District Dogs Navy Yard location: puppy shoved/slapped and dies

[Anonymous]

This is incredibly sad.

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/district-dogs-employee-allegedly-strikes-kills-dog-at-navy-yard-location/3548653/

[Anonymous]

This place needs to close. First the flood and now this. The comments on Washingtonian's Insta recap of this incident are littered with owners recounting horror stories.

[Anonymous]

I completely agree. Clearly they can’t keep dogs safe.

[Anonymous]

Why would anyone send their dogs to this place?

[Anonymous]

Horrific... time to close down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Horrific... time to close down.

Yes and throw the abuser/ killer in jail

[Anonymous]

This is awful. Lock the perpetrator up and throw away the key; then shut down this crap.

I take my dog to Petsmart daycare. It doesn’t have all the frills of this type of place but the people are so kind and stay consistent.

[Anonymous]

My partner and I are pulling our dog out of District Dogs. Clearly they are not screening there employees properly. To hit a 5 month old dog(a baby) is crazy to me! We are moving to Atlis on Capital Hill.

[Anonymous]

Maybe District Dogs thought the best of this hired individual, but tragically they were wrong. Not necessarily the fault of District Dogs. I'd need more information before coming to this conclusion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe District Dogs thought the best of this hired individual, but tragically they were wrong. Not necessarily the fault of District Dogs. I'd need more information before coming to this conclusion.

As a business owner, you are responsible for your employees and everything they do while they are at work. There isn't anything more to know.

[Anonymous]

Ooph. I didn’t blink at the flood but this is bad.

It’s a shame because I really prefer a boarding situation like district dogs to the house sitter/backyard situations, which seem far more risky to me.

The problem with district dogs maybe is it’s so big and corporate they have to hire too many too fast, idk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ooph. I didn’t blink at the flood but this is bad.

It’s a shame because I really prefer a boarding situation like district dogs to the house sitter/backyard situations, which seem far more risky to me.

The problem with district dogs maybe is it’s so big and corporate they have to hire too many too fast, idk.

Yea, I feel a lot safer with my dog at a facility than with some random from Rover. I agree that District Dogs being large and corporate is what puts me off of it. They probably do have to hire a lot of employees regularly and don’t do the best job vetting them. I like independent places that have longtime staff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ooph. I didn’t blink at the flood but this is bad.

It’s a shame because I really prefer a boarding situation like district dogs to the house sitter/backyard situations, which seem far more risky to me.

The problem with district dogs maybe is it’s so big and corporate they have to hire too many too fast, idk.

You didn't blink at lots of dogs dying in a flood? Omg I couldn't even read the details it upset me so much.

[Anonymous]

I don't know how hard you have to hit a dog to actually cause it's death. I don't think my body is physically capable of dealing a blow like that. This is not an "accident".

People at these places are paid very little. And they hire anyone who will take the work. Most dog center work is cleaning, distributing meds, feeding, and more cleaning. What I am saying is they don't always attract people who are enthusiastic about the work.

Anyway the person should absolutely be charged and never allowed to work with animals again. Or children for that matter.

[Anonymous]

Someone needs to name and shame this dog murderer. Wtf.