Gracie Dies After Grooming At PetSmart

Here is a news story if you are a dog owner that wants to groom your dog's shedding will chill you to your very bones. An owner brings his Newfoundland Gracie to PetSmart to be groomed. Too much drying heat from the replacement groomer  and Gracie dies. Sad day for dogs and their owners:

Ironic that the same day we lose an icon who for so many years made us laugh
Who sadly died because of a minor surgery procedure gaffe
An owner of a Newfoundland named Gracie dropped off for a dog groom
Somehow overheats and very quickly is doomed
This sadly is an unsafe world for both humans and canines
The difference between life and not sometimes not a fine line.
PetSmart to its credit jumped up and the vet bills did pay
In the Rivers case the clinic may face prosecution for a simple procedure gone astray

© September 4, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet