A Whitley Bay family has given their thanks to the local community after residents pulled together in an incredible effort to find their lost dog.
The Straker family was put through every pet owner’s worst nightmare when Willow, their one-year-old poodle cross, went missing on Saturday. Owners Sarah and Paul Straker were away on holiday in Keswick at the time with their three children, 12-year-old Eva and 9-year-old twins Isla and Hanna.
Paul’s dad George was taking care of Willow and their other dog Poppy while they were away, and was out on a walk on Churchill Playing Fields in Monkseaton on Saturday when “lively and energetic” Willow slipped out of her harness. The pup is thought to have spent several hours running around nearby housing estates, before being spotted on the Metro line near West Monkseaton station that evening - much to the terror of her adoring owners.
