Dog-trainer Linda Spencer-Nicholson is demanding a clean-up after broken glass slashed open the paw of her prized Border Collie - days after he was filmed for a television show.

Mrs Spencer-Nicholson's pet needed five stitches in his back paw because of the wound, which she says is now endangering his performance in the competition season, beginning next week.

And she is calling for help in clearing up the glass from broken bottles and a vandalised bus shelter in Gilstead Lane, Gilstead, which she claims is littering the streets of the village and putting pedestrians and pets at risk.

She said: "There's broken glass all over the place and it's a danger to children as well as to unsuspecting pets.

"It seems as if we've had a spate of youngsters just dropping bottles in the street and leaving a mess. Recently the bus shelter outside Gilstead Middle School was smashed in too.

"The last straw was on Saturday when I was walking my Border Collie, Gil, down Gilstead Lane. He suddenly yelped and I realised he'd cut his back paw on a shard of glass.

"I took him to the vets where he had to have an anaesthetic, five stitches in his foot and stay in over night.

"I was absolutely furious - the vet's bill will come to more than £100. I've complained to the Council about the glass but nothing seems to have happened- it's just not fair."

Mrs Spencer-Nicholson runs obedience classes for dogs and her injured pet and his five-year-old father, Chip, are to appear in an edition of the BBC's Country File programme, alongside presenter John Craven.

She said: "We did some filming for the programme at Golcar Farm, High Eldwick, last week.

"It was a demonstration to see how well my dogs, who have been to obedience classes, reacted to sheep, compared with other dogs who've never come across sheep before.

"It was great to do the filming, but a shame that Gil was later injured - I was spitting chips at the weekend after it happened.

"Gil's feeling very sorry for himself at the moment."

A spokesman for Bradford Council's cleansing department said: "Complaints about vandalised bus shelters are normally referred to the bus company.

"We were not aware of an earlier complaint about this particular shelter although we received a call about it yesterday morning. But we have arranged for the glass to be collected on this occasion.

"We will also investigate the claim that there's a general problem with broken glass in this area."

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