Kennel Returns Dogs to Wrong Owners

[*LabLoverKEB*]

Wow that is just unbelievable! Bad on the kernels part, but come on owners. I realize that many labs look almost identical, but have such different personalities. I would be able to pick out my girls from a sea of Labradors!

[IRescue452]

At the kennel I worked at, collars were taken off so dogs didn't hang or strangle themselves. They were only put on when the dog was out of the kennel. However, only one dog per handler was taken outside the kennel at any given time and collars are put back on when taken out. There has never been a mixup no matter how many labs we had.

[Twisterdog]

That's ridiculous. Irresponsible of the kennel, no doubt ... but the OWNERS??? Holy.

I actually had some lady come to pick her schnauzer up from grooming. We generally have several schnauzers in the shop at once. She paid and heads over to a kennel to get her dog. I say, "Oh no, Ma'am, that's not Gidget. Gidget is over here." She actually argued with me, and implied that I was stupid and irresponsible to not know her dog! I had to actually take the other dog out of the crate and hold it up and say, "Ma'am, Gidget is a girl. This dog is clearly a boy." before she would take her own dog home ... and she was looking at both of them side by side.