Gold Coast man offers $20,000 cash for lost dog
UPDATE: Sean Robey has reported his dog, Charlie, has been returned. Watch Seven News for the followup story tonight.
A Gold Coast man offering a $20,000 cash reward for his lost dog has sold his house to fund the search.
Sean Robey is offering $20,000 to anyone who can find his pet Staffy, Charlie, who he's had since she was five weeks old.
Mr Robey paid $800 for her nine years ago, but says she's worth much more to him now.
"I've been through some rough times and she's really helped me though them," he said.
"She's everything I've got."
The Staffy cross bull terrier went missing from the backyard of his Carrara home 12 days ago.
Before then she'd never slept a night outdoors.
"I'm worried sick. Every night I can't sleep you know, basically a 38-year-old man in tears," Mr Robey told Seven News.
Sean has been handing out flyers and doing letter box drops. He even sold his home to fund the search, and is offering $20,000 in wads of cash to prove the reward is real.
"It's a lot of money and I've had to borrow it to get it, but for me it's nothing," he said.
Sean told Seven News he'll hand over the money no questions asked. He said he doesn't need to know where Charlie's been, he just wants her back.
Charlie is a pure white Staffy cross bull terrier, with a black tip on her left ear.
Mr Robey has set up a Facebook page to help in the search for Charlie.
Facebook.com: Charlie-Girl Robey
