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The employee’s husband confirmed that Cha Cha had been living with his wife and appeared to be in good health, according to Belote. The treatment would cost thousands of dollars a month without a guarantee that Cha Cha would recover. “My son was really attached to the dog. They left the clinic, believing that Cha Cha had been put to sleep. Belote has now filed a complaint with the Georgia State Board of Veterinary Medicine. Show full article
Because of insufficient insulin, the family was told that DKA is a life-threatening complication where the body cannot use glucose properly for energy. World News Oct 28, 2026 23:42 IST Published On Oct 28, 2026 23:41 IST Last Updated On Oct 28, 2026 23:42 IST Family learns their pet dog was taken away by vet clinic worker (Representative Pic). The family paid $716.50 for the vet visit, diagnostic tests, euthanasia, and communal cremation.
“They both took it kind of hard,” Belote said, referring to her son and husband.
A Georgia family received the shock of a lifetime after finding out that the dog they had paid to euthanise was well and alive, through a Facebook post. Cha Cha was just four years old when owner Rebecca Belote, acting on the advice of Senioa Animal Hospital Coweta County, decided to part ways with her beloved pet. However, a few months later, when scrolling through her Facebook feed, Belote saw that a worker at the vet clinic had instead taken the dog home. The confused family approached the clinic and demanded answers about Cha Cha. However, the clinic hastily took the dog back from the worker and euthanised him, piling further misery on the family. “The fact that they put a healthy dog down. That’s just sick,” Belote was quoted as saying by New York Post .
The pug named Cha Cha had suffered organ failure from diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), prompting the Georgia-based family to approach a veterinary clinic to put down the dog before the complications made the situation untenable.
