A DOG was left tied-up outside a shop and the RSPCA is trying to find its owner.

The elderly Staffie, Roxie, appeared to have been “forgotten about” and left alone outside Wishing Tree Stores in St Leonards on Wednesday, November 7.

A member of staff at the shop contacted the RSPCA because they felt concerned the dog had been left there a while.

RSPCA Inspector Andrew Kirby went to collect the tan-coloured Staffordshire bull terrier and said: “Staff think the dog was tied up outside the store at around 8pm. When all the customers left and they came to close up at 9pm she was still tied up outside and they became worried that she’d been left behind.

“I’m fairly sure she’s a well looked after pet.

“My first suspicion is that she may have simply been forgotten and when they returned to find her, she’d been handed over to us.

“Or, it may be a sadder story, and perhaps she has an elderly owner with memory problems and has quite literally been forgotten.”

Roxie was microchipped but her details were not up-to-date.

She’s now being cared for by RSPCA staff in Brighton.