GIG HARBOR, Wash. -- Anni Sheriffius said she was trying to wash off what she thought was dirt on her dog JasmineÂ’s ear when the ear fell off.
Sheriffius rushed her dog to the veterinarian to learn that the dogÂ’s ear had been cut off by a dog groomer and super-glued back on.
“And I saw the ear float away, and it freaked me out,” Sheriffius said.
Jasimine, a shi tzu, had to undergo treatment for an infection.
Sheriffius said she still has the ear in a plastic bag, and has been crying for weeks at the thought of someone hurting her dog.
Pierce County sheriffÂ’s investigators are looking into possible criminal charges against the unlicensed dog groomer.
“Once they tried to hide it and glued the ear back on, that’s not good for the dog. There are all kinds of things that can happen, infection, it's cruelty to animals,” Det. Ed Troyer said.
The shop where Jasmine was injured, JÂ’Raes Pet Grooming, appears to have shut down, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported.
“I’d like her never, ever to touch another dog, that’s what I’d like to see,” Sheriffius said.
