My dog was killed on a walk with a walker ordered through Wag

Post by Fomite » Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 4:28 AM UTC

sonnyblarney wrote: post #39

ravenstine wrote: post #16

I was going to reply with a reply about this being "statistically bound to happen", until I read this: > If we wanted to be compensated we had to agree not to tell anyone what happened, we could not leave any negative reviews, we could not make posts on social media, we could not hold Wag or the walker responsible, and only then would Wag reimburse us for Winnie’s cremation. When we responded that we would not sign t…

Wag are jerkoffs it seems, but it's still 'statistically likely to happen'. Accidents happen in all things, so I think it should boil down mostly to whatever the reality is there. ... though Wag has shown some bad form obviously.

Post by baddox » Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 4:29 AM UTC

Judgmentality wrote: post #36

celestialcheese wrote: post #19

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Seriously. It should have been the easiest decision in the world for them - a persons' dog is more important than most other humans to most dog owners, yet the law treats dogs as nothing more than property. Pay up and grovel to these people. In-action doesn't make these things go away. EDIT: just read the non-disclosure section. I understand the impulse to do that, but it's a MUCH better gamble to just kill the story…

> a persons' dog is more important than most other humans to most dog owners, yet the law treats dogs as nothing more than property Something I've always found particularly infuriating is how police dogs are considered officers and often carries a worse punishment than attacking an actual police officer. Not because I am upset that the dogs are being protected, but that the police basically can shoot other people's d…

Post by Johnny555 » Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 4:31 AM UTC

Post by baseballMan » Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 4:32 AM UTC

nanoseltzer wrote: post #48

baseballMan wrote: post #40

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I feel like part of why they're shady is because some of the people that partake in them are shady. It's relatively easy to get accepted to them (especially services like this).

From my experience, people signing up for these type of work range from generally ok (most Uber drivers) to absolutely desperate for money (living out of car, signs up for petsitting while owner is vacay). It seems the lower the bar of entry in terms of capital, the shadier it is. Ie Uber at least requires you to have a car, which involves some kind of credit check which is embodied in the car procurement before it e…

Post by james_s_tayler » Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 4:35 AM UTC

bryanrasmussen wrote: post #47

james_s_tayler wrote: post #9

This is mildly fascinating. Though not entirely unexpected. A quick Google for "pet sitting dog died" turns up a number of these stories. It seems a number of them are through these dog sitting services like Wag or Rover. Here's an interesting one I found not through a dog sitting service but just a roommate that had been asked to sit the dog while the owner was away. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/t7kv7…

I think it's also consolidation, as dog sitting becomes consolidated in services there is more of a chance that a dog killed during a dog sitting assignment was killed on a dog sitting assignment purchased through a service.