Dog drowns in pet store pool

[Catherine]

Quote:They should never have put a bracycephalic dog like that into the pool in the first place. Not without an assistant in the water with them, and the dog wearing floats. It appears to be negligence/ignorance. And for a facility like that, ignorance should be no excuse legally.

You are right. They should know which breeds can swim and which ones can't. 

I would have wanted a lower water level so the dog's back legs could safely touch the bottom. Floats sound like a good idea. In shallower water with floats the dog could have had a good experience. They didn't give any consideration to the dog's breed and its physical characteristics. They just took the money and dropped the dog in the water.

I hope this company and other companies with pools learn from this mistake/negligence. This should be the only dog to die in a store pool.