It has been confirmed that another one of the eight Dachshunds stolen from Acresford in February has been found - almost 130 miles away from home.

Rikki, known as Dog 5 when the appeal was first made, was found by a member of the public in a field near Basingstoke in Hampshire.

He has been reunited with owner Shelley - but Rikki is reported to be 'barely recognisable' after a three-month ordeal.

Lisa Dean, of Beauty's Legacy the organisation specialising in finding lost and stolen dogs, posted on the Swadlincote 8 Dachshunds Facebook page and said: "He was found by a member of the public in a field near Basingstoke, Hampshire.

"The Basingstoke dog warden, Laura, has been amazing behind the scenes and kept him safe for us until Shelley could get down there.

"The pictures speak for themselves.

"Rikki is barely recognisable as Dog 5, he has gone grey and lost most of his beautiful ginger.

"He has lost weight, has sore sticky eyes, awful rub burns to his nose, is filthy and covered in fleas, has overgrown claws, and very very sore frostbitten ears.

"He is utterly exhausted.

"Welcome home little man, you're safe now.

"No further info will be given at this time as police enquiries are ongoing. Please give Shelley some time to tend to her poorly little man, and put all your well wishes here for her to read.

"Massive thank you to everyone for everything. Don't forget we have five more to find....let's do this."