Brucie Bonus
Last updated: 7 Jun 2006
Bruce Forsyth and daughter Debbie Matthews
Bruce Forsyth's daughter has now been reunited with both her lost dogs - find out how to keep your pets safe
Last Thursday Bruce Forsyth made an emotional appeal for the return of his daughter's dogs which were stolen from the back of a car. The Strictly Come Dancing host was desperate to get the two Yorkshire terriers back and GMTV has obliged.
Yorkshire terriers Gizmo and Widget were grabbed from Debbie Matthews' BMW 5 Series car as she shopped in Marks & Spencer on Tuesday 2nd May. They had been neutered and so were no good for breeding.
The male dogs were wearing distinctive red bandanna collars with red identity discs and red hearts when they were taken by thieves who smashed the car window.
An emotional reunion
GMTV was contacted on Thursday lunchtime by a lady who said her fiance has a dog called Reggie who fits the description of Widget. We called her fiance who, on seeing Reggie respond by jumping up when he called him Widget, was convinced he had the missing dog.
He had bought the dog about a week ago from Southall market. When he got him, the dog had no collar on and was wearing a black and blue harness.
GMTV contacted The Dog Lost website and after checking the microchip installed in the dog, we can confirm that Reggie was in fact Widget in a past life.
So on Thursday Widget was returned to his rightful owner, however Gizmo was still missing.
Friday fun
After another appeal on the programme on Friday morning, another lady contacted GMTV. She had seen Debbie's final appeal for Gizmo and from the information given suspected that she may have bought Gizmo last week in a park for her child.
The dog's tag was checked and it was indeed discovered that the dog she had bought was Gizmo - and owner and dog were reunited on Friday afternoon.
Source: http://www.gm.tv/articles/gmtv-today/may-2006/20551-brucie-bonus.html
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