[Patti]

Hi I am looking for opinions/what would you do responses. As you may or may not know I recently got Dixie from a reputable breeder. I have had her almost 4 weeks and she was just diagnosed with congenital advanced kidney failure and her outcome is unknown at this time. She will require medicine costing 100.00 a month for life to treat her if that is an option. There is no way the breeder knew this or would have sold her if she knew. The breeder had been very supportive and I have had no eperience in what the right thing to do in this situation.
My questiosn are she offered to take Dixie back and replace her, not an option for me as I love her and will do everything in my power to help her. I do not have a contract , so I am not sure what the policy is. I know I should have gotten a contract but the breeder is responding very favorably and I really know she wants to make this right.
So I have not discussed what I would like her to do yet with her until we get the final tests in to see if Dixie can be treated.
I do not want to go into details of what she has offered but I have a few questions.
Do you as breeders ever give a monetary refund, full or partial?
If I take an offer of a future puppy, without returning the sick one I would feel like that wouldn't be fair to the breeder as I opted to keep Dixie in spite of her being so sick.
Sorry this is kind of rambling but I have no experience in this and want to be fair to me and the breeder. She is no way would have let Dixie go had she known this. Thanks so much.