I bought my pup from a place in Brooklyn where, over the phone, I was told the pups were all priced at about $500.00 - which is INCREDIBLY cheap, as everywhere else I looked/called gave me prices from $1800.00 to 3k
. Well, when I got there (almost a 2 hour drive) - they told me I was talking to one of the "breeders" and he doesn't actually
work there
- then told me their cheapest pup was $950.00 :wtf:
So I went off ranting - told them I confirmed
6 times with this guy on the phone (found through this website:
Puppy Petite Puppies For Sale) - pretty much told this guy my life story and that car rides that long are really hard for me (I'm in an active stage of
Behcet's disease - diagnosed just after my wedding along with a brain tumor +
endometriosis - all in one foul swoop within a month after my wedding in October, age 23
) - so this pup was to sort of bring us a little bit of much needed happiness, and we were to treat it as our "baby", as most doctors tell me pregnancy, if we can get me to produce eggs again, could be life threatening with the BD. Long story short (and after an hour of me half in tears/half infuriated in a dripping hot flash) - they said they had only 1 male for $500.00 - my Rocky - and brought out a much bigger girl and said she was $550.00. I asked why - and they danced around the subject. He seemed slow and scared - just licked me and took to me immediately. He looked so sad when he looked me in the eyes - I knew he was meant for me... even if he was 3-legged I would've taken him.
So back to the cough. He does this thing *constantly* - in his sleep, during play time, while eating - it makes me nervous. When he first did it (the day I brought him home - only had him a week), having had dogs before, it looked and sounded like a gag and he even leaned foward as if to vomit - but now I know it's the style of this constant gag-type-cough - but he's very happy - seems not to mind it even! And has yet to actually produce vomit.
I have to find a vet - but I've read tons of material... are we looking at something congenital?
-K