Do you trust your dog groomer?

December 4, 2008

Have you seen the news out of Knoxville, TN, about a groomer who has had several dogs die in his care?  Most recently, Moxie, a five-year old Beagle, died after being bathed at Happy Tails Grooming.   While the groomer says the dog had a seizure, an autopsy showed heat exhaustion as well as broken ribs and a punctured liver.

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Street sweeper gets carried away

June 17, 2008

The Associated Press is reporting that street-sweeping truck cleaning a street in the Bronx sucked up a Boston Terrier as the helpless guardian held her leash.  The dog was killed by the machine.  The city’s sanitation department calls it a “rare and unfortunate accident”.  That’s the understatement of the year!

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Sad News

June 10, 2008

My friend breeds doxies and had a tragedy this weekend.

Gretta went into labor, bringing out one very large puppy, but then she struggled and struggled to bring out the next one.  She took good care of the one puppy, but eventually stopped even trying to birth the others. [Read more]

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