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Dog-walking app accused of cover-up over dog's death
DIR By: Satanica
Date: January 25, 2019, 11:22 am
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HTML https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46978661
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> Sara and Nick Moore, from Houston, Texas, say Wag offered them
financial compensation in return for signing a non-disclosure
agreement.
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> Winnie, a wheaten terrier, was hit by a car on a walk arranged
through the app.
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> The company says it is "deeply saddened by what happened".
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> The couple used the "ASAP" feature of the app, which allows
pet-owners to "order" a dog walker to arrive within the hour.
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> Mr Moore wrote on Facebook they had suspected something was
wrong after not receiving the usual notification Winnie's walk
was complete.
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> "When Sara called the walker, the walker answered and assured
Sara that Winnie was home safe," he wrote.
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> "Five minutes later, Sara received a call from a Wag
representative saying that Winnie was not home safe but had been
hit and did not survive."
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> The couple were told by a Wag representative the company would
"take care of all of the expenses, such as Winnie's cremation".
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> The company then issued the couple a non-disclosure agreement
forbidding them from speaking about the incident.
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> "We could not leave any negative reviews. We could not make
posts on social media. We could not hold Wag or the walker
responsible," Mr Moore wrote.
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> He told BBC News the lack of information they had received
about the circumstances of Winnie's death "makes the healing
process very difficult".
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> The record of Winnie's last walk was deleted from the app and
the couple still do not know where the accident was.
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> "When you don't know what happened, your mind fills the empty
space with worst case scenarios that play over and over," Mr
Moore said.
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> "Its been a terrible experience and we are both still going
through it."
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> A Wag spokesman told the BBC: "As a company of dog lovers and
pet parents, we're deeply saddened about what happened to
Winnie.
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> "The walker, along with a good Samaritan, took the dog to a
nearby veterinarian immediately after the accident.
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> "The walker has been deactivated from the Wag platform.
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> "We use a robust vetting process that includes an application
and verification process, a third-party background check, and
online tests covering dog safety and handling knowledge that
each applicant must pass to be approved to work on our
platform."
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> Mr Moore said they had had positive experiences with the
dog-walking app previously.
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> "We made a lot of great relationships through our use of Wag
and it allowed our sweet Winnie to be cared for while we
maintained busy lifestyles," he said.
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> This is not the first time Wag has been in the spotlight over
the behaviour of its walkers.
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> In 2018, the company came under fire after footage showing a
Wag dog walker repeatedly hitting a dog was posted online.
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> Wag has been endorsed by a number of celebrities on social
media, including Kendall Jenner, and in 2018 received $300m
(£229m) in investment from Saudi Arabia.
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How freaking busy is your lifestyle if you don't have time to
walk your dog. Maybe skip that gym membership and do some
walking.
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Re: Dog-walking app accused of cover-up over dog's death
DIR By: Keepalowprofile
Date: January 28, 2019, 12:22 am
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> The couple used the "ASAP" feature of the app, which allows
pet-owners to "order" a dog walker to arrive within the hour.
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I find this weird. You use an app or order a stranger to go to
your home and handle (essentially) a family member.
And they still don't know exactly what happened. Did they talk
to the vet for confirmation of the dog even being brought there.
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Re: Dog-walking app accused of cover-up over dog's death
DIR By: JinxyBean
Date: January 28, 2019, 7:13 am
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> [quote]The couple used the "ASAP" feature of the app, which
allows pet-owners to "order" a dog walker to arrive within the
hour.
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I find this weird. You use an app or order a stranger to go to
your home and handle (essentially) a family member.
And they still don't know exactly what happened. Did they talk
to the vet for confirmation of the dog even being brought there.
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I agree! Who are these people that can access your property? I
find it strange to give out a key code to random strangers,
trusting that an App service vetted them properly.
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Re: Dog-walking app accused of cover-up over dog's death
DIR By: notchback
Date: January 29, 2019, 8:20 pm
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If you have to use an app to hire someone to walk your dog, you
shouldn't have the dog in the first place.
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Re: Dog-walking app accused of cover-up over dog's death
DIR By: FellOffThePorch
Date: January 29, 2019, 8:41 pm
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FFS! These people have all this extra money to pay people to
walk their effin dogs? Why not donate to a cause... like me and
my no dog having self.
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