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Amber,Snowy and Dawn

Dog groomers are supposed to keep dogs looking good. Unfortunately for STOMPer Wapi Aware’s dog, its tongue was snipped off by careless groomers and little has been done to compensate his owners since then.

Although the grooming shop paid the STOMPer back for medical costs incurred, the owners have hardly given them a proper explanation and seem reluctant to talk to the STOMPer.

Appalled by their nonchalant attitude, the sender approached various institutions like CASE, SPCA and AVA for help.

Despite this, none of them could do anything to punish the groomers.

A Facebook page has been set up to spread the word about what happened to Wapi.

Here are some excerpts of the story, as told by Wapi’s owner on the page:

“I was a happy three-year old Yorkshire Terrier until my tongue was cut off by my groomers on August 28, 2010.

“I will have to live my future life, mutilated and mentally scarred.

“My owners are emotionally distressed by my injury and have been running around trying to get my veterinary report (took one whole week), rushing home after work and waking up early to give me medication and trying to appeal to authorities to do something!

“The purpose of this page is to:

“1) Publicise the gross negligence of a pet groomer which resulted in our dog's tongue being cut off while grooming and how consequently, we were only offered and compensated for the medical costs ($66+ $152 = $218).

“This could happen to your dog too!

“2) Generate enough public awareness so that the proper authorities will step in and set up protocol and jurisdiction in the event of such atrocities.

“Can you imagine if a barber or hairdresser disfigured his client this seriously while shaving or cutting their hair? Would a mere apology and a trip to the doctor suffice?

“Wapi's tongue was cut off by his groomer and there is nothing much that can be done after this incident!

“CASE said: ‘The best outcome you can hope for is contract compensation.’

“SPCA said: ‘Unfortunately, there is no jurisdiction in Singapore on groomers causing grievous hurt to pets. We can only refer you to AVA’.

“AVA - HAVE STOPPED INVESTIGATIONS!”

Source: http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/3552/4128/458790

Amber,Snowy and Dawn

Amber,Snowy and Dawn

STOMPer muffy was horrified by the report of a dog that was brutally killed by a man. According to the report, a witness saw the poor pomeranian being thrown repeatedly "for at least 10 times" onto the floor of a HDB block in Sengkang.

The report describes how the man was seen dragging the pomeranian by a leash into a coffeeshop near Compassvale Link in Sengkang. The man asked one of the hawkers at the cofeeshop, a Mr Toh, for a knife, but his request was refused.

The man then left with the dog and a short while later, sounds of a man yelling and a dog yelping in pain were heard.

Mr Toh went to have a look, and saw the man hurling the dog on the floor "at least 10 times" over 10 minutes.

Several people saw what happened to the dog, and some of them cautioned Mr Toh against intervening, as the man "seemed like he was crazy."

Mr Toh called the police, but by the time they arrived, the dog was dead. The dog was described as having its face "soaked in blood".

The STOMPer says:

"I read a report in the New Paper and the Straits Times about a poor dog that was bashed to death by a man.

"The reports says the man asked a hawker for a knife, but the hawker refused.

"Can you imagine what would have happened had the hawker handed the man the knife??

"The dog-murderer would probably have used the knife to slash the poor dog to bits.

"I'm just wondering why no one stopped the man, and how these people could stand there and witness such cruelty for 10 whole minutes without lifting a finger to help the dog.

"As much as I'm horrified and disgusted at the cruelty of the man who killed the dog, I'm also appalled at the apathy of the people who witnessed the incident.

"Of course, no one wants to be beaten up, but the report states that several people were on hand when the man was abusing the dog.

"I'm sure if all these witnesses had gone forward to stop the man, he would have been at least scared off by the sheer number of people.

"Because these people refused to step forward to stop the man, a dog is dead."

Source: http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sgseen/this_urban_jungle/438012/man_kills_dog_by_repeatedly_throwing_it_onto_floor.html

Amber,Snowy and Dawn

Amber,Snowy and Dawn

Watching Amber and Snowy currently "fur-less" reminded Dawn of her "fur-less" days when she just joined the family too!

Amber,Snowy and Dawn

After Amber had her full grooming, it's now Snowy's turn!

Look at the amount of fur being shaved off!

Before and After

Some sleek shot of Snowy..

PS from Snowy: OMG! i looked extremely weird without my fur though i feel so much cooler...

Amber,Snowy and Dawn

Amber went for her full grooming which included of shaving down of her fur (totally) for the 1st time in her life! A lot of fur went off her body!

Before and After

At different angle...

And a close up!

PS from Amber: i felt so weird after having "no fur" now.... but jie jie says i still looked cute!
Though my fur from around my neck, back, butt, tail and ears were been shaved....
Oh yes, and my spots on my body became a lot more and visible! My collar was really loose for me now...

Amber,Snowy and Dawn

Today, our jie jies(Sharon & Betty) bring us to Petopia for their mini birthday celebration.

Our 3 birthday star are Dawn(23/8), Yumi(22/8) and Gydae(20/8)
PS: though dawn is the oldest among the 3

Anyway, other than Amber, Hero(The show poodle) and Chocolate(our BFF doggie friend) were there too!

The yummy cakie and foodie!