GIG HARBOR, Wash. -- Anni Sheriffius said she was trying to wash
off what she thought was dirt on her dog Jasmines ear when the ear
fell off.
Sheriffius rushed her dog to the veterinarian to learn that the
dogs ear had been cut off by a dog groomer and super-glued back
on.
And I saw the ear float away, and it freaked me out, Sheriffius
said.
Jasimine, a shi tzu, had to undergo treatment for an
infection.
Sheriffius said she still has the ear in a plastic bag, and has
been crying for weeks at the thought of someone hurting her
dog.
Pierce County sheriffs investigators are looking into possible
criminal charges against the unlicensed dog groomer.
Once they tried to hide it and glued the ear back on, thats not
good for the dog. There are all kinds of things that can happen,
infection, it's cruelty to animals, Det. Ed Troyer said.
The shop where Jasmine was injured, JRaes Pet Grooming, appears to
have shut down, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.
Id like her never, ever to touch another dog, thats what Id
like to see, Sheriffius said.
