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\nMissing dogs Cash and Chillie.
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A Tauranga mum is devastated after the family’s emotional support dogs went missing and is worried they were stolen.<\/p>\n
Amanda Hacche suffers from complex PTSD and anxiety panic disorder after her son, Devon Edwards Hacche, swallowed a battery as an infant in 2015 and was left with persisting health complications.<\/p>\n
She said the dogs, 5-year-old Cash and 5-month-old Chilli, helped keep her grounded when she experienced any anxiety or post-traumatic stress.<\/p>\n
The pure bred blue english Staffordshire bull terriers went missing on Tuesday from Glue Pot Rd in Oropi near Tauranga.<\/p>\n
Hacche was concerned they might have been stolen for breeding, but she was not giving up the search.<\/p>\n
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\nThe dogs are pure bred blue english Staffordshire bull terriers.
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Do you know more? email iwitness@rnz.co.nz<\/p>\n
‘They’re not just pets’<\/p>\n
Hacche said she relied heavily on the dogs emotionally and said they were more than just pets to her and the family.<\/p>\n
“The dogs pretty much, for me, help me keep calm and they give me a grounding because otherwise I get very, very anxious and I really struggle with triggering from the post-traumatic.”<\/p>\n
She said the dogs especially the youngest, Chilli, were with her constantly.<\/p>\n
“Chilli sleeps in my bed. When I say these dogs are with me 24\/7, I mean 24\/7. So, I never feel alone and I’ve always got something to focus on.”<\/p>\n
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\nMissing dogs Cash (R) and Chilli.
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‘Extremely unusual’<\/p>\n
Hacche first discovered the dogs missing on Tuesday when she had put the dogs out on their semi-rural farm property.<\/p>\n
When she went to call them back, they were nowhere to be found, something she said was “extremely unusual”.<\/p>\n
She waited for a bit and tried calling again, several times with no luck.<\/p>\n
After a few hours of trying, she began calling friends and family to see if they had sighted the dogs or to check their security cameras.<\/p>\n
“Everyone came to my property, and we started looking and we searched until about 9.30 at night.”<\/p>\n
On Thursday she reported the missing dogs to the police and had now put out a $20,000 reward with no questions asked.<\/p>\n
She said she reported the alleged theft to police, who declined to provide details when contacted by RNZ.<\/p>\n
‘Potentially stolen’<\/p>\n
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\nThe dogs went missing on Tuesday.
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She told Checkpoint the dogs were very special and could potentially have been stolen.<\/p>\n
“If someone has been watching them at all someone would know that they’re a girl and a boy, potentially they’ve stolen them to try and breed them.”<\/p>\n
She said the dogs were a special, sought after breed.<\/p>\n
“Being the colour that they are too both blue dogs again very sought after.<\/p>\n
“People just won’t realise what they mean to us.”<\/p>\n