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

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Post by bfdm »

spraak wrote: post #65
yegle wrote: post #11

This happened recently: Wag! dog walker charged with animal cruelty; customers concerned about industry background checks http://www.ktvu.com/news/wag-dog-walker-charged-with-animal-... EDIT: and the settlement letter sent from Wag: https://www.scribd.com/document/397139013/SNews-Copie1901081...

I understand why people get upset about their companion animal bring purposely hurt, but I don't understand how most everyone in that same demographic has no problem killing (or having killed through their economic transaction) a cow, pig, or chicken. I don't understand the disparity or the difference. And yes I'm aware it's cultural, because some places eat animals that other places think of as companions (dogs in C…

I haven't spent years raising, training and forming an emotional bond with that cow, pig or chicken. I believe it's possible with the cow or pig, in which case I expect the owner to be just as upset and rightly so.

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

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Post by crispytx »

That's the problem with lawyers and administrators. Wag should have just ignored their lawyers and did the right thing. It's pretty easy to see what happened here, the executives/administrators/lawyers at Wag are cowards, and were too afraid to compensate these poor people without some sort of legal agreement covering their asses.

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

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Post by sliken »

Johnny555 wrote: post #44
baroffoos wrote: post #14

There is obviously fault to be attributed to the walker by lying about what had happened but I think its worth thinking about how many animals are killed by cars on a regular basis. We probably all know someone whos pets were killed by cars and the local wildlife is regularly splattered across the roads. I think we need to seriously slow down the speed of our roads to avoid killing so many pets and endangered wildlif…

I think it's even more likely that your dog may die in the hands of a dog walker because they don't know your dog's habits. My dog likes to chase squirrels, he can be calm and docile on a walk, but then if he sees a squirrel, he'll lunge at it and if you're not paying attention and ready for it, he'll yank the leash out of your hands. So I do think it's entirely possible that the dog walker was not grossly negligent,…

You'd hope a professional dog walker would be familiar with how leashes work. There's this loop at the end, if you wrist through it then grab the leash a dog should be able to yank you off your feat before getting free.

My (at the time) brand new girlfriend was walking her dog with me. I had the leash and the dog sprints off. I got this withering look that spelled out to me that this was likely then end of our relationship. Fortunately all was forgiven once I showed her the half of the leash I still had.

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

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Post by wutbrodo »

Judgmentality wrote: post #36
celestialcheese wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

> often carries a worse punishment than attacking an actual police officer.

Do you have any source on this? I'd be very surprised to hear that it was true.

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

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Post by kdf83 »

cgriswald wrote: post #64
idontpost wrote: post #7

Incredibly stupid decision to respond this way by Wag. How bad to you have to be at PR to screw this up? It's not hard. Liability in the case of harmed pets is extremely limited, so you just pay it all and apologize profusely. There's no way the bad press will be worth saving a couple thousand maximum. Absolute idiots.

The thing Wag screwed up was its total lack of empathy in trying to buy silence. > a couple thousand maximum Maximum? Many pups cost more than this and you'd be paying to replace at least. You might also be paying for any amount of vet bills if the animal isn't killed on the spot. If you hit a service or working dog, be ready to shell out tens of thousands for replacement due to the unique tasks performed (not all do…

"In any case, Wag and its walker are probably not at fault. I'd be after the driver."

Have you considered the dog was at fault? I mean unless the leash is incredible short it would be pretty easy to jump into an oncoming car if pavement is small. Playing devil advocate here but since we've considered Wag, the walker and driver surely we can consider the animal at fault too unless the lease was 20cms and dog was practically being dragged

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

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Post by anonymous5133 »

idontpost wrote: post #7

Incredibly stupid decision to respond this way by Wag. How bad to you have to be at PR to screw this up? It's not hard. Liability in the case of harmed pets is extremely limited, so you just pay it all and apologize profusely. There's no way the bad press will be worth saving a couple thousand maximum. Absolute idiots.

Also on the other end. Wag seems to be having issues with walkers committing fraud against the company. I think wag needs to take a more aggressive approach at putting a stop to it. If walkers are committing fraud through the app then they should pursue legal action against those walkers and hold them criminally for fraud.

From what I understand...what walkers are doing is signing up for their friends/family and letting the friend do the walking. Why would someone do this? Well if your friend has a long criminal record and can't find a job (because of their criminal history) then the family member feels compelled to help the family member by singing up for a wag account, get approved with a clear record and then let the family member with a bad record do the actual work. This is why in the story the person doing the walking was basically different from the person in the profile and failed to disclose their real name.

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

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Post by wutbrodo »

metildaa wrote: post #84
i_am_nomad wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

San Francisco was at one point inundated with their “Finally, an app for me to pee!” billboards and signs.

What was that, a bathroom rental service? Sounds like profiteering off basic bodily functions, in a way that was previously uncommon & often socially unacceptable.

It's Wag, a service that matches you with available dog walkers. The pee-ers in question were pets.

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

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Post by Johnny555 »

sliken wrote: post #93
Johnny555 wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it's even more likely that your dog may die in the hands of a dog walker because they don't know your dog's habits. My dog likes to chase squirrels, he can be calm and docile on a walk, but then if he sees a squirrel, he'll lunge at it and if you're not paying attention and ready for it, he'll yank the leash out of your hands. So I do think it's entirely possible that the dog walker was not grossly negligent,…

You'd hope a professional dog walker would be familiar with how leashes work. There's this loop at the end, if you wrist through it then grab the leash a dog should be able to yank you off your feat before getting free. My (at the time) brand new girlfriend was walking her dog with me. I had the leash and the dog sprints off. I got this withering look that spelled out to me that this was likely then end of our relati…

If you want a professional dog walker, you probably shouldn't be looking on Wag -- those are just normal people making a few bucks.

Much like how if you expect a professional driver, you won't likely find one on Uber.

Though in any case, having the dog pull the dog walker down on the sidewalk doesn't help much when the dog ran out on the road in front of a bus.

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

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Post by idontpost »

BucketSort wrote: post #54
idontpost wrote: post #7

Incredibly stupid decision to respond this way by Wag. How bad to you have to be at PR to screw this up? It's not hard. Liability in the case of harmed pets is extremely limited, so you just pay it all and apologize profusely. There's no way the bad press will be worth saving a couple thousand maximum. Absolute idiots.

To be fair, we don't know if this is the truth. Has Wag responded with their side of the story?

Unless the entire story is false it really doesn't matter.

Dog died. Wag wanted them to sign an NDA or Wag wouldn't pay for anything.

The only correct response from Wag was to pay everything (again, we're talking about a couple of thousand maximum) no questions asked and apologize profusely.

Even from a purely soulless financial standpoint, that's the only correct response.

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