Reminder to anyone thinking about purchasing or adopting a dog, brachycephalic breeds such as bulldogs and pugs are prone to sudden respiratory collapse and death. Not to mention the chronic health problems that plague them for their entire life.
I’m not saying the groomers were not at fault in this situation, but a breed like this is frighteningly close to a medical emergency even in mundane situations like a nail trim.
While breeds such as these are a testament to vanity-driven hubris, I think it’s a stretch to call this a mundane nail trim.
There’s a lot in the article that seems to points towards malpractice (if you can call it that when the profession doesn’t require a license in AZ). Their CCTV footage is missing 30 seconds right when the dog died, supposedly for unknown reasons.
Also, directly from the article:
Cardenas told investigators that while bathing Walter, he was freaking out. After the bath, she said he threw up food and yellow bile so she placed him in a kennel dryer for 30-45 minutes.
After that, Cardenas said she brought Walter to the grooming table and placed a muzzle on him “to prevent him from biting,” even though Cardenas stated Walter wasn’t trying to bite. Cardenas said once on the grooming table, Walter urinated, took two breaths and then died.
Meanwhile, multiple sources on grooming practices warn not to leave dogs in heated kennel dryers for more than 15 minutes. Pawsitivity Pet Spa published an article stating it can be “deadly, especially for dogs that are brachycephalic like bulldogs,” which means they have a short skull making it difficult to breath and hard to cool themselves. Cardenas told investigators the dryers they used blew cool air.
Cardenas told investigators that while bathing Walter, he was freaking out. After the bath, she said he threw up food and yellow bile so she placed him in a kennel dryer for 30-45 minutes.
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Meanwhile, multiple sources on grooming practices warn not to leave dogs in heated kennel dryers for more than 15 minutes.
It’s frightening, to me, the idea that I could take my furry friends somewhere for professional services and have them randomly die. I don’t think that would happen at the place where we go. They have seemed very capable of caring for my cats for many years. But holy shit. This is terrible.
Both women are now waiting to learn their fate following not guilty pleas. PACC says they each face up to a $2,500 fine and no more than 6 months in jail if found guilty.
I’m against our carceral system. But if you killed one of my kitties, I’d want you to do time. Other than my partner, they are my closest friends. Her’s too.
Once again and to no one’s surprise, the evil groomers aren’t transfolk.
what does this even mean?
It’s a play on words, and a reference to the fact that every time there is a groomer in the child sense, it’s never a trans person.
I’ve helped out family friends who owned a dog grooming shop, maybe 20 years back? I feel a little bad for the groomers, only IF they’re anything like the older ladies I assisted in washing the dogs. They just do it because they love dogs so much, they are just ignorant on certain aspects of their profession - which means they should have never started the business. Ignorance is not an acceptable excuse. The family I helped out would’ve most likely closed up shop and cried for a week straight. Thankfully, we never had anything even remotely similar happen, worst was just aggressive dogs