'Life feels empty' - Owner of stolen dog renews £10k reward offer three months on from last sighting on M55

The family have now endured three agonising months without her.

‘Give Mabel back she isn’t yours,’ is the message from a heartbroken dog owner constantly living in a fog of grief three months on since she was taken.

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Mabel - a young adult female Cocker Spaniel who is red with a white chest went missing from her family's farm in Inskip around 11am on Friday, April 10, and is believed to have been taken for breeding.

She was last seen close to junction 3 of the M55 at Kirkham, which resulted in posters being put up on the roundabout at the junction and police issuing an appeal.

Sarah Livesey from Catterall near Garstang, who owns Mabel and has put up a £10k reward for her safe return, said her life has went into autopilot since she went missing and that every day that passes without her brings another day of agony.

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A missing dog poster for Mabel has been put up on the roundabout which links the M55 and M6 in Preston. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard | National World

She said: “Three months since you went.

“Life feels empty and nothing will ever fill it, only you. You gave us the happiest 18 months of our lives.

“I cry for you every single day. I long for you with every part of me. Every day I wake up and pray so hard today will be the day.

“We all miss and love you more than words can ever say. You are our whole world.”

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Sarah Livesey says her life has went into autopilot since Mabel went missing | National World

She added: “If we could please have her back, we will be forever grateful. My boy is struggling without her as we all are and she also needs us too.Please think of him if nothing else. PLEASE.”

You can report sightings immediately by calling 07971 866679/07825 986832.

Any information about her whereabouts can be submitted to :[email protected] or by calling 07866 026343.

A spokesperson for Lancashire Police said: “A report of the theft of a dog from an address on Preston Road, Inskip, was made on 10th April.

“It is being investigated and enquiries are ongoing.”

Anyone with information, please contact 101 – quoting log 0878 of 10th April.

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