YOU would never think that you might end up with a dead dog, after sending him to a parlour for grooming.
Well, this is what the owner of a Chow Chow called, Leo claims.
The RECORD has been following the story as it unfolded on Facebook, however, several attempts to make contact with the owner of the dog were unsuccessful.
The owner claims that his dog was recently picked up by people from a pet salon in Alberton.
In Facebook posts the owner describes their ordeal as follows: “We did not know the salon, because Leo had never been there before. The dog was anxious and did not want to go, as all dogs feel toward strangers approaching them with a cage. They were uneasy, and Leo looked traumatised.”
He further stated that he told them not to take Leo and the woman agreed, but the man who came with was adamant, cornered Leo and put him in the cage. In the posts he also said that they should not groom Leo if he was still like this, and should just bring him back and the woman agreed.
He describes how he arrived back home at 13:30 after the salon had left a message that they brought Leo back, but could not groom him and that there will be no charge. Apparently, on his arrival Leo did not come and greet the owner as always and they found him in an area where he never sits, bleeding through his mouth and no longer breathing.
The owner then describes that Leo must have died a horrible death and that the parlour denied all allegations.
The RECORD spoke to one of the employees from the salon on February 15 at 09:41 who said that they left the dog unharmed at the owner’s house. “The dog wanted to bite all of us and that is why we could not groom him. So if we did not deliver any services, why charge them?” According to her the dog was not a puppy, but a fully grown dog who had never been groomed.
Kingston Siziba, manager from the Alberton SPCA, told the RECORD that he urged the owner to take the body of the dog to a veterinarian for an autopsy. “He replied and said that he had already buried the dog. I said to him that he must exhume the dog as evidence. He said ‘no’. If the SPCA suspects foul play, nothing can be done without evidence.”
The RECORD also inboxed the owner on Facebook twice, but had not received comment by the time of going to press. On Friday the RECORD tried to contact the owner one last time, but no comment was received.
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