Groomer May Be Charged After Severing Dog's Ear and Supergluing it Back on

[AmyN]

GIG HARBOR, Wash., Feb. 15 (UPI) -- A Washington state dog groomer, who allegedly used Superglue to reattach a shi tzu's ear after cutting it off, may face criminal charges.

Anni Sherrifius of Gig Harbor told KIRO-TV that she only realized how her dog had been mutilated when she tried to wash what appeared to be dirt from its ear. The dog, Jasimine, was treated for an infection resulting from the cut.

The television station said that the dog-grooming company appears to have closed and Pierce County sheriff's investigators are trying to determine what laws might have been broken.

"Once they tried to hide it and glued the ear back on, that's not good for the dog," Detective Ed Troyer told KIRO. "There are all kinds of things that can happen ... It's cruelty to animals."

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/...-033622-2245r/


That has to be one of the most shocking things I've ever heard. How did the groomer expect to get away with it? Supergluing any body part could obviously never work, and the dog must have been in a lot of pain. I wouldn't be surprised if there were severe penalties for trying to cover it up in such a ridiculous way.

[Zoom]

Superglue was actually invented as a way to close battle wounds in war before the medic and his needle could arrive. But it still shouldn't have been used to glue a dog's ear back on...what the heck was that groomer doing to completely sever it anyway?? That takes some doing! Nicking I could see, but severing? Eish.

[SizzleDog]

You'd be surprised, Zoom. I've never done anything that severe (maybe one or two small nicks inmy entire grooming career) but dogs have been known to *suddenly* jerk or flail violently... which can be very dangerous when a groomer is working on, say, "rounding out" the edge of an ear. Severing an ear is completely possible, even for good groomers. A sharp movement paired with a VERY sharp set of shears can cut through flesh like nobody's business.

All the more reason to train your dog to tolerate grooming.

BUT - the groomer shouldn't have hid it, the owner should have been called immediately!

[StillandSilent]

When I was at the vets office, we had a shi-tzu whose owner accidentally cut the tip of her tail off while grooming. I have also nipped Radars ear when trimming it. He is usually great for grooming, but apparently he heard a doorbell on TV and jerked his head.

[adoptashelterpettoday]

People are completly NUTS!!

A professional groomer should be more careful. I would be very pi**ed off if someone cut my dog's ear off while grooming and then superglued it back on.

Poor dog..The owner is lucky she figured it out or else that dog could have gotten really sick because of the infection

[SharkyX]

Wow...
Anyways yeah super glue is great for pulling wounds closed and holding it. It works great on the pads of a dogs feet if the happen to crack or split... but re-attaching an ear??
That requires some fairly serious medical attention... the dog should have gone to teh vet right away... not just super glue back into place.

I could see that happening though... especially if the persons mind is not completely on what they are doing and the dog jerks at the right moment. Then of course you panic... although how you come up with super glueing the ear back into place I'm not sure!

[jason_els]

I've always been surprised nobody's thought of a better design for grooming scissors. There has to be a better way. I hope they catch the alleged groomer.

[mojozen]

Wow... this story makes me all the more glad that Mojo is a short, smooth haired dog. I only take him to get bathed professionally maybe twice a year... and even then that and clipping his nails are the only things I will let another person do to him. Heaven help the person who ever did that to one of my dogs...

[Zoom]

Originally Posted by SizzleDog

You'd be surprised, Zoom. I've never done anything that severe (maybe one or two small nicks inmy entire grooming career) but dogs have been known to *suddenly* jerk or flail violently... which can be very dangerous when a groomer is working on, say, "rounding out" the edge of an ear. Severing an ear is completely possible, even for good groomers. A sharp movement paired with a VERY sharp set of shears can cut through flesh like nobody's business.

All the more reason to train your dog to tolerate grooming.

BUT - the groomer shouldn't have hid it, the owner should have been called immediately!

Oh I know that "sh*t happens", we have a professional grooming Spaw at work and I watch the groomers as they work all the time...I've seen a couple of nicks happen unexpectedly. I don't know the set up at the place in question, but if there's a dog that is so squirrley it's at risk for cutting off it's ear, our groomers get someone to help hold the dog.

[Laurelin]

Wow, that's horrible...

I groom my dogs myself, thankfully. And none of my dogs need ear trimming. I've only ever sent Trey to be groomed once and vowed never to do it again after they nearly shaved him.