A furious couple have told how they found meat full of razorblades in their garden intended to kill their dog.
Aidan Kaunhoven took their cockapoo Perdie outside and noticed she was sniffing a pile of chorizo that appeared to have been thrown over the fence. And luckily the 45-year-old stopped the dog before she managed to swallow any of the meat.
Train driver Aidan and his nursery practitioner wife Debbie were horrified when they took a closer look and said they found sharp razor blades embedded in the sliced meat.
The couple believe that a stranger who doesn’t like animals is watching their house and targeting two-year-old Perdie last week. And previously, Perdie almost swallowed sausage meat that had been stuffed with nails and thrown into their garden.
Aidan told how in December he also found a “bucket load” of poisonous slug pellets. “We were absolutely fuming,” said Aidan, from Scarisbrick, near Southport. “Luckily, we always go out with her and check what she’s doing. I noticed she was sniffing something and I stopped her before she could eat any.
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The meat-wrapped razor blades
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“It was meat that had razorblades inside. A couple of weeks before, she was eating something in the garden and when we checked, we found hot dog meat with nails stuffed inside. She was eating one bit and luckily she didn’t get a nail. And just before Christmas, we found a bucket load of slug pellets mixed in with a sticky substance.
“We thought it was a fox at first and didn’t think anymore of it but it was too much for an animal. It would have killed her. We are really angry. Why target her? We haven’t got any grievances.”
Aidan said that somebody is targeting their dog with razor blades in the meat
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Razor blades and nails appear to have been left for Perdie in the garden
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Aidan believes the culprit is someone who knows when the couple are at work. He told Need to Know: “They know the area and they know our routine. They come when we’re out and it looks like they’ve gone up our neighbour’s driveway to throw it over. They know we have a dog in the back garden.
“There are a lot of dogs in the area but they don’t target anyone else. I think they just don’t like animals but why move to a rural area? We don’t understand it. Perdie doesn’t bark a lot and if she does, we stop her. There’s no excuse for it.” The family have lived in the house for three years.
Aidan and his wife Debbie believe someone is targeting their dog
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They’ve warned their neighbours, asked around for CCTV and contacted Lancashire Police. Aidan added: “My neighbours said that in the 30 years that they’ve lived here, nothing like this has ever happened. We’re so annoyed because we want to find them and break their nose.
“What has Perdie ever done to anyone? It’s creepy. We have to inspect the garden before she goes out and stay with her and we shouldn’t have to do that.” A Lancashire Police spokesperson said that they are making enquiries and anyone with information should call them on 101.