Nicola Peltz hires lawyers over Dog’s death, heartbroken by loss

Nicola Peltz-Beckham has filed a lawsuit after the untimely death of her beloved chihuahua Nala… and is prepared to go full throttle against those believed to be responsible.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Nicola has hired a legal team and plans to go after the upstate New York grooming company that worked on her pup at a home she was staying at before Nala suffered a medical emergency that turned fatal.

We’re told Nala had a check-up with her regular vet ahead of the trip to New York and was deemed fit and healthy… which is why her sudden death was so shocking for Nicola.

Sources say that Nicola and her husband: Brooklyn Beckham, have been a customer of the grooming company with no previous problems…use this trimmer occasionally while in town with family.

This time, however, there were numerous warning signs…several of their dogs were acting strangely after the groomer’s services on June 14th. We were told that the dogs were being dropped off one by one as the groomer’s van was stationed near the site. . Sources say Nala was the last to return and was in super bad shape.

As Nala gasped for breath with a blue tongue, Nicola rushed the chihuahua to a vet… where she died a few hours later. Vet records show that Nala had fluid in her lungs, a crazy heartbeat and neurological problems before she died.

Because Nala had no underlying health conditions, there was no reason for her to die from simple care… and that’s why Nicola is taking legal action. The actress’s legal revenge has nothing to do with money… rather, she wants to prevent a similar tragedy.

Nicola, a keen animal rights campaigner, wants answers about Nala’s time at the groomer, but we’re told there were no cameras in the grooming van… raising questions about what happened inside.

Sources tell us the groomer is no longer working with Nicola’s legal team.