Is it possible that a restraint wasn't used? I don't know the size of this dog but is it possible that even if it jumped off the grooming table and had a restraint on it's neck that it wouldn't be heavy enough or been able to create enough force to break it's neck and would have strangled instead? Could the dog have jumped off the table unrestrained and broken it's neck that way? It seems strange to me that a restraint used to keep a dog on a grooming table and to prevent a dog from laying down would ever be long enough to allow for the kind of force required to break a small dog's neck.
I'm just kind of talking out loud and certainly don't have a great deal of practical experience with grooming restraints. I'm just wondering if there is some other way that this could have happened?
It's so disturbing to be thinking about this sort of thing. I'm not sure I will ever be able to leave my little dog with a groomer again. I have been grooming her myself and certainly not terrific at it but I think if I'm not able to stay with her at a groomers she will just have to be groomed at home. This whole thing just makes me ill and my heart breaks that such a tragedy happened. |