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Originally Posted by Erin  Sheila,
I give mine canned as a special treat a few times a week, but maybe I will switch for every meal and that will help. He does gain easily. They eat Merrick canned.
I didn't tell Susan about the DI because when I called her a few days after I got Loki to tell her about the diarrhea she had the same "oh well" attitude, as she also did when I told her about his LP's. His are mild, but I work with a trainer who has her labs OFA'ed and would not breed if they threw pups with these traits. On her advice, since she said she would want to know as a breeder, I called Susan just in case she wanted to check the parents. Same "oh well" attitude.
When we got Loki I asked to see his parents for coloring. (Loki was very dark but he is now silver/blonde at 3 yrs, I wanted a dark one like Sammy is) She assured me he would be very dark (how can anyone say that for sure?) and told me that she did not have the parents at her house. She explained that an older couple in Iowa bred her puppies for her and when they were (I think) 8 weeks old, they bring them to her in IL for her to sell. They are not allowed to place the puppies in homes, only she is. This is what she tells me. If I knew what I know now I would have walked straight out of there, but I didn't and I wanted a puppy and all I knew was to go to a breeder and not a pet store. He was clean and had just had a bath, and other than that things seemed OK. But now I know puppies should stay with mom until they are 12 weeks old. Loki was 13 weeks when we got him, but he was the last one left we think. She keeps them down in her basement. I asked to see the kennels and she said no. He was 4 lbs when we got him, so again his size doesn't bug me so much, but the other stuff does...
It's not just one breeder though. Sammy is AKC and will probably need LP surgery. She came to us needing a new home so I never met her breeder, but I wish I could ask about the LP. So many just consider it to be "acceptable" and that's not fair. |
Hi, Erin.
Somehow I missed your post. Sorry.
Sydney is far more satisfied since I put her on Evangers canned.
I am stunned at Susans indifferent attitude...or maybe not, since she wasn't too concerned when I told her that Kia has a terrible overbite. (I mean, it' so bad, that when I lay her on her back, I can see the roof of her mouth, with her mouth closed.)
I am surprised that she told you that she doesn't breed her dogs. I wouldn't think she'd want people to know that bit of info.
Aha! They live in the basement! I finally realized that when I called her two years ago...she was talking about how she has to go up and down the basement stairs to change the puppies papers.
I agree, so many breeders think LP is acceptable and it shouldn't be.
If I ever get another Yorkie, I am not going to be so because someone has 55 champions under their kennel name.
Kia was 12 weeks when we got her almost 9 years ago.
I hope Sammy won't need the LP surgery, but if she does...my vet does excellent surgery. Sydney twisted her knee, tore the ligament, etc. and he did such a good job, even he can't tell which knee he fixed.