 Washington's top news, WTOP. Facts matter. In 622, a northern Virginia man demanding answers after his dog died while boarded at an area PetSmart. More from WTOP's Kyle Cooper. Andrew Knowles dropped his dog Clark at the Potomac Yard PetSmart for boarding on June 27th. Two days later, he tells NBC4 he got a disturbing phone call from a local veterinarian. He was like, well, a PetSmart employee just dropped him off, and unfortunately, you know, she dropped him off deceased.