Dog's Ear Severed & Glued On By Groomer

[pitc9]

http://www.newsnet5.com/family/11022313/detail.html

GIG HARBOR, Wash. -- Anni Sheriffius said she was trying to wash off what she thought was dirt on her dog Jasmine’s ear when the ear fell off.

Sheriffius rushed her dog to the veterinarian to learn that the dog’s ear had been cut off by a dog groomer and super-glued back on.

“And I saw the ear float away, and it freaked me out,” Sheriffius said.

Jasimine, a shi tzu, had to undergo treatment for an infection.

Sheriffius said she still has the ear in a plastic bag, and has been crying for weeks at the thought of someone hurting her dog.

Pierce County sheriff’s investigators are looking into possible criminal charges against the unlicensed dog groomer.

“Once they tried to hide it and glued the ear back on, that’s not good for the dog. There are all kinds of things that can happen, infection, it's cruelty to animals,” Det. Ed Troyer said.

The shop where Jasmine was injured, J’Raes Pet Grooming, appears to have shut down, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.

“I’d like her never, ever to touch another dog, that’s what I’d like to see,” Sheriffius said.

[beeniesmom]

OMG! I just finished reading the same article on another news site.
Glad I have never taken my dogs to the groomers. I'm lucky enough that when I had Poodles I knew how to do it myself.
Now with the Bostons.... there really is no grooming involved.

[borzoimom]

GOOD LORD!! That is the worst thing I have even read about a groomer in my life!

[Husky_mom]

how cruel was that!.......poor doggie.......what a nerve to glue the ear, couldn´t they just had a vet check right away.........or at least tell the owner accident or not..........

Luckily we have no need for scissors but still anything can happen.......

[sparks19]

OMG. I hope that groomer has to face some sort of charge or fine or something and also that they can no longer groom. What a horrible story.

[lvpets2002]

OMG How So So Horrible.. I would have just exploded with anger..

[Vela]

I'm pretty much speechless. Had that been my dog, I would probably be jailed for assault and battery.

[elizabethann]

If anybody did that to Fenway, I'd be thrown in jail for kicking that groomers a$$!!!

Poor dog!

[Miss Z]

Woah, that's beyond nasty. Trying to cover it up with super-glue? UGH I hope the dog recovers fully from her infection soon and that the groomers get what's coming to them!

[GreyhoundGirl]

I agree with Zara.... wayyyyyyyyyy beyond nasty... She shou-ld have known the owner would realise eventually. Thank heavens I don't go to the groomers.

[lizbud]

I read this article today also and I was just speechless. Did that
person thing the owner wouldn't notice? More likely that she wanted to
be far, far away from the owner when she discovered what happened.
Poor little dog. The lady was still very upset in the video. I don't blame
her at all. I think I would have to be restrained from killing the idiot who
did this.

[ShihtzuBeauty]

I was just getting ready to post this. Isn't this just Disgusting? How could a "person" be soo Sick?!!! There just is no understanding here.

[critter crazy]

OMG!!!!!! I cannot believe someone actually did this???? How the heck could you glue an animals ear on, and not think anyone would notice??? That has to be one of the sickest things I have ver heard of!!!!!!

[Laura's Babies]

That groomer better be glad it wasn't MY dog she injured then tried to cover up... I'd have been all over her like white on rice!

[areias]

Accidents happen..that's for sure...and had she told the woman that "on accident" the dog maybe jumped and she clipped..and oops..but to GLUE the ear back on? That's disgusting!

Honestly, I would not be infuriated by the groomer if they had taken the dog to the vet, offered to pay for stitching it back on or something. As long as I feel it wasn't done in negligence (sp) and that the groomer was competant. I might be a little upset, but not half as upset as I would have been if my dogs ear fell off after being glued back on.