Labradoodle & Goldendoodle Forum
I don't think we have a very big Kansas City area group of people on here, but if you're here and you're not part of the Goldendoodles of Kansas City facebook group, I've been following this all day. It was posted this morning.
Our hearts are so very broken today. Yesterday I dropped Douglas off at doggy daycare on my way to work. When I went back to pick him up, they couldn’t find him at first, but then discovered him under an empty plastic pool that flipped over on top of him. He was dead. Looking back on the video, the owner said he was under there for over 4 hours in 100 degree heat! How do you loose track of a 70 lb. golden doodle for 4 hours?!?!?
And just like that, our world is shattered. He was just an incredible dog, and we will miss him every minute of everyday. We are just lost. RIP Douglas Aloicious von Crestone.
Douglas's mom has declined to give the name of the daycare at this point, but has disclosed that it is located in Olathe, KS and later goes on to say, when someone commented that they thought it was odd that the dog couldn't flip the pool back over:
That’s what we thought! But the pool was an extra large one, shaped like a dog bone in that area, and after it flipped, other big dogs jumped on top of it. And nobody took it upon themselves to flip it back over for over 4 hours when they realized my dog was missing.
I think I know the facility she is referring to, there aren't that many doggy daycares in Olathe that I can find and only one with pictures of bone shaped dog pools, but I don't want to speak out of turn. I just know that I would want to know if it was a place where I took my dogs. I know that not all accidents can be prevented, but the idea that there was a dog "missing" for 4 hours and no one noticed until the owner came for him disturbs me more than I can say.
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Terrible story! I think some take on way too many dogs and obviously can't take care of them. I don't know if there are regulations but maybe there should be, just like human daycare. (And I'm a person that doens't like lots of regulations)
I've only used daycare once for a couple hours and when I picked up Picco, he didn't look too happy. I watched him for a couple minutes and I think he was overstimulated by too many dogs (about 10 all same size) and constant play. He was happy to see me! I never took him back. It's not for all dogs!
The dog's owner confirmed today that Douglas died at Fetchers Play, Stay, and Grooming in Olathe.
http://www.fetchersplaystay.com/
It looks like a really nice place. A place I might have taken my dogs. There is supposed to be a news article on KCTV5 tonight at 10.
Yeah, I already did a little sleuthing and saw the pictures of the bone shaped pools; there were actually two shown on the website.
I found them too, I just didn't want to "out" them if they had a secret plan or something.
It's usually financial. The victims need to keep things civil in the hopes of recovering damages.:)
Another option is to have someone you know and trust stay at your house with your dog. I rarely travel and I'm never away more than 3 or 4 days when I do, but I've always had relatives or close friends stay at my house with my dog when I'm away, and it works out well.
I've also known a few people who do dog sitting in their homes. I would only consider that if I knew the person.
It's been really hard to find anyone to stay over. The one service that a friend uses and recommends is expensive and needs almost 1 yr advance notice. We had a friend with a dog take him in for a couple days but now that their dog is really old they no longer want him more than 1 night.
Do you have any dog sitting relatives in the southwest??? :-)
Sorry, no. :)
Have you heard of rover.com? I've never used it but several people I know have good luck with it. Their website lists pictures, rates, etc.
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