Woman blames East Tennessee kennel for losing her dog

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – A girl mentioned an East Tennessee kennel misplaced her canine and isn’t doing something to try to discover it.

“It’s heartbreaking, it truly is,” mentioned Kristen Dever, the canine’s proprietor.

Dever’s canine Bentley is 10 months previous and is nowhere to be discovered. Dever is blaming Misty’s Pet Depot on Walker Boulevard in Knoxville, saying they misplaced Bentley this previous weekend whereas she was out of city.

“We simply wished to maintain him secure,” mentioned Dever. “Put him someplace, the place we don’t have to fret about the place he’s at.”

Dever mentioned she dropped her canine off at Misty’s Friday night, with plans of choosing him up on Monday. However then, Dever received a name from them Sunday morning.

“They had been like, ‘Yeah, we received some unhealthy information. We misplaced your canine,’” she mentioned.

Dever mentioned she was instructed Bentley didn’t have his leash on, received over Misty’s fence and ran away.

The search is on for Bentley. Dever mentioned she has already spent $100 of her personal cash to place up fliers, and he or she claims Misty’s isn’t serving to in any respect.

“They’re like, we referred to as Younger Williams to allow them to know. Like, thanks,” she mentioned.

Kristen despatched WVLT Information this copy of the contract she signed with Misty’s. Within the effective print, it releases the workers of duty for “sickness, damage, loss and/or dying of a pet.”

“It’s so disappointing,” Dever mentioned. “Like if I learn that completely, I don’t assume I might have left him there.”

WVLT Information reached out to Misty’s Pet Depot for this story however they declined to remark.

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