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Today while my mum was out walking our dogs, some men stopped her and asked about our whippet (you know the type), first asking if she would sell her, they then tried to encourage her to let the whippet loose to run with their dog saying she could let it run with theirs and meet her round the corner. Mum obviously declined and made a beeline for another walker but they were very persistent.

Mum suffers from bad anxiety and has weekly counciling. Walking the dogs is one of the few things she manages to do by herself without to much anxiety. This will have frightened her and I fear will make dog walking another one of those anxious situations and no longer an enjoyable escape.

Very gutted right now :-(
 
Horrible. This trend of dog theft is very worrying. Buy her a rape alarm would be my suggestion - it may just give her the security and confidence to carry on with her dog walking. To be honest I would be very frightened if it happened to me. I know so many HHOers like to back these types, but the reality is so many of them don't care about anyone else and have such a cruel attitude. I know of 2 cases where dogs have been taken by them and teh Police would not even carry out enquiries.
 
Nobody for her to go with unfortunately but the rape alarm may be a good idea. It's a very common dog walking spot so there is almost always someone about, I just hope she moves on from it and doesn't stress herself out.

I feel like I should go with her tomorrow but her councillor told me not to reinforce any fears she has, for instance she checks the doors are locked about 15 times before she can leave the house, if she asks me to check again for her I'm not allowed to do so and I guess by coming along I'm behaving like she should be worried....if she goes that is.
 
How very frightening, tbh I dont think the counsellor has got the real gist of this, even someone with no problems would be freaked out by this and your mums fears are all too real. For your mum to crack this she does need company to get her confidence back and to realise it was very probabley a one off. Has the counsellor given her any coping strategies?
 
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