The owners of two poodles that died in a dog training facility in Marikina are demanding justice, questioning the trainer’s claim of heatstroke and pointing to injuries that suggest possible animal abuse.

In a Facebook post, pet owners Karla and Sandy Rios stated that their dogs, Guanciale and Donki, passed away on May 12 while under the care of the facility. However, they were only the deaths on May 17.

Sandy, Donki's owner, said that the trainer personally went to their house to inform them of the incident.

“When he got to my house, he explained to me and my husband that Donki has been dead since last Monday, May 12, along with one of my SIL’s dogs whose name was Guanciale,” she said.

They said they were shocked about the trainer’s claim that the dogs died of heatstroke.

The pet owners were also dismayed after finding out that the bodies of the dogs were just put in a sack and buried without their consent.

“He claimed that both died from heatstroke. And that they buried them right away without even telling us—without our consent. My husband and I were both in shock upon hearing all of this,” she stated.

Sandy said that she messaged the trainer a few days before learning about the incident to ask if they could get their dogs back.

However, the trainers only replied, “Mam mga 2 weeks pa po (Ma'am, maybe in about two weeks),” to which she assumed that the dogs were still being trained.

However, she became suspicious when they saw the photos showing the dogs with blood on their heads.

She also said that one of the dogs was missing its head.

She also mentioned that the trainer “even had the audacity to offer ‘compensation’ by giving us a new dog.”

Due to what happened to their pets, the owners hope the training facility will be shut down.

“As I write this, I cannot help but think that only a monster can do something like this. This is animal abuse. This is cruelty. This is a crime,” she said.

“They don’t care about our dogs, they only care about making money. They need to close down. Please help us spread this news,” she added.

Aside from the two pets that died, their five other dogs that were also in the same training facility were just returned to them on May 18.

In a Facebook post, Karla, the owner of Guanciale, said the five dogs came back very thin and looked neglected, even though the training center often asked for grooming payments.

She also shared photos of the dogs before they were brought to the facility and after they were returned, showing how their condition had gotten worse. She added that one of the dogs now has an eye infection.

Meanwhile, the training facility has yet to release any statement.