Dog dies during grooming at Pet Smart

[Catherine]

Chuck Crawford dropped off his two Corgis for grooming at a New Jersey Pet Smart. Two hours later he got a phone call to come and pick up his dog's body. His 8 year old dog, Abby, was dead. It wasn't even a nice call. It was cold and callous. 
It also wasn't the first time a dog had died during grooming at a Pet Smart.

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&ur...ioAmglDcKg


There has been no explanation for the dog's death and it is not an isolated incident. Three dogs have died since December.

http://www.wnem.com/story/37241615/2-dog...owners-say

I found another incident at a different Pet Smart

https://cisnfm.com/news/4006123/petsmart...abuse-dog/

I am a little surprized at how many different incidents I am finding.

http://www.nbc4i.com/news/u-s-world/pets...1065086362

I have found something from 2015

http://www.wndu.com/home/headlines/Dog-d...31361.html

2007

https://www.turnto23.com/news/dog-dies-d...t-petsmart

Clearly there is a problem. How does a healthy dog die from grooming or getting its nails clipped. I know animals can sometimes die for no apparent reason, but dogs are not fragile like rabbits and guinea pigs. How does a healthy one year old dog end up dead. What are these groomers doing? 

I do know of an incident in Toronto in a store that is now closed. The groomer had the dog on the table with a noose around its neck to keep it in place. The groomer left the table to answer a phone(or something like that). The dog jumped or slipped off the table and was hung by the noose. It would have taken a few minutes to die so the dog was not left for "just a minute".

Are groomers really that careless with the animals they look after?