PUPPY SET FOR TV STARDOM
RESCUED ABANDONED POOCH WITH HUGE FAN BASE IS SUBJECT OF DOCUMENTARY
AN adorable puppy who was dumped in a bin bag on the A50 with his tail hacked off could be set to have his story told in a BBC documentary.
Chris Withington rescued little Cosmin when he pulled over to make a phone call in a layby in Shardlow and saw something moving in a black bag.
Having made the headlines for his dramatic discovery, Uttoxeter salon boss Chris has seen his pooch shoot to fame.
The 31-year-old is regularly stopped in the street when passersby recognise Cosmin, who now has a Facebook fan page with 1,000 followers.
And Britain could get the chance to fall in love with the pup just as Uttoxeter has amid plans for a documentary exploring his story. Chris, who runs Spires, in Market Place, said: “We’re in talks with the BBC right now, who want to come round to film and do a piece on Cosmin.
“He was on BBC Radio Derby just after I found him and the filmmakers said they thought of him straight away when coming up with ideas for the show. It’s just amazing how many people know who he is.
“I was in Tesco the other day and got stopped so many times by strangers saying ‘oh look – it’s that dog who was in the paper.’
“We even had one guy who was in his car and stopped in the street, wound down his window and yelled hello to Cosmin.” When Chris found Cosmin, the poor pet had been abondoned and left for dead, with his paws tied together.
He said Cosmin was still suffering after the ordeal he suffered at his previous owners’ hands. And he had “a huge scare” this morning, July 16, when Cosmin had to be tracked down after escaping from his back garden.
Chris, who lives with wife Kerry, 25, and five-month-old son Max, said: “When no-one came forward to claim Cosmin, it meant we could keep him and we were delighted.
“He’s improving so much every day, especially with being housetrained – he doesn’t have any accidents in the house anymore. But he’s still timid and cowers when you’re standing over him, as if he’s scared you’ll hit him.
“When he got out earlier today – through a hole that’s no wider than the circumference of a mug – we feared he may fall into the wrong hands again.
“We were frantically running all over town looking for him and I put a post out on Facebook. Luckily someone found him in town and posted his picture, so we had him back in one piece.”