Heartbreaking situation at District Dogs - flooding on Rhode Island ave

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh, the dogs who died were caged.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/weather/severe-weather/dogs-that-died-in-flood-were-in-bottom-kennels/65-ac1cca3f-4b16-449a-9cdf-aa34d4ada4ed#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20D.C.%2C%20DC%20%E2%80%94%20D.C.,they%20discovered%20the%20dead%20canines.

I don't get why so many dogs were caged at that time of day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh, the dogs who died were caged.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/weather/severe-weather/dogs-that-died-in-flood-were-in-bottom-kennels/65-ac1cca3f-4b16-449a-9cdf-aa34d4ada4ed#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20D.C.%2C%20DC%20%E2%80%94%20D.C.,they%20discovered%20the%20dead%20canines.

I don't get why so many dogs were caged at that time of day.

Some daycares will accept dogs that can’t handle nonstop interaction and put them in a cage when they need a break

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They need to use the money to build kennels that are at least 6 ft OFF the ground.

I don’t think the dogs were in kennels. I think they were in a big play area that filled up with water in a matter of minutes like a fish bowl. My heart goes out to all of the owners and their dogs.

The ones that died were in low level cages, they may have been boarded. Very sad.

The building should never have been licensed after prior flooding. That the city gave a $14m tax break for development in a flood plane is outrageous.

[Anonymous]

So apparently 911 dispatch in this area has had problems for awhile, and no one has cared about it until some dogs died. Really heartbreaking for the people who have lost loved ones to know the general public cares more about dogs than their family.

"Last year alone, employees at the Office of Unified Communications sent D.C. firefighters to the wrong address for a report of a newborn in cardiac arrest, canceled a call for service about a child pulled unconscious from a hot car, and mistakenly treated a call about a man who had collapsed as low priority. Though the effect of the delays remains unclear, all three of those people died.

Family members of people who died in D.C. in incidents with delayed emergency responses lambasted the 911 center for what they described as “negligence” and a “total calamity” at the dog day care. They also said they were disappointed that people appeared to be paying more attention to problems at the 911 center after the dogs died, rather than the people who died in cases with similar mistakes.....
.....Shepperd also urged more attention on the human lives affected by emergency response mismanagement: “It appears that people put more emphasis on their pets,” she said. “I have been a dog owner and lover for years. But I think human life is something different.”"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/25/district-dogs-daycare-flood-dc-911/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So apparently 911 dispatch in this area has had problems for awhile, and no one has cared about it until some dogs died. Really heartbreaking for the people who have lost loved ones to know the general public cares more about dogs than their family.

"Last year alone, employees at the Office of Unified Communications sent D.C. firefighters to the wrong address for a report of a newborn in cardiac arrest, canceled a call for service about a child pulled unconscious from a hot car, and mistakenly treated a call about a man who had collapsed as low priority. Though the effect of the delays remains unclear, all three of those people died.

Family members of people who died in D.C. in incidents with delayed emergency responses lambasted the 911 center for what they described as “negligence” and a “total calamity” at the dog day care. They also said they were disappointed that people appeared to be paying more attention to problems at the 911 center after the dogs died, rather than the people who died in cases with similar mistakes.....
.....Shepperd also urged more attention on the human lives affected by emergency response mismanagement: “It appears that people put more emphasis on their pets,” she said. “I have been a dog owner and lover for years. But I think human life is something different.”"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/08/25/district-dogs-daycare-flood-dc-911/

Of course it’s worse that their chronic incompetence may have repeatedly cost human lives, but in fairness, if no one tips off the media about those cases, the public doesn’t hear about them. The District Dogs’s sudden flood was an obvious calamity involving lots of people (and dogs, obviously) that the media knew about in real time. Nobody alerts the media because one non famous man has collapsed. The screw up on prioritizing his care wouldn’t have been known until after an investigation had taken place and there are privacy laws that prevent the disclosure of his identity. It’s not a surprise that we didn’t know about these prior screw ups.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh, the dogs who died were caged.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/weather/severe-weather/dogs-that-died-in-flood-were-in-bottom-kennels/65-ac1cca3f-4b16-449a-9cdf-aa34d4ada4ed#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20D.C.%2C%20DC%20%E2%80%94%20D.C.,they%20discovered%20the%20dead%20canines.

