Dog owner claims groomer sliced pet's nipple and superglued it back together

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A woman has claimed her dog's nipple was cut and superglued back together by a groomer.

Tegan Williams, 20, took her two-year-old toy poodle and bichon frisé cross Honey to Scruffy 2 Fluffy groomers in Bargoed, Caerphilly county, on 15 June - her fourth appointment at the business.

But later that day, Tegan said she noticed a series of injuries on her pet's body, and claims a £385 emergency vet appointment found "some sort of superglue" had been used to repair a wounded nipple.

"She's still shaking to this day now," she said.

Paul Smith, who owns Scruffy 2 Fluffy, described the incident as "an accident" and said he had taken appropriate action immediately.

Tegan said Honey was a "regular client" at Scruffy 2 Fluffy.

"That was her fourth groom since she was a puppy. There's never been any issues at all," she said.

Tegan explained the grooming firm picked Honey up from her home in Fochriw and dropped her back off.

She said when Paul dropped Honey off he told her she was "very matted" which she found odd, adding she had been brushed that morning and is brushed "every day".

Tegan said she had workmen in her house at the time which Honey did not like, so secured her in the kitchen and did not inspect her properly until later.

She said: "When they left, I brought her back out to be in the living room as she normally is, and I noticed that she had blood in her right eye.

"As I examined more of her body, I noticed that she had a cut on the back of her right leg."

Tegan then checked Honey's tummy and noticed one nipple was "really hard" and she was "quite sensitive" when her owner touched her.

She rang the out-of-hours vet and was told to take Honey to Swansea for an emergency appointment, which cost about £385.

The money had to be taken from a fund saved for rent and her daughter's upcoming third birthday, Tegan said.

"I was so upset, I was panicking, I was scared."

The mother-of-two added she told her son and daughter Honey "was going to the doggy hospital".

"They are under five, so I had to try and say it in a way that wouldn't scare them."

Tegan said the vet gave her drops for Honey's eye, which they thought had been damaged by a blow to the head or other trauma, and was not concerned about the cut on the leg as they believed it would heal itself.

But she claimed the vet told her Honey's nipple had been wounded and "superglued" - and she would have to take her back to the vets when the glue starts coming off to know the full extent of the damage.

"They didn't really want to touch the wound, only because it was superglued on so much that, if they had a look, she would be really sore."