i feel bad for you OP. i knew not to go through a pet store, but that's just about all my knowledge was at that point. i got mine from a backyard breeder and thank the Lord above, so far we have no troubles with health. i'm praying we never do....
anyways i agree with lots of you on here, i know it's on the news and such, but it doesn't really phase a person until they either learn it for real or go through a bad experience with puppy mills or BYB. i even came on YT during the puppy buying process and was told that they were irresponsible and questionable breeders and it still didn't truly hit me. it wasn't until i had Sadie a few months and watched Ceasar Milan's puppy mill episode that it finally hit me in the face...that very well could have been Sadie's mommy in those cages. i don't know, i never checked her breeder's house and her home...i was FOOLISH and just plain IGNORANT. there's a difference between ignorance and stupidity. i just didn't have a clue....now i get it. and i swear i'll never promote a BYB ever again...
anyways to the OP, you didn't know any better, now you hopefully see that no matter how much you think you trust a pet store owner...you have to know the breeder, the location of the puppy's home, and a heck of a lot about their health history before purchasing a puppy. i would defin. go to this woman and beg for all the vet costs to be paid, if she refuses take her butt to court and sue her for misleading you to believe that the breeder was a good one and the pup would be healthy. you probably bought the pup with a health guarantee too, so due whoever wrote that guarantee up and sue the vet and the breeder...get em' all if you have to...and go out and tell every soul you know your story so they shut that place down!!! call ASPCA and get that pet store closed from selling pets...
i hope it all works out for you hon. sorry you had to experience how bad BYB and puppy mills are by having a sick pup...i feel so darn lucky that hasn't happened to me yet, but it still could and i'll have to just take care of it if it does and learn my lesson the hard way. |