A DOG was stabbed THREE TIMES by violent, would-be pooch-nappers after his hero owner refused to let them steal him.
Luke Baker was walking his partner Clare Durham’s pug called Sid when he was approached by a trio of young thugs.
He picked up the one-year-old pup to protect him but one of the crooks then pulled out a blade.
The thug repeatedly plunged it into the defenceless dog before the three of them fled.
Poor Sid was rushed to the vets and miraculously survived.