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My New Puppy Was Mauled..long
This happened yesterday and I am now only able to type this. I was going into work, with my new puppy who is 12 weeks old. She has been coming into work with me now for a month. I had her on her leash, as she tries to pull me as hard as she can b/c she is so excited to be at the shop.
As we walk in the front door, a chow is being checked in and in a nano second, the chow grabs my puppy and shakes her in his mouth back and forth for what seemed like forever. The owners and I tried for like 45 seconds to get my puppy out this death grip the chow has on her. My puppy is literally screaming, I have never heard anything like this before in my life. The owner yells, "I have my arm in his mouth, so he is not biting the puppy." Then why is my puppy screaming????!!!! We finally get her free and she is still screaming, I see puncture wounds, blood and she can't walk.
I rush her to the nearest vet. At this point, I am inconsolable and sobbing. As I wait for the x-rays, the owner calls to see if my puppy has had her rabies shots, as his wife was bit by my puppy! She had just had her 12 week shots the day before, I then let him know that he has a very vicious animal! He then has the audacity to tell me that his dog is not vicious and that my puppy was the one that started it, by coming up to him. Now I am shaking and I tell him that he is out of his flippin' mind. I said how can a 12 week old puppy start a fight. He then procedes to tell me, that he will not be paying any of my dogs bills. I then lose and tell the S.O.B. to go to hell, my words exactly. He takes absolutely no responsibility.
I then find out, that the vet I am at, is his vet and the vet techs tell me that this man with the chow is a state trooper. Great, one of americas finest! He seems to think that its my fault for letting my dog walk past his! Mind you, this happened so fast, had I known it was a chow, I would have picked her up immediately. We all know that chows can turn on you in an instant and this one did on a helpless puppy.
As I wait for the x-rays, I decide to run back to the grooming shop to get this guys information---name, address etc...
Now here is what adds insult to injury. I walk in and the owners are gone, but the dog(s), they brought 2 chows in, were still there. I look at the grooming shop owner and I ask why they are still there. She says that she is going to groom them. I tell her that she is out of her mind. Not only is this dog dangerous, by now she is going to put the other 7 dogs that are also in the shop to be groomed, in harms way. She then proceeds to tell me that I was at fault b/c I did not have my puppy in control when I walked in. I looked at her and said, "Are you dillusional?" You have been grooming for 30 years, you know better than to blame this on a 12 week old puppy. She then corrects me and says that she has been grooming 33 years and than things like this happen all of the time. Now yes, I am a new groomer, but I cannot recall while reading these boards for the past 6 months, anything like this! Plus she said that she would need to get the dogs on the table to see if they were really vicious!
At this point, I start to feel dizzy, am I in an episode of the Twilight Zone? Why is it okay for a dog to maul a puppy and not call the dog vicious??? The owner then sees that I am now losing it and she tries to justify her stance by saying she is trying to grow her business. I then tell her that morally she is so way out of line and that I will have nothing more to do with her or her business.
She calls me later in the afternoon and leaves me a message about wanting to know how the puppy was doing, like nothing had really happened. I don't think that she realized how badly my puppy was injured. Although no bones were broken, she had quite a few puncture and her front leg was badly bitten. She is on 2 pain medications and an antibiotic. She still can't walk yet and yelps in pain when I try to pick her up. She will be seeing my vet on Tues. for further evaluation.
The vet that saw her said that next time, it will be a child that this chow will get. He also said that there is no way a 12 week old puppy could instigate or justify the chow doing what he did. He also asked me where the chow was and I explained that the grooming shop owner was going to groom him. His eyes got very wide and he shook his head and said, "Great, all in the name of money." He said that my puppy was so lucky and should make a full recovery.
I am worried that my once outgoing friendly puppy will be scarred for life and will be timid and scared. I am also questioning whether I should continue at all with dog grooming. My confidence in people is so low right now...I wonder just what is becoming of humanity, taking responsibility and doing the right thing.
Thanks for listening guys, I love ya all!
As we walk in the front door, a chow is being checked in and in a nano second, the chow grabs my puppy and shakes her in his mouth back and forth for what seemed like forever. The owners and I tried for like 45 seconds to get my puppy out this death grip the chow has on her. My puppy is literally screaming, I have never heard anything like this before in my life. The owner yells, "I have my arm in his mouth, so he is not biting the puppy." Then why is my puppy screaming????!!!! We finally get her free and she is still screaming, I see puncture wounds, blood and she can't walk.
I rush her to the nearest vet. At this point, I am inconsolable and sobbing. As I wait for the x-rays, the owner calls to see if my puppy has had her rabies shots, as his wife was bit by my puppy! She had just had her 12 week shots the day before, I then let him know that he has a very vicious animal! He then has the audacity to tell me that his dog is not vicious and that my puppy was the one that started it, by coming up to him. Now I am shaking and I tell him that he is out of his flippin' mind. I said how can a 12 week old puppy start a fight. He then procedes to tell me, that he will not be paying any of my dogs bills. I then lose and tell the S.O.B. to go to hell, my words exactly. He takes absolutely no responsibility.
I then find out, that the vet I am at, is his vet and the vet techs tell me that this man with the chow is a state trooper. Great, one of americas finest! He seems to think that its my fault for letting my dog walk past his! Mind you, this happened so fast, had I known it was a chow, I would have picked her up immediately. We all know that chows can turn on you in an instant and this one did on a helpless puppy.
As I wait for the x-rays, I decide to run back to the grooming shop to get this guys information---name, address etc...
Now here is what adds insult to injury. I walk in and the owners are gone, but the dog(s), they brought 2 chows in, were still there. I look at the grooming shop owner and I ask why they are still there. She says that she is going to groom them. I tell her that she is out of her mind. Not only is this dog dangerous, by now she is going to put the other 7 dogs that are also in the shop to be groomed, in harms way. She then proceeds to tell me that I was at fault b/c I did not have my puppy in control when I walked in. I looked at her and said, "Are you dillusional?" You have been grooming for 30 years, you know better than to blame this on a 12 week old puppy. She then corrects me and says that she has been grooming 33 years and than things like this happen all of the time. Now yes, I am a new groomer, but I cannot recall while reading these boards for the past 6 months, anything like this! Plus she said that she would need to get the dogs on the table to see if they were really vicious!
At this point, I start to feel dizzy, am I in an episode of the Twilight Zone? Why is it okay for a dog to maul a puppy and not call the dog vicious??? The owner then sees that I am now losing it and she tries to justify her stance by saying she is trying to grow her business. I then tell her that morally she is so way out of line and that I will have nothing more to do with her or her business.
She calls me later in the afternoon and leaves me a message about wanting to know how the puppy was doing, like nothing had really happened. I don't think that she realized how badly my puppy was injured. Although no bones were broken, she had quite a few puncture and her front leg was badly bitten. She is on 2 pain medications and an antibiotic. She still can't walk yet and yelps in pain when I try to pick her up. She will be seeing my vet on Tues. for further evaluation.
The vet that saw her said that next time, it will be a child that this chow will get. He also said that there is no way a 12 week old puppy could instigate or justify the chow doing what he did. He also asked me where the chow was and I explained that the grooming shop owner was going to groom him. His eyes got very wide and he shook his head and said, "Great, all in the name of money." He said that my puppy was so lucky and should make a full recovery.
I am worried that my once outgoing friendly puppy will be scarred for life and will be timid and scared. I am also questioning whether I should continue at all with dog grooming. My confidence in people is so low right now...I wonder just what is becoming of humanity, taking responsibility and doing the right thing.
Thanks for listening guys, I love ya all!
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