"Felipe Morales-Torres is sounding the alarm about a dog sitter the Lake Merced neighborhood, one he found on the popular service app. "He was covered in urine, or vomit, or both, so it was really just terrifying. We're all the way over in Ohio," Morales-Torres said. His dog, Brady, was taken to the vet after being picked up on Christmas Day."
"Morales-Torres filed a police report. He later came across a Reddit thread and video, discovering two other dogs had died under the same care. "This is a pet owners worst nightmare come true," said San Francisco resident Ti Tran. Tran and Amy Dinh left their dog, Aku, with the dog sitter on Dec. 19. While they didn't get a lot of communication, it wasn't too suspicious. But two days before Christmas, they got worrisome news."
Multiple Bay Area pet owners experienced severe harm or death of their dogs after leaving them with a sitter booked through a popular service app. One owner reported finding his dog covered in urine or vomit and required veterinary care after pickup on Christmas Day. A police report was filed and a Reddit thread and video linked the sitter to at least two other dog deaths. Another dog, Aku, was taken to a vet with poor reflexes and later died from complications related to dehydration. Owners reported limited communication from the sitter and escalating concern before the animals' deaths.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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