Woman searching for answers after she says online dog sitter cremated her dog, lied to her about animal’s death
A South Florida woman is speaking out after she returned from her trip to find out her dog had passed away while under the care of a dog sitter and she says the dog sitter lied to her about it Speaking with News on Tuesday Eilyn says it all began in August when she used the platform Rover to find a dog sitter for her dog Aria and two other dogs In the app she saw the dog sitter s profile and connected with her She had five-star reviews of them revealed Eilyn The two of them met and decided to move forward with the booking During the trip Eilyn mentioned she and her husband kept in contact with the dog sitter and even received videos of the dogs playing around But the problems arose upon the couple s return from the trip We get back from our trip on Aug and we re so excited to receive our dogs back We re waiting outside in the rain for them She gets out of the car and she s distraught She s saying Hey we need to go inside Something happened to Aria She tells me that Aria had passed away on Friday which happens to be my birthday that Aria had died from a heart attack in her sleep announced Eilyn Eilyn went on to explain how the dog sitter explained her she took matters into her own hands and cremated the dog She didn t know what to do she panicked she put herself in my position to think what she would want done so she decided to take it upon herself to cremate my dog she explained Like any pet owner Eilyn says it was hard for her to accept the dog s death When I see her photos it does make me upset to know that she had such a tragic death she reported However something didn t sit well with her after hearing the reason behind the dog s death from the dog sitter It s the fabrication and the deceit that just continued to throw me over stated Eilyn She says the dog sitter s explanation had numerous inconsistencies in it It s like putting salt in a wound she noted So Eilyn decided to contact the cremation company They reported her via email that Aria was brought to them by a man named Daniel Her scalp was separated from her skull and an eye was popping out When they required what happened to the dog Daniel commented the dog had been attacked by a bigger dog But then Eilyn says she discovered even more lies the dog sitter wasn t even home to take care of the dogs We identified her profile where she publicly displayed that she was in Las Vegas the whole time She was poolside she was enjoying a book She was flying and eating the day that Aria passed away and how she flew back on the th so it was all fabricated she noted News passed by the address listed on the cremation form for the dog sitter but no one came to the door A spokesperson for Rover revealed The sitter involved has been deactivated from our platform without the option to appeal We stand ready to assist law enforcement with their probe should they become involved Now Eilyn is left devastated and searching for answers She fraudulently accepted this left my dogs unattended with somebody and something happened she mentioned I hope she feels the weight of pain and kind of regret that I feel looking at Aria s photos Eilyn reported she has disclosed this episode to the Miami Shores Police Department and Miami-Dade Animal Services She hopes it ll be a lesson for other dog owners The county says this is a civil matter
