South Florida family wants answers after healthy 8-month-old German sheapard dies in trainer’s care

DANIA BEACH, Fla. — A family took their eight-month-old German shepherd named Buddy for training and boarding with a local dog trainer.

They expected to get him back in five weeks, but less than three weeks later the pup was dead.

Nancy and Matthew Willner love animals and they have lots of dogs, so when they brought Buddy home last November, they decided he needed professional training and they picked Melanie McElyea of Dog Lovers Only Grooming based on a friend’s recommendation…

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