I don't get why so many dogs were caged at that time of day.

Apparently the direction staff got was to "put dogs in suites" if there was flooding. My dog died there and we had to learn this from the media, not from District Dogs. There was also no emergency preparedness training or a plan to get the dogs (or humans) out of the building in an emergency. Maybe more dogs would have survived if they hadn't been caged with no plan for their safety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh, the dogs who died were caged.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/weather/severe-weather/dogs-that-died-in-flood-were-in-bottom-kennels/65-ac1cca3f-4b16-449a-9cdf-aa34d4ada4ed#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20D.C.%2C%20DC%20%E2%80%94%20D.C.,they%20discovered%20the%20dead%20canines.

I don't get why so many dogs were caged at that time of day.

Apparently the direction staff got was to "put dogs in suites" if there was flooding. My dog died there and we had to learn this from the media, not from District Dogs. There was also no emergency preparedness training or a plan to get the dogs (or humans) out of the building in an emergency. Maybe more dogs would have survived if they hadn't been caged with no plan for their safety.

I’m so sorry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh, the dogs who died were caged.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/weather/severe-weather/dogs-that-died-in-flood-were-in-bottom-kennels/65-ac1cca3f-4b16-449a-9cdf-aa34d4ada4ed#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20D.C.%2C%20DC%20%E2%80%94%20D.C.,they%20discovered%20the%20dead%20canines.

I don't get why so many dogs were caged at that time of day.

Apparently the direction staff got was to "put dogs in suites" if there was flooding. My dog died there and we had to learn this from the media, not from District Dogs. There was also no emergency preparedness training or a plan to get the dogs (or humans) out of the building in an emergency. Maybe more dogs would have survived if they hadn't been caged with no plan for their safety.

I’m so sorry for your loss. My dog died of natural causes 2 weeks ago and I can barely function some days. I can’t even imagine what you must be going through.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh, the dogs who died were caged.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/weather/severe-weather/dogs-that-died-in-flood-were-in-bottom-kennels/65-ac1cca3f-4b16-449a-9cdf-aa34d4ada4ed#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20D.C.%2C%20DC%20%E2%80%94%20D.C.,they%20discovered%20the%20dead%20canines.

I don't get why so many dogs were caged at that time of day.

Apparently the direction staff got was to "put dogs in suites" if there was flooding. My dog died there and we had to learn this from the media, not from District Dogs. There was also no emergency preparedness training or a plan to get the dogs (or humans) out of the building in an emergency. Maybe more dogs would have survived if they hadn't been caged with no plan for their safety.

I’m so sorry for your loss. My dog died of natural causes 2 weeks ago and I can barely function some days. I can’t even imagine what you must be going through.

I'm so sorry for your loss. Our dogs were one of a kind and it's really hard to be without them. Sending you peace.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh, the dogs who died were caged.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/weather/severe-weather/dogs-that-died-in-flood-were-in-bottom-kennels/65-ac1cca3f-4b16-449a-9cdf-aa34d4ada4ed#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20D.C.%2C%20DC%20%E2%80%94%20D.C.,they%20discovered%20the%20dead%20canines.

I don't get why so many dogs were caged at that time of day.

Apparently the direction staff got was to "put dogs in suites" if there was flooding. My dog died there and we had to learn this from the media, not from District Dogs. There was also no emergency preparedness training or a plan to get the dogs (or humans) out of the building in an emergency. Maybe more dogs would have survived if they hadn't been caged with no plan for their safety.

That plan makes no sense when they needed to get the dogs high up. So sorry that happened to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh, the dogs who died were caged.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/weather/severe-weather/dogs-that-died-in-flood-were-in-bottom-kennels/65-ac1cca3f-4b16-449a-9cdf-aa34d4ada4ed#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20D.C.%2C%20DC%20%E2%80%94%20D.C.,they%20discovered%20the%20dead%20canines.

