Boy's Poodle 'Fried to Death' at Ohio Dog Groomer

[WriteDown]

Source: Fox News

Young Josh Jones was excited for his best friend Miles, a toy poodle, to receive a new haircut at the groomer. In a horrible turn of events, though, the dog never came home.

When Jones’ cousin arrived to pick up the dog Friday afternoon at Pet’s Choice in Parma, Ohio, groomers nervously told her the dog was dead, according to MyFOXNational. The dog had “fried to death” in the blow-dryer.

“The groomer left the dog in the drying cage and left… didn’t tell anybody,” Pet’s Choice owner Jim Detlich told MyFoxNational. The dog was in the blow-dryer for almost an hour, much longer than the standard 10 to 15 minutes.

Jones’ mother, Narsina, was horrified. She said the boy and dog were “inseparable.”.....

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,539289,00.html?test=latestnews

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What is wrong with people!?!?!?!??!!!!!!! :grr:

[YOY]

1. "What is wrong with people!?!?!?!??!!!!!!!"

Parma, OH.

It's the area where I'm from and it has a reputation.

[Algorem]

32. it's like the dog stole a keeshka or something

[HughBeaumont]

33. NE Ohio's strong blue is deceiving indeed.

Our suburbs and rural areas are loaded with Teabirthers, bullies, crooked politicians of both stripes and racists of all kinds. Neighboring Westlake and Bay Village are giant Kool-Aid vats.

[YOY]

37. Strongsville.

Every fucking time a Neocon candidate stops in Northern Ohio it's always in fucking Strongsville.

Red and somewhat upper middle-class. The kind of showcase red area they always stop in for a rally in Northern Ohio. As compared to Parma or Brunswick which have more of the crazy rube types that they still clutch on to.

Bush I's asshole security tactics were the first red flag to me when he stopped by in 1992.

I know some nice folks in Strongsville, Brunswick, and Parma...but I've lived 18 years of my life in those three cities...I know the kind of crazy red they got going on.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. How horrifying!

And what a terrible way for the dog to die.

The person who did this needs to be prosecuted.

[WriteDown]

4. The person who did this...

need to be fried.

[bejamin wood]

7. You first

Violence solves NOTHING

[WriteDown]

23. It eliminates a cancer.

But maybe the boy should decide her fate.

[Butch350]

28. How much you wanna bet?

[samsingh]

40. defensive violence does - otherwise don't fight against an invader

[canoeist52]

3. Is this being reported by other than Fox?

[RamboLiberal]

5. What difference does that make?

Local Fox station - btw if you can stand it video report here - pictures of the boy with his dog - how horrible. Poor kid, poor dog. Man these kind of stories make me furious.


That stupid employee - I don't know what would be just punishment for her - what an idiot. And what an idiot shop - they should be made to get out of the grooming business.

http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-dog-dies-groomers-txt,0,1413177.story

[samsingh]

41. through the employee into a fat of hot oil

[BattyDem]

6. OMG that poor dog must have been screaming in pain!

:cry: :cry: :cry:

Ozzy, my schnoodle, went to the groomer yesterday. If I had gone to pick him up and discovered ... no, I can't even go there. :-(

On edit: I don't understand. It says she left the dog in drying cage and didn't tell anyone. It sounds like other people were there. How could this happen? The dog must have been making some kind of noise while he was burning to death!

[RamboLiberal]

8. You have to wonder why none of the other dumbass

employees heard the dog?

[BattyDem]

9. While you posted, I was editing my post to ask the same question

Where the hell was everyone else? :shrug: :mad:

[Critters2]

11. Yep. I'm thinking more than one prosecution is in order here.

And now, I need to go hug the beagle. :cry:

[BattyDem]

20. I just gave Ozzy a big hug ... didn't let go for a while.

:cry:

My groomer is over 20 miles from where I live. I started going there 13 years ago because at the time, I was in that area often and it made sense to bring him there. When I no longer had any reason to be in the area, I still took him there because I trusted the groomer and he seemed comfortable with her. I didn't want to stress him out by switching to another groomer.

Last year, I lost my poodle to cancer and a few month later, I got Ozzy. When it came time for his first grooming, so many people said, "Don't drive all that way for a groomer. That's stupid! Gas is too expensive and your health isn't great." I considered it ... briefly ... but after hearing several "bad groomer" stories (dog ended up with fleas, dog had severe razor burn, groomer got too much water in the dog's lungs while bathing and he drowned), there was no question where Ozzy would go for his grooming. I drive the 20+ miles to the groomer I know I can trust.


edited: typo :blush:

[xultar]

10. I'm so hurt. That dog must have been in pain and suffered horribly. I hope they put

that groomer in jail.

[marshall]

12. The dangers of automation

This would not have happened with an old fashioned hand held dryer, and a worker who actually, you know, did his or her job.

Anyone who has a dog that they take to the groomer should make sure they don't use such a device.

[keepCAblue]

13. Drying cages should be outlawed -- so many dogs have died from this...

I tell my pet care clients to inspect a groomer's facility before leaving their dog or cat and to never leave a dog in the care of a groomer who uses a drying cage.

[RamboLiberal]

15. You got that right

No living creature should be put in a drying cage. They are not inantimate objects.

On edit:

Man On A Mission After Pet Dies In Drying Cage

After losing his beloved "Bailey," a Long Island man is pushing for stronger rules for dog groomers.

Bruckner said he researched and found more than a dozen dogs that died in cage driers, including Phoebe, a 3-year-old shih-tzu from Brooklyn.

Phoebe's death sparked a bill introduced by New York State Sen. Carl Krueger, which would not only ban cage driers, it would also mandate vocational licensing for groomers.

