We know that now he was taken away too young. Both my husband and I always had big dogs before so it was never a problem at 8 weeks. We see now where Chip does have some personality problems that probably could have been helped by staying with his mother longer. We love him anyways :-) I'm like 99% sure that he came from a puppy mill. First off all they said they had a "kennel" in PA with MULTIPLE small breeds. They didn't know exactly when Chip's birthday was and I had to actually read the papers later and when we first talked to them they said they didn't have a puppy available then called back and said they "forgot" they had a puppy. How do you forget you have a puppy in your house?! Chip also wasn't able to chew hard food when we brought him home and they told us he was eating Purina Pro Plan. When we brought him home he tried to eat it, but couldn't keep it in his mouth and he kept throwing up. He became really hypoglycemic and almost died the next day when we were taking him back to the "breeders" house. After a little wet food, some meds, and nutri stat, he perked right up. All the red flags were there, but all we saw was a cute puppy.
To the person that asked, Chip is now 19 months old.
__________________ ~*~ Chip ~*~ Smokey ~*~
My heart is wrapped around their little paws Karley Marissa born 1/20/12 weighing 8 lbs 11 oz and 21.5 inches long |