A Hollywood television producer is suing dog trainer Cesar Millan, aka The Dog Whisperer. The lawsuit claims that the producer's labrador retriever was injured when he was choked with a collar and forced to run on a treadmill. Flody Suarez, producer of 8 Simple Rules, said that after she dropped her dog off at Millan's training facility, she was told her dog was rushed a veterinarian. When she got to the vet, the lawsuit claims the dog was "bleeding from his mouth and nose, in an oxygen tent gasping for breath and with severe bruising to his back inner thighs."Suarez is suing because she has spent $25,000 in veterinary bills (holy smokes!) and wants the facility to pay for another surgery her dog needs to repair his esophagus. A spokesman says Cesar Millan was not at the training facility at the time and had not been personally training Suarez' dog.
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6-20-2006 @ 4:34AM
Dog Lover said...
First of all, Flody is a man, not a woman. Secondly, I can understand suing the facility as the dog did get injured there, but is it really fair to sue Cesar himself, especially if he wasn't there? The owner wasn't there when the injury occurred so I'm wondering how he knew a choke had been used. It is possible that the vet surmised this due to the injuries sustained by the pooch. However, a Petsmart trainer told me that she had a bulldog in her class that was eagerly pulling its owner to class. The bulldog was wearing a flat collar but that was enough to collapse the esophagus. They didn't realize what was wrong but luckily the trainer advised the owner to take the dog to the vet. Surgery saved the dog's life. But I know that it did not cost $25,000 in vet bills! I think Flody is getting rooked by his Beverly Hills vet!
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