Yesterday evening, Barnes Center canine employee, Rufus, was served with a malpractice suit from one SU student who wishes to remain anonymous.
“Rufus was always bright-eyed and bushy-tailed,” says one of Rufus’ coworkers, “He treated every one of his patients like they were his best friend.”
“I think this student is barking up the wrong tree.” said another Barnes Center counselor who supports Rufus in his case, “If he were as inept as the student claims, we would’ve sent him to the farm a long time ago” he says with a chuckle.
But what were these allegations? The student claims that when explaining their hardships to Rufus in their session, his advice was to “roll over and take it—it’s a man-eat-man world after all.” The student found this advice to be not only careless but dangerous. The student's attorney later told the press of speculation that the comment was a mistake made under the influence. Yes, though not yet proven, could it be that Rufus’ hair of the dog was a little preemptive?
Other students have since come forward after the case was taken up in defense of the victim, saying they too had received inappropriate advice from Rufus, but didn’t come forward as they found it easier to let sleeping dogs lie.
Perhaps his bark is worse than his bite, but with allegations piling up, the defense better hope their old dog can learn one more trick: keeping this case from going to the review board.