In a “Parent Trap”-esque change, a lady says her canine was switched with one other canine who is sort of equivalent whereas at their canine daycare.
In a TikTok that has drawn over 190,000 views as of Friday, consumer @stuttebooty says that whereas she gaslit herself into believing that the canine she got here home with was, in actual fact, Farley, her seven-month-old golden retriever puppy, she grew extra suspicious as time handed. She mentioned she noticed small issues, like his conduct and a “mohawk” of fur on his nostril that had out of the blue disappeared, and chalked them as much as the equal of puberty for dogs, which occurs when they’re between seven and 10 months old.
That is till she noticed photographs posted to the canine daycare’s Facebook web page displaying that one other extraordinarily similar-looking golden retriever puppy of an analogous age additionally attended the daycare.
“I sent this to my fiancé and I’m like, ‘Do you really want to tell me that they didn’t switch our dog?’” she says. “I had been telling him, ‘I think they might have switched our dog.’ They were saying that there was another golden retriever puppy that looked just like him.”
She says she later discovered that the daycare additionally removes the dogs’ collars throughout playtime to keep away from any accidents, and got here to the conclusion that their collars had been switched.
Her suspicions have been confirmed when she took the canine, who she discovered was named Charlie, to the vet and located he was not neutered or microchipped, each issues that her canine, Farley, was.
In a follow-up video, @stuttebooty says she introduced her considerations to the canine daycare and was in a position to have the dogs switched again. Both have been properly taken care of whereas switched, she says.
The Daily Dot has reached out to @stuttebooty through touch upon the video, in addition to to Dogtopia through e mail concerning the video.
@stuttebooty I need MY canine again!! @Dogtopia Utica #greenscreen #fyp ♬ original sound – maddy
Many viewers expressed within the video’s feedback part that they’d be so involved about each dogs within the scenario, and empathized with any frustration the poster could really feel.
“This makes me so sad,” one commenter wrote. “I’m sure he is being treated well, but they are both probably so confused.”
“I’d be SO livid, scared, sad, etc. I wouldn’t wait until tomorrow!” one other mentioned. “You should call them and get them switched back asap.”
“Girl this is CRAZY,” one commented. “I’m so sorry this is happened to you. Way to trust your instincts. I would’ve freaked.”
Others urged that there have been different issues that the daycare might do to stop this from occurring once more sooner or later.
“Our daycare puts paper collars with dog name and parent phone number,” one commenter wrote. “Like the bracelets you get at a pool.”
“I used to work at a Dogtopia and there is a board where you write down every indicator available on a dog and that little Mohawk should have been stated on there,” one other wrote. “They need to fix this immediately.”
“Our daycare puts like thin plastic collars on them with the name and number in case they get out super helpful!” a viewer mentioned.
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*First Published: Mar 22, 2024, 4:00 pm CDT
Brooke Sjoberg
Brooke Sjoberg is a contract author for the Daily Dot. She graduated together with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.
