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Originally Posted by kosoma  Regarding the health certificate, unless Florida law is different than Oklahoma (which I realize is possible) the health certificate is not required for the sale of a puppy. It is required to ship the puppy. I often make vet trips for my parents, who breed Yorkies, and if we are not shipping the puppy we don't pay extra for the health certificate. All the certificate says is that they are fit to travel and not have a contagious disease. We DO, however, get the vet check and a letter on vet stationary stating the results.
Regarding the heart murmur itself, I don't have a lot of experience with it....only one puppy ever had one, we kept him and he is now 9 months old and it has disappeared. It is my understanding that they do often go away as the pup grows up.
I will be thinking of you; I hope this is resolved well and soon. As some have pointed out, although it sounds bad now, it may never actually be that much of a problem. |
From what my vet told me, and the other 2 breeders that happened to be there for an appointment, it's required by florida law to get the health certificate to protect both the seller and the buyer from the lemon law. One of the breeders said that a lot of people don't get it, because it costs $100 per puppy, so to cut costs and make a quicker profit, they skip some steps. They also seemed very concerned that Capone got his shots form someone and they said he probably never saw a vet.
For now the vet said we're just going to moniter the heart murmur and his actions. Luckily my vet offers a puppy pack for the puppy's first year of life... it includes all of his shots, a year of heatrworm and flea prevention, and also unlimited vet visits. I'm already planning on taking him every other motnth just to the vet can listen to his murmur and then if he thinks it's getting worse, then we'll do a ultrasound. I'm just hoping he has a murmur that will close within 4 months to 1 year.
