OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Owners of a dog are heartbroken as they allege he died after due to oversprayed weed killer.

Though there’s no absolute proof that’s the cause, a claim has been filed. In a First Alert 6 investigation, Mike McKnight tells us you might be surprised who the dog owner blames and what the response is.

Near 2nd and Fort Streets, a 5-year-old German Rottweiler named Rush got sick, his owners allege, a few weeks after Omaha Public Power District sprayed weeds along the OPPD fence.

“And that’s where I believe the spray came in,” said Chris Keating.

The kennel for Rush stood here for years before the facility got built next door and Chris says OPPD has been a good neighbor until this past August.

“They notified us every year before they would spray and this year they did n

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