MIAMI – The owner of a pet grooming service says he is “truly sorry” after his former employee was seen on video kicking a small dog — an incident he says has led to backlash, including death threats.
“What he did … was brutal,” said Yosuany Rodriguez, the owner of Deluxe Mobile Grooming, the company displayed on the shirt of a man seen kicking a small Maltese-Shih Tzu mix.
The attack, caught on Ring video, triggered irate reactions on social media.
“I do not approve what he did,” Rodriguez said. “I want him to be held accountable with justice and hopefully, he gets the justice that he deserves.”
Rodriguez said he found out about the incident on Saturday morning, five days after the attack on the dog, when he saw two negative reviews online. A few minutes later he also received pictures taken from the surveillance video that went viral and recognized his employee.
“When I sent him that, I asked him, ‘Is this what I think it is? Did you kick the dog?’ And he said, ‘yes.'”