She’s a dog’s worst friend.
At least five dogs have died, been injured, or gone missing under the care of Marlene Cordova — a Queens woman who runs an unlicensed dog-sitting business out of her Bayside apartment — according to outraged pup owners.
“Marlene killed my puppy,” Coby Davidson commented in response to a Jan. 8 Facebook post on the Nassau County Lost & Found Pets page, which anonymously warned other dog owners against hiring Cordova as a dog sitter.
According to text messages obtained by The Post between Davidson and Kelly Brach, a professional pet tracker, Cordova admitted to the dog owner she had left a piece of watermelon out when leaving his home, which his pooch ate, causing the canine to fatally choke.
“I had no idea anyone else had a similar experience,” Davidson wrote on Facebook. “I can’t give all the details here but we did get a settlement from her insurance company which obviously is never enough to replace him in our hearts.”
Baneet Pabla’s world was turned upside down — and his Australian vacation cut short — after Cordova informed him on Dec. 28 that his beloved, 4-year-old Australian Shepherd, Ozi, was missing.