I don't get why so many dogs were caged at that time of day.

Apparently the direction staff got was to "put dogs in suites" if there was flooding. My dog died there and we had to learn this from the media, not from District Dogs. There was also no emergency preparedness training or a plan to get the dogs (or humans) out of the building in an emergency. Maybe more dogs would have survived if they hadn't been caged with no plan for their safety.

That plan makes no sense when they needed to get the dogs high up. So sorry that happened to you.

I really don’t think the plan would have been for the amount of water they had. No one anticipates that kind of flooding.

This was a horrible event and clearly they need to investigate both the 911 system and the planning around storm water management and the tunnel project if that was involved but I don’t think we can expect dog kennels to anticipate this honestly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh, the dogs who died were caged.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/weather/severe-weather/dogs-that-died-in-flood-were-in-bottom-kennels/65-ac1cca3f-4b16-449a-9cdf-aa34d4ada4ed#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20D.C.%2C%20DC%20%E2%80%94%20D.C.,they%20discovered%20the%20dead%20canines.

I don't get why so many dogs were caged at that time of day.

Apparently the direction staff got was to "put dogs in suites" if there was flooding. My dog died there and we had to learn this from the media, not from District Dogs. There was also no emergency preparedness training or a plan to get the dogs (or humans) out of the building in an emergency. Maybe more dogs would have survived if they hadn't been caged with no plan for their safety.

That plan makes no sense when they needed to get the dogs high up. So sorry that happened to you.

I really don’t think the plan would have been for the amount of water they had. No one anticipates that kind of flooding.

This was a horrible event and clearly they need to investigate both the 911 system and the planning around storm water management and the tunnel project if that was involved but I don’t think we can expect dog kennels to anticipate this honestly.

Would you say that about a daycare?

[Anonymous]

This was a known issue. They should have moved the facility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh, the dogs who died were caged.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/weather/severe-weather/dogs-that-died-in-flood-were-in-bottom-kennels/65-ac1cca3f-4b16-449a-9cdf-aa34d4ada4ed#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20D.C.%2C%20DC%20%E2%80%94%20D.C.,they%20discovered%20the%20dead%20canines.

I don't get why so many dogs were caged at that time of day.

Apparently the direction staff got was to "put dogs in suites" if there was flooding. My dog died there and we had to learn this from the media, not from District Dogs. There was also no emergency preparedness training or a plan to get the dogs (or humans) out of the building in an emergency. Maybe more dogs would have survived if they hadn't been caged with no plan for their safety.

That plan makes no sense when they needed to get the dogs high up. So sorry that happened to you.

I really don’t think the plan would have been for the amount of water they had. No one anticipates that kind of flooding.

This was a horrible event and clearly they need to investigate both the 911 system and the planning around storm water management and the tunnel project if that was involved but I don’t think we can expect dog kennels to anticipate this honestly.

They knew and put some barriers up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh, the dogs who died were caged.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/weather/severe-weather/dogs-that-died-in-flood-were-in-bottom-kennels/65-ac1cca3f-4b16-449a-9cdf-aa34d4ada4ed#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20D.C.%2C%20DC%20%E2%80%94%20D.C.,they%20discovered%20the%20dead%20canines.

I don't get why so many dogs were caged at that time of day.

Apparently the direction staff got was to "put dogs in suites" if there was flooding. My dog died there and we had to learn this from the media, not from District Dogs. There was also no emergency preparedness training or a plan to get the dogs (or humans) out of the building in an emergency. Maybe more dogs would have survived if they hadn't been caged with no plan for their safety.

That plan makes no sense when they needed to get the dogs high up. So sorry that happened to you.

I really don’t think the plan would have been for the amount of water they had. No one anticipates that kind of flooding.

This was a horrible event and clearly they need to investigate both the 911 system and the planning around storm water management and the tunnel project if that was involved but I don’t think we can expect dog kennels to anticipate this honestly.

They knew and put some barriers up.

And the barriers they put up would have been adequate for the amount of water in the previous storm. How was the owner of a dog daycare supposed to know more than the civil engineers who I assume work for the District and signed off on this building and its use?