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Originally Posted by busterbrown1  Well it is 10:00 here and he is looking good again. I came home after work and it was like all the hard work down the drain. He was floored. My wife called the vet as she said and he told us about the shunt and he didn't need the bad protein of the soft food. He said that was prob the prob so we stoped the soft and went straight back to the baby food and plite. He is back on his feet and walking around. I hate it that he may have a shunt but I am glad we have a shot at a solution. I called the breeder last night and told him that the dog was sick when we bought him and he claims that he is gonna get with the pet store and try to help us out. If he has shunts I will be on him hard about a refund. No I will sacrafice the money over giving him back. If he doesn't do right I will be taking him to small claims court. I haven't ever taken anyone to court but this could be the first. I am not gonna make this an easy experience for him as he did the same to my fam. Unless he does the right thing. I told my wife that if he gets away with this it will be easy for him to do it again. It's not about the money at this point but it is about the point that if I stand on him he might make better choices next time he thinks about selling a sick pup. Like the vet said if he was having to feed him cottage cheese and hawian delight baby food before we got him then there was a prob from the get go and the breeder prob knew all about it or had an idea. Thanks everyone. |
Buster and all his relatives who are suffering in the mill he came from to produce more Busters have found a great advocate! You can make things pretty difficult for this man because it is illegal for the wholesalers/puppymills to sell puppies to pet shops before they are eight weeks old. If he isn't even licensed by the USDA, he is really in big trouble.
Have you checked to see if his name is on the USDA "puppymill" list?
http://www.prisonersofgreed.org/ListA2006.pdf
Keep a diary of everything, all conversations, save all your receipts, etc. As you say, you can probably take him to small claims court. Unfortunately, the best you could get would be a refund of his purchase price and if he has a shunt, his vet bills will be much more.
If Buster does have a shunt, it's the protein in the meat that he can't eat. He still needs protein to stabilize his blood sugar, but it has to be the right kind of protein. Cottage cheese and eggs are excellent choices. Fiber helps flush toxins out of his body since his liver may not be able to sorown rice or oatmeal would be great, too.