Denver, Colorado – A Denver family is mourning the loss of their senior dog, Daisy, who died after being left in a parked car by a trusted dog walker. As reported by CBS News, Ted Gualtier, owner of Happy Tail Happy Dog, LLC, is facing a charge of animal cruelty for the August 26 incident which claimed the 12-and-a-half-year-old dachshund’s life.
“Denver Animal Protection issued a citation to the owner of Happy Tails Happy Dog, [LLC] for animal cruelty after a dog died after being left in his vehicle on 8/26. This is a criminal summons and will be handled in Denver County Court.”
Gualtier apparently forgot Daisy in his vehicle for approximately two hours on the day she died – a day when the temperature climbed to the low 90s. Donna Antonoff, the sister of Daisy’s owner, tells CBS, “Inexcusable. He made a terrible, terrible mistake.”
The dog daycare/dog walking business remains open and Gualtier has said he is “conducting a full review” of the operation to prevent it from happening again.
Rest easy Daisy.
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11 Comments
The individual responsible for the death of that poor dog needs to be held accountable for their actions. There is no excuse for the death of that innocent dog; just a case of pure negligence.
He owns a dog walking business and he FORGOT one of his charges for 2 hours?????? Just another despicable POS who needs to be removed from society. ZERO tolerance for those who abuse, neglect, abandon, exploit, torture and kill animals. May they all rot in purgatory for eternity.
HOW MANY TIMES DOES THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN TO THESE POOR FAMILY COMPANIONS????? HELLO!!! ANY BODY HOME????
THERE IS NO EXCUSING THIS APALLING CASE!!! NOT ACCEPTABLE AND ‘NEVER’ WILL BE !!
THIS POOR SWEET INNOCENT DOG PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR THIS ‘SO CALLED DOG WALKERS’ HUGE IRRESPONSIBLE STUPIDITY!!!
a fuck of a liar!! POS, I HOPE HE DIES AN EARLY DEATH, YOU SCUMBAG!! MAY GOD STRIKE YOU DOWN, SCUMBAG!! HIW STUPID ARE. DELIBERATELY DINE
ARE YO7 ON FCKING DRUGS, DRUNK, OUT OF YOU HEAD!! FCK YOU, FCK YOU, FCK YOU!! YOU SHOUKD HAVE BEEN ABORTED!! NO GOOD FOR NOTHING!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬😡😡😡😡😡
Same to him.
He’s going to go out of business. He’ll have a few loyal customers that encourage him to stay open, but eventually he won’t be able to afford it. It’ll take a few months, but his fate is doomed by his own stupidity. Schmuck!
He should be forced to close the business. Someone who “forgot” when their primary responsibility was taking care of dogs shouldn’t be in that business. Hopefully if they can’t force him to close, there will be a complete boycott and he will be forced to. I wish the worst for him. Bless that innocent pup and their family. I cannot imagine the pain that both went through.
put this devil behind bars for 10 years
Ya can’t fix stupid. Take the license away and keep all animals away from this idiot. It makes sense to take all dumbass wing nuts like this to the north forty and leave them there.
How stupid can anyone be????? This is terrible. Animal cruelty laws need to be stronger and punishments severe! Punish this dumb ass!
Total stupid idiot! Take his license there’s no way he should be responsible for dogs. He doesn’t get another chance no way.