Crime & Safety

Family Sues Pet-Sitting Service After Their Beloved Dog Drowns

I feel robbed," she said. "I feel she stole my dog's last few days."

(KCAL)

June 7, 2024

A family in West Hollywood filed a lawsuit against a pet-sitting service after their beloved dog drowned in their pool while they were on vacation.

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"When I left here, she was not dying," owner Rebecca Duke said. "It never occurred to me in my wildest dreams that she wouldn't be here. I would have never have gone."

Duke said a weekend trip to San Diego last November turned into her worst nightmare after she left her beloved 16-year-old mini schnauzer, Queenie, in the hands of someone she thought was a vetted pet sitter.

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