Two dogs were left in his care. One of them, a healthy five year old English bulldog called Franki, was found dead in a crate on 28 March 2025. Adi says he left the dogs at around 1:00 in the afternoon; at 11:25 that night he wrote to their owner, then called. He has never said how long Franki was alone, has never apologised in writing for the death, and has never returned the money paid for either dog. He is advertising for other people's dogs today.
He does not advertise as one man with a backyard. He advertises as a brand, with a logo, a five star rating and a directory badge, in a market where owners choose by referral. If you are about to hand him a dog, recognise all of it on sight.
His name, business and public contact details are here so owners can recognise him before they book, and so authorities and reporters can reach him for his side. Do not go to his house. Do not call to confront him. Do not pile onto his accounts. That helps him and nobody else.
Adi Shapira
Also written עדי שפירא. He saves himself in clients' phones as "Adi Shapira, Dog Trainer". Owner operator: the business is him.
Go Dog · פנסיון כלבים
Dog pension, boarding, day training and board and train. Also trades as Go Dog 365.
Moriya Street 21 Gan Yavne, Israel
052-553-0889
adishapira39@gmail.com
Listed because he publishes it himself to take in dogs, and because it is a home address: this is where your dog would actually be kept. Do not turn up there.
Referrals and reviews. That is exactly how Franki's owner found him: boxes checked, questions answered, a digital trail of apparent competence.
The rating you see does not include the dog who died.
A five year old English bulldog, examined by a vet a week before this stay and recorded as completely healthy. Forty million people watched him refuse to walk home on a Brooklyn corner. He died in a crate, alone.
Franki's son. Handed over on 12 January 2025 for obedience training. Three months later he could not sit on command, in Hebrew or in English. That money was never returned either.
Adi Shapira was found the way most people find a trainer: Facebook, referrals, good reviews. He collected Freddi on 12 January 2025 for obedience training, and sent photographs of the backyard behind his house, converted into a training space. In mid March, Franki joined his son there for the final two weeks before their owner flew home.
A vet had examined Franki the week before: completely healthy, no respiratory problems, in better condition than any bulldog she had seen at his age. The report is in writing.
While their owner was abroad, the only update he offered to send was a Polaroid he had taken and printed of the two dogs, posed side by side as if placed on a stage. It read less like reassurance than a proof of life photograph.
On Friday 28 March 2025, at 11:25 at night, Adi wrote: "Hey, can you hear me?" Then he called. He said he had come home from dinner and found Franki dead in his crate. In his own messages two days later, he says he left the dogs at around 1:00 in the afternoon.
That same night he gave two different accounts. To Franki's owner on the phone: he had been out for dinner. To the friend who had cared for Franki before the stay: he had been working on the house. The stories do not line up, and neither says how long the dogs were alone.
A friend drove there that night, collected Franki's body and took it to the nearest vet. Asked for Freddi, the dog still alive in that house, Adi said he could be picked up tomorrow. Freddi was taken out before dawn.
Franki was buried on 2 April 2025. Nothing was ever returned: not the money for Franki's stay, not the money for three months of training Freddi never received. The written refund request was answered with a single question mark.
"Hey, can you hear me?"
His entire reply to a written refund request, sent with bank details. One character. Nothing was ever paid back.
This is not a professional who did not know the risk. These are the instructions he was given before he ever took Franki, and the answers he gave back.
An English bulldog cannot regulate his body temperature. The compressed airway and shortened skull make heat lethal.
Never more than ten to fifteen minutes of play. A hard limit, not a guideline, and it was put in writing.
Constant monitoring. Once heatstroke starts it does not stop, and it does not take long.
Air conditioning. Shade. Heat management for a flat faced breed. He checked every box, every single one.
Videos of Freddi panting heavily after play, sent as reassurance. The instruction had been ten to fifteen minutes.
The hottest day of the year so far in central Israel: 36°C (97°F), when late March around Gan Yavne is usually about 20°C. Franki was in a crate. Adi was out. Nobody has ever said for how long.
The complete thread with Adi Shapira, in order, translated from the Hebrew originals. Nothing is paraphrased and nothing is left out. The numbered screenshots below are the source.
"I am sorry that this is how you feel."
Written twice on 7 May 2025, six weeks after Franki died, in reply to "my dog died on your watch, you were responsible." Not sorry that the dog died. Sorry about how his owner feels. On 4 April he wrote that he had said sorry many times in the first phone call. An apology in writing for the death itself, or an explanation of what happened: never.
He was asked directly, in writing, two days after Franki died: what time did you leave him alone, and how long was he alone?
"At around 1:00." That is the whole answer. The second half of the question has never been answered, not that day and not since.
The message that Franki was dead came at 11:25 that night. Between around 1:00 in the afternoon and 11:25 at night there is only his silence: when he came back, who was with the dogs, when Franki was last seen alive, who found him. None of it has ever been said.
No necropsy was performed: the vet offered one, but it required cremation afterwards, and the family chose to bury Franki. There is therefore no veterinary document stating a cause of death, and this page does not invent one. Adi's account is that the dogs were indoors in an air conditioned room and that Franki's breathing was normal. What is not in dispute: Franki arrived healthy, he was in a crate in Adi's care, Adi was not there, and Franki was dead when he came back.
His version, quoted from his own messages word for word, next to what sits against it. Weigh it yourself.
"At around 1:00."
That is when he says he left. When he returned, and how many hours Franki was without a person, he has never said. The message that the dog was dead came at 11:25 that night.
"Normal breathing, as far as I could tell."
A vet examined Franki the week before and recorded him as completely healthy: no respiratory problems, in better shape than any bulldog she had seen at his age. That report exists in writing.
"Yes", when he was asked whether the room was air conditioned.
