euphorion
Very Well-Known Member
Received some very sad news from my old place of work. I used to work in a dog grooming salon. Today i got a call from a friend who still works there to tell me one of the regulars, who i know and used to clip on a regular basis, lost it today and killed another of the dogs in for grooming. Now this dog had been getting groomed there for years and you would never hear a bad word out of him, one of the best behaved dogs we looked after.
Apparently he was had just been out for a toilet break and was being put back up onto his table, just before he was clipped in (so they can't jump off the table or reach other dogs nearby) he made a grab for the dog on the table next to him. He pulled the little dog out of his collar (little dog was clipped in) and shook him like a toy. Once the staff got him under control and managed to remove the little one from his mouth he was perfectly calm again and jumped straight back up onto his table. I won't go into details regarding little dogs injuries, but enough to say that i am not squeamish, i am a vet nurse so i am used to seeing such things, but having the details given to me over the phone was enough to make me cry.
The little one was rushed to the vets just across the rd, referred to a vet up the rd with more equipment for emergencies, then referred to UQ emergency where he died from cardiac arrest shortly after. Big dog was euthed this afternoon as the owners have cats and young children at home and couldn't risk this happening again. That decision wasn't made lightly i can assure you.
Anyway, i don't want to hear anything from anyone about 'more procedures should have been in place' and 'all dogs can do this' or 'you should have prevented it, they were under your care'. Put simply, you can never anticipate this sort of thing, accidents happen, and all efforts are made to keep dogs seperate unless they are known friends or family.
I just felt like i needed to share this as it is weighing heavily on my heart. My friend feels so guilty that two lives were lost today while she was supposed to be caring for them. Haters gonna hate, please try to take it somewhere else.
RIP my friends.
Apparently he was had just been out for a toilet break and was being put back up onto his table, just before he was clipped in (so they can't jump off the table or reach other dogs nearby) he made a grab for the dog on the table next to him. He pulled the little dog out of his collar (little dog was clipped in) and shook him like a toy. Once the staff got him under control and managed to remove the little one from his mouth he was perfectly calm again and jumped straight back up onto his table. I won't go into details regarding little dogs injuries, but enough to say that i am not squeamish, i am a vet nurse so i am used to seeing such things, but having the details given to me over the phone was enough to make me cry.
The little one was rushed to the vets just across the rd, referred to a vet up the rd with more equipment for emergencies, then referred to UQ emergency where he died from cardiac arrest shortly after. Big dog was euthed this afternoon as the owners have cats and young children at home and couldn't risk this happening again. That decision wasn't made lightly i can assure you.
Anyway, i don't want to hear anything from anyone about 'more procedures should have been in place' and 'all dogs can do this' or 'you should have prevented it, they were under your care'. Put simply, you can never anticipate this sort of thing, accidents happen, and all efforts are made to keep dogs seperate unless they are known friends or family.
I just felt like i needed to share this as it is weighing heavily on my heart. My friend feels so guilty that two lives were lost today while she was supposed to be caring for them. Haters gonna hate, please try to take it somewhere else.
RIP my friends.
