Accident vs Neglect

I’ve spent the last six months sharing my Moo experience with people – people who use social media to support Bounding Hound, people responsible for the piss poor animal welfare laws in our state (49th in animal welfare ranking!), people part of dog clubs that seek out services for their dogs, people who own businesses and believe that supporting local masks all else.

The one word used in a sentence with regards to Moo’s death that I will IMMEDIATELY correct is Accident.

Accident defined – an unplanned or unforeseen event or circumstance.

Neglect – to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness.

Moo’s death was NOT AN ACCIDENT.

Moo’s death was pure animal NEGLECT. When you are in the business of watching, training, caring for animals and you leave them unattended and something goes wrong – that’s carelessness. That’s NOT doing what you promised your clients and their animals what you would do. What comes of that is not unplanned. You know when you leave animals, kids, humans, etc unattended bad things can and do happen.

That’s the sole reason people don’t leave animals unattended – that’s the reason they seek out Bounding Hound for services.

Accidents don’t happen in a 6′ fence enclosed yard with two gates and human oversight.

Neglect happens in a 6′ fence enclosed yard with two gates without human oversight. Carelessness – poor decision making – disconnect between what care was promised and what care was delivered.

The job was undone.

Moo was unattended.

Both as a result of carelessness.

Moo’s death was NOT an accident! It was NEGLECT – neglect by a person responsible for a business in the industry of animal services. NEGLECT by one who proclaims to put animals first but doesn’t.

Use the word accident and you will be corrected.

Neglected. Is. The. Right. Word.