A FAMILY’S dog, which went missing last month, has been found and returned after being ‘stolen to order’.

Jack, the black and white Patterdale Terrier, disappeared from the family farm in Ashington, near Wimborne, on October 5 while his owner Karen Wood was in the farmhouse’s office.

Now, the dog is home again after being taken and sold on for £100.

Karen says that the children are ‘over the moon’ to have their dog back.

She said: “Thanks to the Echo and doglost.co.uk, we have had Jack returned.”

She added: “But it appears that he had been stolen to order, as two weeks before he went missing, two men were at Revells poultry auction, near Dorchester, saying they had a good dog for sale.

She added: “He was then sold to a pre-arranged buyer on October 7 in Tesco car park in Blandford.

“A man saw an advert for his return and rang saying that he believed that he had the dog.

“Jack had also been taken to the vets and scanned for a microchip, where they realised that he had been stolen.

“Throughout this whole experience, I cannot believe that so many dogs do go missing and are probably stolen, and then people are buying them with no questions asked.