Family says they couldn't leave 'undernourished' Shake-a-Paw puppy at Hicksville store

One family says they are happy to see that the attorney general is taking the accusations against Shake-a-Paw seriously.

News 12 Staff

Dec 18, 2021, 3:31 AM

Updated 1,053 days ago

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More pet owners are speaking out about the Long Island pet store accused of lying to customers about the health of its puppies.
One family says they are happy to see that the attorney general is taking the accusations against Shake-a-Paw seriously.
Jennifer Del Lima says their dog Chester was very thin when her family bought him a few months ago from the Hicksville location.
She says they couldn't bear to leave him at the store because he didn't look well.
"He was 10 to 12 pounds underweight, he was undernourished, he had kennel cough and he had parasites and he had conjunctivitis," Del Lima says.
The attorney general's report also said that some dogs died within days or weeks of being bought from the store.
New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing Shake-a-Paw for violating state laws, saying the pet store misled customers about health certificates and misrepresented the health, breed and origin of its puppies.
"The two Shake-a-Paws are the largest pet dealers in Nassau County so there's a lot of volume that goes through there and there's a lot of, we receive a lot of complaints about them," says Gary Rogers of the Nassau Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Del Lima says Chester is now 55 pounds and getting healthier every day.
"He's a doll, he's sweet, he's gentle and it was way of you know, saving a life, saving a little puppy life," Del Lima says.
In an effort to protect the puppies in danger at the Hicksville store and Shake-a-Paw's other location in Lynbrook, the Attorney General's Office says it filed a motion for a temporary restraining order again Shake-a-Paw.