Faith rewards dog's master

Press, 26 August 1977, Page 4

Faith rewards dog's master

i Faith has its reward. For the last week and a I half, Mr K. Baker, of Ad-1 idington, has been advertising) on radio and in newspapers, (for his five-month-old | German shepherd bitch,; Faith- which was stolen from! inside his house on August| 13. The pup is valued at $2OOl [but Mr Baker was so at-1 itached to her that he was [prepared to spend more than’ • that just advertising for her.| [He also offered a $5O reward, for information leading to her return. On Wednesday evening, a[ joyful Mr Baker was reunited’ [with his pup. Later that same, j night, the doubling of the [Baker household was completed when his wife gave ! birth to their first child, a son. 1 [ Faith was found after a iwoman, also searching for a! ! lost dog, saw a German ■ (shepherd fitting Faith’s des-| [cription at the Kaiapoi! [pound. She telephoned “Thel,

| Press,” and Mr Baker was i told where his dog might be. • Although at first he did ’ not recognise her, Faith [“went mad” when she saw [her master. She was skinny and [needed feeding, said Mr ’ Baker, and was also rather timid. I The pup had been in the! [pound since last Friday, j [when she was found roam ! ing on farmland outside; Kaiapoi. [ Mr Baker thinks his adj vertisement and subsequent I publicity may have scared [the dognappers into setting (her free. ! She was bought as a pup to serve as a watch dog. “Another few months and the burglars would not have had a show,” said Mr Baker.