My dog was killed on a walk with a walker ordered through Wag
This is mildly fascinating. Though not entirely unexpected.<p>A quick Google for &quot;pet sitting dog died&quot; turns up a number of these stories. It seems a number of them are through these dog sitting services like Wag or Rover.<p>Here&#x27;s an interesting one I found not through a dog sitting service but just a roommate that had been asked to sit the dog while the owner was away.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;AskReddit&#x2F;comments&#x2F;t7kv7&#x2F;currently_dog_sitting_for_roommatedog_was_just&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;AskReddit&#x2F;comments&#x2F;t7kv7&#x2F;currently_...</a><p>It must be awful for everyone involved. I suspect it&#x27;s nothing unique to dog sitting services but that it occurs with a certain (albeit low) frequency as a phenomenon but that it&#x27;s showing up through dog sitting services because there is a (1) a paper trail of the transaction and (2) a stable, visible entity on which to lay the blame.<p>In the pre-sharing economy days this still happened. Only you vetted the sitter first and so you feel less justified blaming them because on some level you know you signed off on them. You also couldn&#x27;t really go public and say &quot;14 year old Jenny from Ashmore killed my dog&quot; because you can&#x27;t make a common enemy out of her and while people will feel for both of you, it&#x27;s not actionable information for anyone.<p>It&#x27;s fascinating what phenomenon our society is making visible through new structures made possible by technology.<p>It&#x27;s awful for all involved to have this happen.