Posted on 02/16/2012 3:29:08 PM PST by smokingfrog
HONOLULU - Two dog owners filed a lawsuit claiming their pets were mutilated while being groomed at an Oahu pet store.
The lawsuit filed in state court Monday said plaintiff Gladys Kapuwai dropped off her dog Dodo for grooming at the Petco store in Kaneohe in July, and that the pet was returned with its ear cut off.
In addition, there appeared to be an effort to "reattach, glue or sew" the ear back on, the lawsuit states.
"I couldn't believe what they did. I started crying because this is our baby, too, you know." Kapuwai told Hawaii News Now.
The plaintiffs claim they suffered serious emotional distress and anxiety, and said they are seeking unspecified damages.
San Diego-based Petco said in a statement that it takes "any animal care concerns very seriously and we're actively investigating these cases."
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ow! ow! ow! ow! poor pups.
I didn’t mean to laugh....
Must be a very bad PetCo. I’ve had my dogs groomed at PetCo for years, and am very satisfied with their services.
I did too.. lord help me..
Bets are the dog is a terror to trim and clean ears and the groomer just didn’t know how or couldn’t just say no and tell the owner of the dog to go somewhere else.
Just use super glue, it’ll grow back together.
Me too.
I fear...
a terror of a pup who needs to be twilighted to be groomed + new, inexperienced groomer = disaster.
The dog wasn’t in pain?
There was a local groomer here that left the room with the dog still in the neck loop, and when she came back the dog had moved off the table and strangled. We cut our own dog’s hair now.
Excuse me...but was your dog wearing a red bow tie?
“Estelle Green also claimed her dog Hope was injured during a grooming visit to the store that left the tip of its tail cut off and bleeding.
Hope had other injuries, “including cut eye lashes and whiskers and bleeding toes,” the lawsuit said.”
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Hers was the only dog injured AND mutilated?? Something’s not right here..
It sounds as if the dog ran into a fan.
I've done that before to myself - cut my finger with a knife and it kept opening back up. Not really bad enough for stitches.
This has to be the weirdest story of the day. Seriesly.
Don’t hire Mike Tyson to run the clippers.
It works, have seen it used often on horses over the chest and leg areas where the skin is tight. Superglue and a butterfly bandage.
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