Aubree Booher, a 20-year-old from Norwalk, is heartbroken and desperately searching for her dog, Betty Lou. What was supposed to be a routine grooming appointment at Petco’s Lakewood salon on Nov. 14, turned into a nightmare.
“According to them what had happened was someone came to pick up their dog and their dog looked similar to mine. So they brought out my dog and when my dog saw that it wasn’t me or my mom, I guess she got scared. She backed out of their leash and was able to get past everybody and ran out the store,” Booher said.
Booher said the groomers chased after Betty as she bolted across the street, but they eventually lost sight of her. She and her mom spent the entire night searching, but they were unable to find Betty.
“When you come to the realization that you’re actually going to go home without your dog, it makes it all the more real,” said Aubree’s mother Cynthia Booher.
“She was a 16th birthday present from my grandpa and upon getting this dog, he made me promise that I would never lose this dog. I just feel like I’m failing my grandpa,” Booher said.