Bruckner has now launched a campaign and Web site called badgroomers.com to help get the bill passed into law.

"If the groomers had been trained this wouldn't have occurred," Bruckner said. "Had the groomers been licensed this wouldn't have occurred."

http://wcbstv.com/local/pet.grooming.drying.2.985843.html

[undeterred]

14. Oh geez, that's awful.

Poor dog.

[RaleighNCDUer]

16. Wouldn't that actually be 'baked' rather than 'fried'?

And yes, I do see how such a thing could be overlooked. The hot air blower would not be torturing the dog - otherwise, the standard time would not be 15 minutes. What happened is the dog dehydrated in the drying chamber, got over heated, and died. Much like being left in a hot car.

Reading some of the reactions here, it's as if they think the girl stuck him in a microwave or something. Who knows how she made such a terrible mistake, but that is all it was - just a tragic accident.

[qanda]

21. Just a tragic accident?

No way is this just an accident. This is negligent behavior from someone who is being paid to do a job. I think the reaction, you are seeing, comes from people who could not imagine losing a pet to such irresponsibility.

[northernlights]

29. are you fucking kiddingt?!?!

Getting overheated to death was not torture?!?! Cooking from the inside out is somehow less agony than burned skin? Not that we don't know whether or not that poor dog's skin wasn't burned. :grr:

You try hanging out in a desert at midsummers day for a while and find out what real dehydration and overheating feel like.

What a phenomenally ignorant thing to believe and say.

A terrible mistake?!?! She "accidentally" left the dog in the drier?!?!

It was gross neglect. Horrific way to die. Deserving of maximum punishment for cruelty to animals.

[liquid diamond]

34. I agree. It sounds like an unfortunate accident. Chill the fuck out people.

[zonkers]

17. Advice from a man who's loved a dog. Be ever vigil. There is always a kucklehead on duty --

a vet tech workin the night shift -- a stoned groomer.

[zonkers]

18. I call drug test now.

[Umbram]

19. Poor dog. Likely died a better death than most of the animals the majority of you are eating. (nt)

[Codeine]

25. Don't point out their selective outrage.

Might upset their digestion. ;)

[xultar]

22. I wish I'd never read this.

:cry:

[tomm2thumbs]

24. they should have a maximum 10 or 15 minute kill switch

terrible

[Codeine]

26. It seems insane that there isn't.

How could someone manufacture such a device without that simple safety mechanism? It's a no-brainer.

[tomm2thumbs]

27. i'm sure a lawsuit will ask that very question

they always go after the obvious errors in design

[WriteDown]

30. Hope a lawsuit..

makes sure that this groomer ends up penniless.

[Codeine]

36. I normally love your posts, WriteDown

but I'm failing to get this outrage. People kill animals in vast numbers daily, deliberately and on an industrial scale. Some dipshit screwed up and accidentally killed an animal and you think he needs to die or face a lifetime of penury.

What gives?

[WriteDown]

39. Its the whole "man's best friend" thing...

I grew up with animals and there's a reason that dogs got the moniker. :) Any story about dog cruelty tends to get me fired up.

[AngryAmish]

44. Generally in suits, you kill a dog you only have to give the owner the cost of the dog

No pain and suffering, loss of affection (not to mention loss of consortium) for pets.

[coti]

53. Yeah, some kind of safety device would have helped.

[theHandpuppet]

56. Exactly.

Using driers with timers shouldn't be rocket science -- I would think they come with such safety devices!

[leftyladyfrommo]

31. I would kill someone for that.

By the time my attorney got thru with them they would be begging on the street.

[liquid diamond]

35. Over a dog? Really?

[BlueIris]

38. People who don't care about or respect animals

tend not to care about or respect human beings, either.

Just something to think about.

[samsingh]

42. a dog is a living entity - does not deserve to feel the pain like that

yes- the dog's life is worth something.

people like this and vick need to be locked away or face their own medicine.

[Codeine]

45. There is zero comparison between this and Vick.

If you cannot grasp the difference between accidentally leaving one dog in a drying cage (what a horrible device, btw! Jeez!) and the systematic breeding and fighting of dogs on a commercial scale for profit and entertainment then you need to get some perspective.

[samsingh]

48. and yes, Vick is far worse.

[Codeine]

46. I can assume you don't eat meat

or consume the product of factory farms, then? Or is your outrage and compassion only for certain animals deemed appropriate by society?

[samsingh]

47. i am a vegetarian

i don't know if it was accidental. the person had a job to do and failed at it and killed a dog in the process.

i don't think 'aww shucks, i'm sorry' is going to be enough.

[mbperrin]

43. Yes. What do you suggest? Over money?

Just askin.

[liquid diamond]

49. I could understand a lawsuit, but

leftyladyfrommo said she would kill someone for that. How many of you people would actually kill a human being for ACCIDENTALLY killing your pet?!

[FloriTexan]

52. I would plead temporary insanity and be redeemed.

If this happened to my pet I would be devastated. I would need serious sedation and counseling. I would probably go off the deep end immediately - I can't even imagine it. Good Lord I can barely handle a dream scenario where he is run over by a car.

[IrishBuckeye]

55. True, peopel can get attached to anything with incredibly strong emotions

I remember reading about a Japanese guy who was in love with a pillow, he had true emotions for it.

[Liberal_in_LA]

50. OMG what a horrible story. Poor dog, poor owner

[Noorvik]

51. Fry The Groomer

Horrible story. This is why we groom our own dogs. There have been too many horror stories
like this one in the news.

[IrishBuckeye]

54. Not a good way to make jerky. /nm

nm

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

57. Unfortunate accident.

Poor dog :(