Posted on 01/23/2021 5:32:56 PM PST by nickcarraway
Myrick, 37, had worked with Roxy for four years, inspecting commercial and residential properties, before he was laid off from the company in March.
Although the dog had been provided by M&M, which covered her food and veterinary bills, she’s lived with Myrick and his wife, Joana, since he fetched Roxy from a dog-training facility in Florida. (M&M paid for her training.)
But things turned ruff when, not long after the pandemic started, he chose to be laid off rather than pivot and work for M&M as a COVID cleaner without Roxy. He returned his company vehicle, credit cards and equipment, but not his pup partner — explaining that a manager had said to him, “You’re going to keep Roxy, right?” On June 25, M&M sent a letter to Myrick calling the dog “company property” and demanding that she be returned immediately. When Myrick refused, M&M pursued legal action, reporting that Roxy was stolen and leading the Queens District Attorney’s Office to slap Myrick with charges of grand larceny.
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I understand this and support the guy and the dog.
I admire his loyalty to the pooch. I’d do anyone for my two mutts as well, but this guy is going to loose. Roxy is company property. Hopefully they can reach an agreement where M&M gets away from bad press and recoups some money on the training, homie comes up with some cash out of pocket, signs a no compete and keeps Roxy.
“But things turned ruff when-—”
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More brilliance from the journalists of today.
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Sounds like the dog would be traumatized if they were forced to part. I'm a cat person, but I hope he wins this fight.
The dog is trained in bedbug sniffing. That makes him extremely valuable to the company. Very few dogs are capable of doing bedbug detection.
The guy is wrong.
While he may be attached to the dog, the dog was not his, not paid for by him, and he signed a contract stating that he would give the dog back if he left the company’s employ.
He’s wrong.
“He’s wrong.”
yaaah, so, let’s let the dog choose.
That’s not ‘today’ - it’s a very old sort of journalistic trick.
(The tabloids have always had lots of fun with headlines, too.)
He needs to be on the hook for the money they paid for the dog.
No, not civil. Criminal. They alleged he stole company property. That’s a crime.
Simple. Work out a deal that lets the guy reimburse M&M for training a new dog. It’s not like they’re asking for a goldfish back. The dog has bonded to the guy and might not acclimate well to a new owner, or do his job the way he was trained. Then the guy, the company, and the dog are screwed. (My sister calls me The Dog Whisperer, BTW, so I’m a bit biased.)
Thank you for pointing that out. I was going to ask what in the world did a property inspection company need with a dog. But now I know.
I wonder what a jury will say.
The dog is abandon property.
Charge M&M with cruelty to animals.
Police forces and Armed Forces around the world use dogs in various capacities. These are working dogs that are passed off from trainer to handler on a regular routine basis. I’m sure it must be hard on the handler, but business is business. The dog needs to stay with the company.
Myrick needs to get himself a pet.
Yeah... freaking dog ran away.
Again, I’ll leave it up to the jury that hears all of the arguments and evidence.
I always like your posts. The dog is company property. Sue they guy for the dog and all the past bills. And even if he he choses to go to jail. He still loses the dog. I sympathize with the guy, but sympathy doesnt make something right.
Thank you for pointing that out. I was going to ask what in the world did a property inspection company need with a dog. But now I know.
Finding bedbug detection dogs is real difficult.
I know someone who has a dog training service and they screen our German shepherd rescue on a routine basis (we bring in 350 annually and they give basic obedience lessons to those that need it). Three have qualified for that duty in 10 years.
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