Desperate search for '˜life-saving' dog

By The Newsroom
Published 10th May 2016, 12:32 BST
Updated 10th May 2016, 14:37 BST
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Medical assistance dog Poppy SUS-161005-132823001
A desperate search has been launched for a tiny life-saving dog that has gone missing from Shipley, near Horsham.

The dog - named Poppy - is a ‘medical assistance dog’ who has more than once saved the life of her diabetic owner Philippa Copleston-Warren by detecting a drop in Philippa’s blood sugar levels.

Little Poppy went missing at around 7.20 am yesterday morning (Monday) while she and Philippa were staying with friends at Baker’s Farm, Shipley, on the Knepp Estate.

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“I let her out to do a pee and she just disappeared,” said Philippa. “We don’t know what could have happened to her. We don’t know if she was taken, or there was a kite or a buzzard around, but I think there would have been more noise if that had been the case.”