A devastated family is demanding answers after their dog died just a day after being dropped off at a boarding kennel.
Shane and Rachelle Bloomfield from Adelaide left Nahla, their six-year-old German Shepherd, at AlfaDog boarding kennel in the city’s south east on November 9 before a holiday.
But just one day later, their beloved family pet was dead.
Mr Bloomfield said they were told Nahla started panting heavily after a worker took him for a drive while dropping other clients’ dogs home on a day where the mercury reached 40C in Adelaide.
Shane Bloomfield (pictured, left) from Adelaide left Nahla (right), his family’s six-year-old German Shepherd, at AlfaDog boarding kennel in the city’s south east on November 9 before a holiday – only to discover a day later he had died
AlfaDog said it tried to contact the couple multiple times to tell them Nahla was taken to a vet.
‘Given the symptoms, we decided the best course of action was to take him to the vet immediately,’ a text to the couple read.
‘They suspected overheating exacerbated by anxiety, high external temperatures, dense fur and being overweight.’
But it was only after contacting the vet that the Bloomfields learned Nahla had died from heatstroke.
‘My son looked to him as a brother and he was a keeper of my daughter,’ Mr Bloomfield told 7NEWS.
![Nahla died from heatstroke. The RSPCA are reportedly investigating whether he was left in a car while temperatures soared as high as 40C in Adelaide](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/04/13/78554009-12823139-Nahla_died_from_heatstroke_The_RSPCA_are_reportedly_investigatin-a-5_1701697254033.jpg)
Nahla died from heatstroke. The RSPCA are reportedly investigating whether he was left in a car while temperatures soared as high as 40C in Adelaide
‘My dog was clearly deceased for a number of hours before attending any sort of veterinary help.’
Ms Bloomfield said it was ‘beyond comprehension’ Nahla died within 24 hours of being left in the kennel’s care..
‘It’s extremely frustrating, heartbreaking to think, how does someone work with animals with this lack of compassion,’ she said.
A report by AlfaDog’s stated Nahla was ‘significantly overweight’ but his owners dispute this.
‘I think they’re just grappling at what they can to kind of cover themselves,’ Ms Bloomfield said.
The RSPCA is investigating AlfaDog over the incident.
Daily Mail Australia contacted AlfaDog for comment.
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