Local Woman’s Puppy Suffers Alleged Abuse At Dog Academy

January 6, 2011 10:15 PM

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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A dog was choked and covered in urine, and now a veterinarian says there is no doubt this is a case of animal abuse.

Regina Collins snapped photos of her puppy, Chance, just a few days ago, his eyes clearly bleeding.

“And so that’s really consistent with strangulation, how that strangulation occurred you know I wasn’t there, I can’t tell,” says Dr. Lee Kaplow, Chance’s veterinarian.

But Chance’s owner says she can.

Collins says she left her dog with Garrett Ridley for a few days, a man she hired and who promised to teach Chance some basic commands.

Instead, she claims the owner of Ridley K-9 Academy told her he needed to use force when her three-month-old puppy misbehaved.

CBS13 learned that sheriff’s investigators turned the case over to animal services, and it’s now in the hands of the district attorney’s office. The case was handed over on the same day animal services cited Ridley for not having the proper commercial animal license for his business, and just a few days after Collins reported the alleged abuse.

Ridley had no comment when CBS13 tried to contact him.

“He’s just an angry man and he needs to be out of business,” says Collins.

Chance is expected to make a full recovery. The vet says there is a possibility Chance was left leashed up for hours and he injured himself, but the vet says that is also considered animal abuse.

Local Womans Puppy Suffers Alleged Abuse At Dog Academy

Lynn Dowrick

There is no excuse for this behavior. To bill himself as a dog trainer and abuse ANY dog, let alone a puppy is inexcusable. Anyone looking for a qualified trainer needs to know about the Association of Professional Dog Trainers, a national organization based on the concepts of positive reinforcement for pets and education for trainers. http://www.apdt.com
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Booger McCrooger

Garrett Ridley is not the monster you are claiming. Do some due diligence before you go on a witch hunt!!

OPEN YOUR EYES

It is what it is. Open your eyes. He did it now has to pay for it.

SactoRocker

Well, my eyes are open – I know Garrett and he is a reasonable man. If he’s responsible for something, he’ll own up to it and make it right. Ms. Collins’ description of him as “an angry man” couldn’t be further from the truth. I’ve NEVER seen him angry at anyone, especially a dog. He loves dogs very much, much like myself.

Open YOUR eyes, ears, and heart to being REASONABLE.

Let me know how that goes

David Baron

What a moron the dog owner is. I bet she hired the cheapest dog trainer based on price only and was so cheap with her dog that she faiiled to notice there were no photos of trained dogs on the trainer’s website. In the videos you can hear dogs crying and in distress.

This is what a real dog trainer looks like http://www.Superdog.com

Just Get Real

Hi there, Dave the Dog Trainer.

Just couldn’t pass up an opportunity to plug your own business at Garret’s expense? No better than an ambulance chaser, and calling people morons isn’t going to get you any more clients.

Those “cries of distress” in the videos wouldn’t happen to be the litter of month old pups would it?
Eyes Open

Mr. Baron –

You don’t even train the dogs that come to your place, you have others do it for you. And you’ve spammed up the internet with your redundant content on a million different sites that you run. Shady practices my friend.

I don’t know Garrett Ridley, and I don’t condone anyone’s animal being mistreated, but I don’t want to see this slimeball (Dave) trying to benefit from it either.

Open Your Eyes

I don’t think $1200 is cheap and as far as picking a trainer we shouldn’t have to do a criminal background check.
Carol

We have used Garretts services for over a year for our dog and have never, ever had a problem. He has trained her and we’ve boarded her at his home and never a problem. She is always happy to see Garrett, she has never cowered or shied away from him, she enjoys being with him. We have nothing but praise for Garrett and his services.
OPEN YOUR EYES

Well Carol Lucky for your dog she came out of it with no scares. I’m sure Chance would love to be able to say the same thing. The fact is that he can’t say that. He was miss treated and now Garrett will have to pay.

