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Originally Posted by Vwitscher  I knew someone who tried to talk me into having NuVet supplements as a condition of the contract. She said the breeder sets up an account with the company and any time someone that they send to NuVet buys anything, part of it goes to the breeder. Any other breeder they talk into signing up goes under their account also so anyone 2nd breeder sends to NuVet, the company will split the $$ to the breeders. Typical pyramid setup. It supplies an additional income for the breeders that require this and an easy out for not fulfilling a contract. There are NO vitamins that will stop liver shunt or the many other possible things a puppy may be born with. I am not saying they are bad vitamins as I really have no experience with vitamins from them. I just am not going to require any product be continued as a means of living up to a contract. I say stick with the pet insurance and anything your vet says your puppy needs.
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Yeah, that's what I figured. The breeder/broker gets a kick back from the sale of vitamins.
Since after the first year all you would get back would be about $400 if the puppy died from a genetic condition and they will not reimburse vet bills, they would more than make up the $400 on those that claimed it through the vitamin sales.
The health guarantee really isn't worth anything IMO. It's just a marketing ploy.
Get good pet insurance asap, although most consider genetic conditions to be pre-existing and won't cover them. You can get a bile acids test done as early as 12 weeks and I would absolutely recommend doing that to make sure he doesn't have a liver shunt. Also have your vet check his knees for luxating patellas. Both knee and liver surgery run into the thousands. All you have to do is read through the Health section here to see how common these conditions are in Yorkies.