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Jul 23 08 1:29 PM
shackney wrote: I once had an old dog go down in a seizure on my grooming table. Had I just accepted that the owner had no emergency contact information, we would have had to wait for hours at the vet's before the owner showed up and the dog could be treated properly. What if a dog 4H&H was watching had escaped and been injured, requiring emergency medical treatment? Nobody could have known if the owner would prefer to have the dog euthanised right away, or how much they were willing to spend on treatment. They also wouldn't have been able to find out any information on the dog if it had any medical issues that the vet would need to know about before treatment. It's just the right thing to do to make it your responsibility to be able to get in touch with someone if you are in charge of their property, not to mention keep their property safe while it's in your care.
First of all you are running a business and you would not be a good business owner if you accepted clients and money to groom their dog without getting their information. This is her neighbor that asked her daughter to feed the dogs. The owners were completely irresponsible in not leaving contact information. How would this be 4H&H's fault? I'm sure if she ever takes care of a neighbor's animal now she'll make sure she has their info. Maybe it makes me sound heartless but if I asked someone to take care of my dogs and knew there was a hole in the fence I wouldn't expect them to fix my fence with their own money. That is my responsibility and would be my fault if the dogs got out.
If she had gone out and bought harnesses and ties there is a very good chance her neighbor would of said that they were not paying her back because they never wanted her to buy those things and then she would be out her own money. I think there is a BIG difference in running a dog grooming business or even a pet sitting business than the neighbor casually asking a little kid to check on their dogs. I think the neighbors are 100% at fault in this and 4H&H shouldn't feel responsible.
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