10/02/2026
As the Founder of Tail Waggers 1990 I'm asking that you PLEASE READ and SHARE!
I'm sick that this facility stays open....especially after THIS PREVENTABLE, HORRIFIC ACCIDENT happened!
For MOLLY and her family, let's make sure this NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN!
By: Courtney Elizabeth
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To Pet Suite Retreat — the “secured facility” where my dog was supposed to be safe while my family was out of the country:
There are no words that can truly explain the heartbreak and anger we are feeling right now.
Our family dog, Molly, did not die of old age. She did not die from an illness. She did not have a peaceful passing surrounded by the people who loved her.
She escaped from the facility where we trusted you to keep her safe, ended up on Inkster Road, and was hit by a car. She died alone, terrified, and in the middle of the street — while the people who were supposed to be responsible for her had no idea where she was.
And what makes this even harder to accept is knowing that this may have been preventable.
Your facility was supposed to be secure. Yet we are being told that she somehow got out overnight. We are told there were no cameras in the back. We are left wondering why there weren’t additional safeguards in place to prevent exactly this kind of tragedy.
I hope moving forward you take a serious look at those janky gates in the back, the doors that can apparently be opened with very little effort, and the complete lack of cameras covering that area. Not to mention the alarm that was reportedly going off “all night” while the owner slept soundly in her bed, completely unaware—or seemingly unconcerned—that something was seriously wrong at her facility. Even more disturbing, the police station is located directly next door, yet no one investigated the alarm or checked on the property throughout the night. How does an alarm supposedly sound for hours at a facility housing animals, directly next to a police station, and no one responds? Do whatever it takes so another family doesn’t have to receive the phone call we received.
Because Molly wasn’t “just a dog.”
She was family.
And to the person who hit her and kept driving:
I understand that accidents happen. I understand it was dark. But did you stop?
Did you get out?
Did you even look to see what you hit?
Did you wonder if it was someone’s pet? Did you wonder if it was a person? Or did you simply keep driving and go on with your night as if nothing happened?
And for anyone who thinks, “Who cares? She’s just a dog. You can get another one.”
Explain that to my family.
Explain that to my 7-year-old who can’t stop crying because his favorite Molly dog isn’t coming home.
Explain that to the people who loved her, cared for her, came home to her, and considered her a member of our family.
You don’t replace a family member because they’re gone.
Molly deserved better.
She deserved to be safe.
She deserved to come home.
And my family deserved to be able to trust that when we left her in someone else’s care, she would be there when we returned.
Instead, we’re left with grief, unanswered questions, and the unbearable knowledge that she died alone and scared.
To the person who hit her and didn’t stop: you may never understand the pain you left behind. But I hope you eventually have to face the weight of what you chose to do.
Karma has a way of finding people.
Molly mattered.
She was loved.
And she will never be forgotten.
