Genie ... I am so sorry that you have been forced to go through this bad experience with your baby!! They are so precious ... this should be a happy time for you! The more attached you become ... the cost will kinda fade into the background [it did for us] and you will look at your baby and say as we did "It's worth it all ... and we woulda paid 10 times what we paid!"! Experiences like this shouldn't happen! This should be the time when you're having so much fun training and getting to know your baby! Pet stores and bad breeders should all be "hanging from the yard arm"!! Villette ... your rope, please? Most of them have only one defense ... their offer to "Refund" your money! They count on the fact that just like J-Mac said ... once you hold them in your arms, you wouldn't part with them for any price! Even in those rare cases that the baby
is returned for a refund, they probably just turn around and sell it to the next person who comes along until they get the right person ... the one, like us, who wouldn't part with that baby for any price!!
Just be patient, carefully follow your vet's advice and just love Cookie back to good health and you will be rewarded with one of the most wonderful experiences of your life!!
Who knows ... some of us may even be able to ban together some way and cause enough "noise" to cause stricter laws and maybe someday stop these people or at least cause enough trouble for them so as to discourage this sort of thing!!!
Meanwhile, please keep us updated on Cookie's progress and rest assured you remain in our prayers!