Groomin paws

There is so many other resons the dog could have been in that state of mind. How about the fact that some idiot took a puppy from its mother and littermates, into a new home (scary situation) and then decided to go on vacation! Leaves the puppy in another strange home(scary situation again!) and expects it to be a bouncing ball of joy when its picked up? The puppy probly doesnt know who it belongs to or were its home is! Since its been at atleast 3 different homes in the past month. Now who is the abuser now? Mabey the dog should be taken away from the owners and given to someone who will spend more time with it.

Annette

Garrett helped us to train one of our dogs and was wonderful. We referred to him as the “dog whisperer” and said he was “magic.” We were amazed at what he accomplished with our young strong dog. He used NO FORCE, and taught us to be consistent and use positive reinforcement. He offered for us to come out to his house where he also raises and trains dogs, but we chose to have him come to our house. He was here several times and we were very pleased with him and what his services. If this story is true, there must be a reason. It makes me concerned for Garrett as what I am reading is a side to him that is VERY out of character. I am also dismayed at the quickly people are ready and willing to vilify someone based on one story. We only have heard one side to this whole scenario. I hope that Garrett will speak out and explain things from his perspective.
rob

I hope everybody commenting here realize this is one persons story. I agree with person that said don’t get yourself in a witch hunt. Get the facts and make informed decisions. Remember the news loves to sensationalize and make comments starting with word alleged .
Erica

Mr. Ridley trained our dog as well. He is a man of integrity with a deep love for dogs. This allegation is absurd and Ms. Collins should be ashamed. Aside from trying to be a decent human being, I would expect her to behave in a more professional manner being a business owner herself. Accusations and rumors like this can ruin a good business bulit by a good man. After the smoke clears, I hope Mr. Ridley looks into holding her libel.
dlsig

Knowing Garrett Ridley on both a personal and professional level, I stand beside him as he is forced to defend his character and his business. I support the comment that people need to “get the facts and make informed decisions” because your are trying to “ruin a good business built by a good man.”
Karen

Has Ridley denied it? NO he won’t even talk to the news people. These are the facts including Ridley doesn’t have the right license and permits to be doing this, just another thing he is doing illegally. OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE!!!http://www.kcra.com/video/26395882/detail.html
JR

I don’t know what’s behind these allegations, but my personal experience with Garrett was EXCELLENT. He was a life saver. We have two large German Shepherds with very different temperaments. He identified their specific needs and help train me to teach them.

I’ve am an experienced dog owner who has worked with several trainers over the years. I’ve never had a bad experience, but working with Garrett was simply the best experience hands down. I would not hesitate to use him again.

Hopefully this will all come to it’s proper resolution and Garrett’s business will survive.

It’s unfortunate that so many people blindly believe what they read. The comments on this post are unfair and unfounded. I guess your guilty until proven innocent!
Matt

I got my dog from Mr. Ridley. I got her at eleven months in 2008, she is now three years old. He helped me training her for months because I was a first time dog owner. I spent months working with Mr. Ridley to help me train and provide a good environment for her. I have first hand experience watching him handle animals and train people. He is a good man and takes pride in the way he conducts business and takes good care of clients dogs. I have board my American Bulldog for more than a week, and picked her up in great health and happy as can be. She even made friends. Like Grommin paws said “How about the fact that some idiot took a puppy from its mother and litter mates, into a new home (scary situation) and then decided to go on vacation!”
Where is the Blame on this women! Be a responsable owner, I bet your dog was already sick and you pawned it off to a good man. Who wanted to help and then you over reacted and are trying to send a him to jail. How dare you! I hope that you have to go to court for false acusations. If you do not know this man personally how can you judge him, or believe her. I know Mr Ridley and I do not believe he would ever mistreat a puppy. I support Ridley K9 Academy.
Srumsey52

Let’s get real people! Whether you had a good or bad experience with Mr. Ridleys training for your dogs, is your opinion. This is not a witch hunt but facts and proof of abuse that were sumitted to authorities, let’s let them determine the outcome and quit getting all crazy with the slanderous comments on this owner or Mr. Ridley! If any of you came home to your dog looking like this, I would hope you would report to authorities as well to protect, and be a voice for your dog?
donna

I am sorry thet happend to you dog