Simon Hoare MP appeal after "much-loved" family dog goes missing

North Dorset MP Simon Hoare posted an appeal on social media for help in finding the family’s terrier, Jerry.

He told the Echo Jerry is “as soft as butter”, and he went missing in Lydlynch, Dorset, near to where the family lives.

“He’s seven, and he’s lived here all his life. Occasionally he’ll run off after a hare or rabbit, but he always comes back,” he said.

“This is the first time he’s gone totally AWOL.

“There are three girls, [aged] 14, 12 and ten, there’s a 53-year-old father and a 51-year-old mother who have shed more than a tear or two.

“He’s a much-loved member of the family.”

Jerry, our terrier has gone missing/awol/walkabout. He’s chipped so if found please dm or email me. I’ve three very distraught daughters (and Mrs H and I aren’t feeling particularly grand either). pic.twitter.com/3oKAxq1j0j

— Simon Hoare MP (@Simon4NDorset) January 27, 2023

The family has been searching the local area, but have found no sign of Jerry anywhere.

“We have knocked on doors, we’ve talked to all the local farmers, my daughter and I have been out all day literally scouring every hedgerow, we’ve stuck our heads into badger sets and foxholes, without disturbing them, and it is as if he has been vapourised.”

He added: “It is the most peculiar thing. There hasn’t been a sighting, nothing at all.”

If you see Jerry, then Simon can be contacted on email: simon.hoare.mp@parliament.uk; or social media: @Simon4NDorset on Twitter.