Denver Dog Dies While In The Care Of Rover App Sitter, Dog Owner Calling For Heightened Screening Requirements

By Kati Weis, CBS Denver:

DENVER (CBS4) – Terence Rugg lost his father and his dog within weeks of each other. He says thanks to a dog sitter he found through the app Rover, the last few weeks have been “the most difficult time of (his) life,” and he’s hoping his story will help alert others to potential risks.

Rugg, 35, needed a dog sitter for his Pit Bull-Chihuahua mix named Watson so he could attend his father’s funeral out of state in February. He turned to Rover, an app that connects pet owners with sitters, and found a sitter who seemed to have experience.

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