Nobody has confirmed the temperature in that room, whether the unit ran the whole time, or who checked. An air conditioner is not a person; it cannot notice a dog in trouble.
"He was in the inner room together with everyone, Freddi too."
On the night itself he said he came home from dinner and found Franki dead. A room full of other dogs is not supervision, and both versions describe a dog nobody was watching.
"Everything happened exactly as I told you, I have no reason to say anything different."
He gave two different accounts that night: out for dinner, to the owner; working on the house, to the friend who had cared for Franki. Both people wrote down what they were told, at the time. The accounts do not line up.
"I have no idea why it happened."
He was paid to keep two dogs safe, was told exactly what kills this breed, and confirmed he had the shade, the air conditioning and the monitoring to prevent it. Not knowing is not an answer. It is the admission.
"I am sorry that this is how you feel."
An apology in writing for Franki's death: none. An explanation: none. A refund, for either dog: none. He wrote that he said sorry on the phone that first night; in writing it has never happened.
Adi comes to the apartment and takes Freddi, Franki's son, for obedience training. He was found through Facebook: referrals, reviews, and photographs of a backyard converted into a training space.
The owner explains what a flat faced breed is and what heat does to one: never more than ten to fifteen minutes of play, constant monitoring, no exceptions. Asked directly about air conditioning, shade and heat management, Adi confirms every point.
Until then Franki had been with a trusted friend. He is moved to Adi's facility for the last stretch before his owner flies home.
With both dogs in his care and their owner abroad, the one thing he offered to send was a Polaroid he had taken and printed of Franki and Freddi, posed side by side as if placed on a stage. To their owner it read less like reassurance than a proof of life photograph.
No respiratory problems, and in better condition than any bulldog she had seen at his age. The report is held.
His own answer, given two days later. That day hit 36°C (97°F) in central Israel, the hottest of the year so far, when late March around Gan Yavne is usually about 20°C. When he came back, he has never said.
Then a seven minute call: he says he came home from dinner and found Franki dead in the crate. A second call follows at 11:51 PM.
To Franki's owner on the phone: he was out at dinner. To the friend who had cared for Franki: he was working on the house. Two days later in writing: he left at around 1:00. The versions do not line up. That is the first reason nothing he says can be taken at face value.
The vet offers a necropsy, but it requires cremation afterwards. The family chooses burial, so no veterinary cause of death is ever recorded, and this page does not claim one.
Asked for Freddi, Adi says he can be picked up tomorrow, hours after a dog died in that same house. Freddi is taken out before dawn.
Five written questions at 2:38 AM. At 8:03 AM he answers line by line, except how long the dog was alone. That answer has never come.
His explanation, three days after a healthy five year old bulldog died in a crate in his care.
His owner flew back and buried him. Freddi stood at the grave.
Pressed on why he never made contact, Adi writes that he did not know what one says in a situation like this. Still no written apology for the death.
A written request with bank details is answered with a single question mark. Nothing is returned, not for Franki's stay and not for Freddi's three months of training.
Told plainly that the dog died on his watch and that he was responsible, this is the reply, twice in one morning. The closest thing to an apology on the record.
The business page was removed after Franki died and later reinstated. He is advertising boarding and training again, with a near perfect rating and no mention of any of this.
That is why this page exists, and why it stays up.
Dogs do not sweat. They shed heat by panting, and when the air around them is hot and still, panting stops working. Flat faced breeds like bulldogs, French bulldogs, pugs and boxers start from a compressed airway and a shortened skull, so they fail first and they fail fast. Once heatstroke starts, it does not stop on its own.
Anyone taking money to hold your dog is expected to know this, plan for it, and be there. Shade, airflow, water and a person watching are not extras. Their absence is the whole story here.
Frantic panting, thick drool, bright or dark red gums, wobbling, vomiting, collapse. Cool the dog with water immediately and drive to a vet, calling ahead on the way.
Enclosed, and impossible to leave. A crated dog cannot move somewhere cooler, cannot reach water, and cannot be heard from another building. That is where Franki was.
A unit can be switched off, trip, or be set too high, and a machine cannot notice a dog in trouble. Only a person in the room can.
These short answers are grounded in the full record on this page. Where there is no document or answer, that limit is stated plainly.
Adi Shapira is a dog trainer and the owner of the Go Dog (Go Dog 365) dog pension at Moriya Street 21, Gan Yavne, Israel. On 28 March 2025, Franki, a five year old English bulldog, was found dead in a crate while in his care. A vet had examined Franki the week before and recorded him as completely healthy.
In his own messages he says he left at "around 1:00", and the owner was first told at 11:25 that night. He has never said how long the dog was without a person, or when he returned. Three days later he wrote: "I have no idea why it happened." That night he gave two different accounts: he told the owner he was out at dinner, and told a friend he was working on the house.
No. There is no written apology for the death. A written refund request sent with bank details was answered with a single question mark. Nothing was returned, not for Franki's stay and not for three months of training for the second dog. The closest thing to an apology was "I am sorry that this is how you feel."
Yes. As of 16 August 2026 he is still advertising boarding and training on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook as @go_dog365, with a near perfect public rating that does not include the dog who died.
No necropsy was performed, so there is no veterinary document stating a cause of death and this page does not invent one. What is not in dispute: Franki arrived healthy, he was in a crate in Adi Shapira's care, Adi was not there, and Franki was dead when he came back.
Franki was raised by one person for five years and watched by millions of strangers online. His owner wrote a book about losing him; the trainer is deliberately not named in it, because the book is about grief. This page is the other half: the warning.
There was never a courtroom, and it was never about the money. The point is that people know before they book. If warning people stops being enough, the next step is court, for somebody else's dog.
