Dog Dies After Being Left in Petco Dryer, Owner Says

ABC News ^ | Jun 1, 2015 | KAYLEE HECK

[McGruff]

A Virginia woman said she is considering legal action against Petco after she says her Golden retriever died while in the care of a store's grooming services.

Allison Marks told ABC News today she dropped off 2-year-old Colby at a Petco in Midlothian, Virginia, early Friday morning and was told he'd be finished around noon. Marks said she started worrying when she didn't hear from the groomers by 1 p.m., so she called and was told to go to a local animal clinic.

[McGruff]

If true this isn't gonna end well for Petco.

[McGruff]

“They didn’t even tell me why I had to go there, just that one of the managers would meet me there,” said Marks, 51, a food operations manager at the Beaumont Juvenile Correctional Center. “I walked into it blind.”

[WayneS]

Slow roasted dog is a fine meal...

[WayneS]

Seriously, though, how big are these dryers?

[ColdOne]

Beaumont Juvenile Correctional Center. .....I am confused. The petco store was in the Correctional Center???

[21twelve]

Well yeah. But at least they kill the dog first. And I thought it was bad when my daughter left the pizza in for too long the other night. (It’s a smoke alarm - not an oven timer!)

[TMA62]

Let me guess....the kid who did this probably is in favor of all that $15 / hour cause and feels entitled to it.

[WayneS]

The woman who owned the dog works at the Beaumont Juvenile Correctional Center.

[cripplecreek]

My dog just rolls around on my bed when he wants to dry off.

[Robert DeLong]

I'd say this pretty much confirms that it is true:

"I just started screaming. Colby was my everything," she said, noting that the vet said Colby had been dead for at least 45 minutes "and his temperature was still above 105 degrees."

It shouldn't end well for Petco, or the groomer for that matter. Furthermore, they should be getting rid of those dryers immediately. There is no reason not to be drying them with a hand held appliance.

[McGruff]

[Hot Tabasco]

I bathed my cat one day and put her in the clothes dryer but at least I didn't forget and leave her in there....Watching thru the window door, she looked like a hampster on one of those wheels (running really, really fast).

Bad joke......

I can't imagine how I would feel if my cat (or dog if I had one) were to die at the hands of a mere groomer..........

[sportutegrl]

Slow roasted dog is a fine meal...

Is that you, Obama?

[grania]

I used to bring my Chaucer to Pet Smart for a totally ridiculous pampering once every few months. I stopped doing that when I learned about those heat lanps and other contraptions they use to dry the dogs after a shampoo.

It's a dumb idea....dogs overheat so easily.

[subterfuge]

What a stupid, discusting thing to say. Moron.

[Daffynition]

I thought everyone knew about the *best* dog hairdryer?

[WayneS]

GFY.

[WayneS]

There is no reason not to be drying them with a hand held appliance.

Bingo!

[Buckeye McFrog]

and was told he'd be finished around noon.

sounds like full disclosure to me...

[MrB]

Oh, come on - isn’t this another “poodle in the microwave” urban legend?