dont let a groomer get away with this peta also offers some suggestions on how you can possibly avoid any issues altogether at the groomer petco eventually settled with hannah but refused to comment on the case i asked my mom to take joey in to get groomed normal routine after 3 years you would apply for a license 151 like many loving dog owners hannah hartman of san francisco spends big bucks to keep her 7yearold shihtzu joey looking clean and cute joey had to relearn how to walk so he needed to go to physical therapy to train and relearn to put equal weight on all four paws as such after a thorough investigation this employee is no longer at petco animal rights organization peta wants more oversight of pet grooming we are in contact with both the concerned individual who took the video and the pet parent and can confirm that the dog is home and in good health petco later terminated the employee writing in a statement on their website at petco the health and safety of pets and people is always our top priority and we take full responsibility for all animals under our care marchettos dog bijou died during a routine grooming at a competing chain some animals have their ears nicked or cut off and some animals are abused by groomers who get violent and if you have a groomer who doesnt particularly like dogs or gets impatient things can go wrong very quickly and when she went to pick him up just before she left the store she noticed he was not walking hartman told abc news cecilia vega i would like to go to the federal level and make it a federal law for all dog groomers to be licensed marchetto said gma investigates has discovered dozens of cases of alleged pet grooming abuse and neglect throughout the country and across numerous companies some animals are strangled when they fall off of grooming tables theres a big difference and youre not there to protect your dog rosemary marchetto of northvale nj says she found this out the hard way there needs to be something in place so that there are people who are trained who are taking care of our pets she said and she said this is not the same dog that i dropped off just a few hours ago who was perfectly healthy doctors told hartman her dogs traumatic injury was likely the result of him falling off of the grooming table for example dogs are being left too long in drying cages and so they get heat stroke or they get burned dogs being injured at groomers is a pretty significant problem said lisa lange petas senior vice president of communications if you choose to groom a pet in the state of new jersey you will be required to go to sort of an accredited dog grooming school marchetto explained as for hannah hartman she