Ok...so to make a very long story short, I brought Capone home on Friday, took him to the vet this morning, find out he has a heart murmur, and then I found out he's only been to the vet to get the tails docked...basically just for their first visit. After that, they've only been to a vet tech!
My BF just spoke to her and he's basically saying that the vet tech misinformed her. The tech told her that she only needed to get the vacinations, and that the paper (health certificate) wasn't important! So rather than pay for the Vet & health cert, so just let the tech administer the shots in their house!
I knew someone was weird when I didn't get the certificate from their vet how I did when I got Mr. Biggs. But I went against my intuition and got him anyway. It was too late either way because I loved him from the second I saw him.
I feel like a child that just got a defective toy
I not only do feel stupid for buying him from this "breeder", but my friend bought one of Capone's littermates
He goes to see the vet on Friday, so I'm just praying that he doesn't have a murmur also.
My vet also said that his heart murmur could just be caused because he's adjusting to his new location, food water, etc. (Has anyone heard of that before??)
I almost forgot... Does anyone know who to contact to report this breeder? My vet said that I could call and report her and they would file charges or something against her. But I was so distraught by what he said about Capone, that I completely forgot!
Also, I'm getting the number to the vet that she first took the puppies to, as well as the vet tech and am going to give them to my vet, so that they could find out everything that has been done on the puppies and see if he had a heart murmur before.
Thanks for all your help! If any of you have any info on heart murmurs in puppies and the different stages/things to be aware of, please PM me!
-Christina, Mr. Biggs, & Capone.