A dog is suffering from “psychological trauma” and anxiety attacks after it was mistakenly shipped from London to Saudi Arabia instead of being sent to its owners in Nashville, Tennessee, according to the “Tennessee” website.Wales Online” British.
The owners of the five-year-old dog explained that the shipping company employees put their pet on another British Airways plane, and that they remained in confusion and fear for hours before they discovered the truth.
After research and investigation, the shipping company that was responsible for transporting the dog “Bluebell” discovered that the latter had arrived at the airport in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, after which it was transferred again to Heathrow Airport in London before being shipped to the United States on a journey that lasted about 60 hours with terminals. wait.
The dog’s owners, Madison and James Miller, said they thought the crisis had ended with Bluebell’s safe arrival, but they discovered that the “suffering” had only just begun.
James, 27, explains that he and his wife cannot leave their dog, who was traumatized by what happened with her, and that it caused them thousands of dollars in damage due to anxiety and anger attacks.
He added, “We simply cannot leave her alone. The first time we tried to leave her alone at home after the ordeal, she destroyed her house within ten minutes.”
He continued, “The second time she was biting a wooden door..and she was crying all the time, so we are afraid that she will hurt herself if we leave her alone at home. Separation from us was very painful for her.”
The couple indicated that they had hired a veterinarian and a behavioral specialist to help treat her psychologically, explaining: “She takes anti-anxiety medicine three times a day, but we don’t know if she will return to normal .. It breaks our hearts.”
“Instead of being reunited with her family, she endured three long-haul international flights locked in a cage,” Madison said. “I was worried I would never see her again.”
She added, “Bluebell cries day and night, and we paid the behavioral specialist about three thousand dollars, and I am afraid that the material cost will increase, and we do not know when this nightmare will end.”