goat on the 15th August 2004.  He is from the Penrith area of Cumbria although information received indicates that Shamus may have been rehomed in the Norwich area, possibly by somebody who thought he was a trailhound.  He is 6 years old, neutered and is lame.  Contact details are on the www.dogslost.co.uk website http://www.doglost.co.uk/forum.asp?ID=1727 .  £1,000 REWARD.  STOLEN DURING A BREAK-IN. ORANGE AND WHITE ENGLISH POINTER. NEUTERED MALE. IDENTI-CHIPPED. SEVERELY DISABLED DUE TO PREVIOUS SPINAL FRACTURE, SO STILL HAS THIN WEAK WOBBLY BACK LEGS, DIRTIES IN THE HOUSE, EXTREMELY BAD LIMP. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD AROUND AS WE ARE DESPERATE TO FIND THIS TREASURED PET. HE COULD HAVE BEEN RE-HOMED THROUGH RESCUE OR BE IN A SANCTUARY. HE COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY AS HE IS FAMOUS AROUND HERE. PLEASE SCAN HIM FOR HIS CHIP NUMBER- HE COULD HAVE BEEN CHIPPED TWICE!. THANK YOU, LOUISE CARTMEL 01768 840251 OR SGT CHRIS PARTRIDGE 01768 864355.*

DEXTER - Orange & white, microchipped, missing from the Gunthorpe area of Nottinghamshire since 20th October.  25" high, has one brown eye and one blue eye, one year old.  Contact details are on the www.dogslost.co.uk website. Direct link to his page http://www.doglost.co.uk/forum.asp?ID=1975