A couple were left horrified after finding razor blades wrapped in meat for their pet Cockapoo to eat.
Aidan Kaunhoven took Cockapoo, Perdie, into his garden on Wednesday and noticed she was sniffing something that had been thrown over the fence.
Train driver, Mr Kaunhoven, and his nursery practitioner wife, Debbie, were horrified when they took a closer look and found sharp razor blades embedded into the meat.
Luckily the quick-thinking 45-year-old managed to stop Perdie from eating any of the suspicious looking food before it was too late.
The couple, from Scarisbrick West Lancashire, believe that a stranger who doesn’t like animals is watching their house and targeting two-year-old, Perdie.
Three weeks earlier, Perdie had almost swallowed sausage meat that had been stuffed with nails and thrown into their garden.
Mr Kaunhoven said: ‘We were absolutely fuming. Luckily, we always go out with her and check what she’s doing.
‘I noticed she was sniffing something and I stopped her before she could eat any. It was meat that had razor blades inside.
Aidan Kaunhoven took Cockapoo, Perdie, into his garden on Wednesday and noticed she was sniffing something that had been thrown over the fence
The couple, from Scarisbrick West Lancashire, believe that a stranger who doesn’t like animals is watching their house and targeting two-year-old, Perdie
Train driver, Mr Kaunhoven, and his nursery practitioner wife, Debbie (pictured), were horrified when they took a closer look and found sharp razor blades embedded into the meat
‘A couple of weeks before, she was eating something in the garden and when we checked, we found hot dog meat with nails stuffed inside.
‘She was eating one bit and luckily, she didn’t get a nail.
‘And just before Christmas, we found a bucket load of slug pellets mixed in with a sticky substance.
‘We thought it was a fox at first and didn’t think any more of it, but it was too much for an animal. It would have killed her.
‘We are really angry. Why target her? We haven’t got any grievances.’
Mr Kaunhoven believes the culprit is someone who knows when the couple are at work.
He said: ‘They know the area and they know our routine. They come when we’re out and it looks like they’ve gone up our neighbour’s driveway to throw it over.
‘They know we have a dog in the back garden. There are a lot of dogs in the area, but they don’t target anyone else.
It is not the first time that Perdie has been targeted, weeks earlier the couple found hot dogs with nails packed inside
Mr Kaunhoven believes that a stranger who doesn’t like animals is watching their house. Pictured: Deli meat wrapped around razor blades that were thrown into Mr Kaunhoven’s garden
The couple have alerted their neighbours to the situation and asked for any CCTV captured the culprit
‘I think they just don’t like animals, but why move to a rural area? We don’t understand it.
‘Perdie doesn’t bark a lot and if she does, we stop her. There’s no excuse for it.’
The couple have alerted their neighbours to the situation and asked for any CCTV that might have captured the culprit.
Mr Kaunhoven added: ‘My neighbours said that in the 30 years that they’ve lived here, nothing like this has ever happened.
‘We’re so annoyed because we want to find them and break their nose. What has Perdie ever done to anyone? It’s creepy.
‘We have to inspect the garden before she goes out and stay with her and we shouldn’t have to do that.’
A West Lancashire Police spokesperson said that they are making enquiries and anyone with information should call them on 101 quoting the log number (1028 of January 8).