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Stranger from Kedington helps Haverhill woman find her wounded cat…

Dotty the cat of Sheena Hester was run over and ran away. Sheena appealed on Facebook for help and Amanda O’Brien from Kedington said she would get her basset hound Daisy to help. Daisy, who is untrained, sniffed a blanket and then ran off into the field and found Dotty in 10 mins. Dotty went to the vets and is now okay.  Amanda O’Brien with Daisey the Basset hound and Sheena Hester.

A woman who feared her cat had limped off to die after being run over was delighted after a stranger answered her appeal for help and brought round her untrained dog to find the wounded animal alive.

Sheena Hester, 48, from Falklands Road, Haverhill, appealed for help on Facebook after her nine month old cat Dotty was run over on Ann Suckling Road and limped off into the nearby fields.

He appeal was answered by Amanda O’Brien, 33, from Haverhill Road, Kedington, whose untrained basset hound Daisy had a sniff of Dotty’s blanket and rushed off to find her.

Dotty was hit by the car at around 2pm on Saturday (June 29), which Sheena’s 15 year old daughter Daisy saw.

Though both she and the driver looked for the cat, she had scarpered off into the fields.

“My daughter saw her get run over and go head over heels and spin over a couple of times before running off into the fields, as that’s what they tend to do – run off to die and literally lick their wounds,” said Sheena.

“We spent all afternoon looking for her so I put on Facebook to see if anyone had any ideas and Amanda said she’d bring her basset hound over to have a sniff.

“They got here at about 9pm and Daisy sniffed the blanket and then rushed off and found Dotty curled up in the cornfield.”

“Dotty was scared of the dog and had taken a swipe at her and by 9.15 she’d rushed home and was upstairs.”

“It was amazing – it was a Saturday night, Amanda doesn’t know me from Adam and lives in Kedington but she came over her to help a stranger.”

Sheena and husband Daryl, 47, got Dotty from Jaybeth Animal Sanctuary in Barnardiston.

They took her to the vets after she was found and were relieved to see that despite having a bleeding nose she had no broken bones or internal injuries and is now on the road to recovery.

Amanda was home with boyfriend Adrian Halls when she saw about Dotty being hit and offered to take two year old Daisy around to help search.

“When I turned up Sheena was in tears, so I told her to get something that had Dotty’s smell,” she said.

“I let Daisy have a sniff and said ‘Go find’, and she usually stays with me but she ran off over the field and I couldn’t keep up.”

“I honestly thought Daisy would find her dead, but then I saw Dotty take a swipe and shoot off and by the time we got back she was already at the house.”

“I was really impressed – Daisy’s never had training like that and when I gave her the blanket she went really weird like she knew what she had to do.”

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Isn’t this a great story?  What a great and caring hound.

More finds of the day later…Love, Cat Daisy Lynn (Chaps and Emma ATB where nobody is ever lost or hurt)

 

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