POLICE are stepping up their search for missing Avon and Somerset Constabulary dog Meg.

The seven-month-old Belgian Malinois, a short-haired lean version of the Belgian Shepherd dog, remains missing 48 hours after escaping from the home of her handler.

Meg is currently undergoing assessment for use as a general purpose police dog and was being looked after by police dog trainer and instructor Lee Webb, who keeps her at his Clevedon home.

She escaped sometime on Friday morning from the Kenn Moor Drive area of Clevedon.

There has been one reported sighting since, in Tickenham, North Somerset, on the same morning she went missing at about 5am.

It is possible that Meg may be in fields in the Tickenham or surrounding area and we are urging landowners and farmers to keep a lookout for Meg.

“I have been out looking for Meg and posting flyers to try to find her," said Lee. 
"There has been a lot of interest on social media and people are being very supportive and we have bumped into dog walkers and people who have been driving around looking for her. By now she could be very hungry and very frightened.

“It is also possible that because we have only had one positive sighting that Meg may have been taken in by someone who is feeding her and looking after her.

“We’d also like people to check garden sheds and other outbuildings, especially those that face open fields, just to make sure that Meg is not sheltering,” said Lee.

Meg has a black muzzle, black ears and has a short haired coat which is foxy brown in colour. She is wearing a distinctive red collar.

If you spot Meg call us on 101, quoting log 0656 and the name Meg.