People trust that when they leave their beloved pets at a doggie daycare center, the employees will keep them safe and treat them like their own, which is why the security footage of a doggie daycare employee abusing a dog is so disturbing.
In order to socialize rescued dogs, the St. Bernard Rescue Foundation, Inc. had brought a few of their St. Bernard rescue dogs to The Canine Club, which is a dog grooming, daycare, boarding, and training facility in Pittsburgh. The Canine Club had always done a great job socializing the rescue dogs, however, that was until one of the facility’s employees was caught brutally attacking their most recent rescue.
In the security footage, Reed Justin Davis was caught sitting on top of the St. Bernard and punching the dog in the head after the dog jumped up onto him. Davis was the charged with a citation for animal abuse and the police said the dog was just being playful.
After Davis was found guilty, however, The Canine Club released a statement in support of their employee. “First of all, despite people’s quick conclusions about the video, when the dog was jumping up, he was growling and attempting to bite the face of our staff member. The dog was not “trying to play”. The dog continued to growl and bite even when he was on the ground. The other staff members, including those in the video, became afraid of the dog and didn’t try to help. We point out that the dog was not injured in any way,” the dog facility said.
“Unfortunately, this dog immediately started biting at staff members consistently and on a daily basis. The bites were almost always aimed for the face,” said The Canine Club, who also explained that the rescue volunteer who had brought the dog in had been bitten in the face by the dog a few days before.
“All of our staff has now gone through training with an outside professional in how to deal with and handle aggressive and dangerous dogs like this one,” they said. “We hope that you and the public can understand that there is more to this story and that unfortunately this dog had to be euthanized by the very group that was trying to rescue it when they finally accepted how dangerous and aggressive the dog was.”
Watch the entire video below to see the shocking moment this doggie daycare employee brutally abused a dog.
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[Featured image: WTAE-TV Pittsburgh]
Doggie Daycare Employee Caught Punching Dog is an article from: LifeDaily