I have never heard of it being illegal to sell a dog before a certain age, but it definitely is wrong. My parents have bottle fed many pups out of necessity and it is not fun... It is hard enough to get a puppy who is old enough to eat well, can you imagine a 5 week old? A couple years back we rescued a chihuahua pup that my friend's inlaws were going to leave on the side of the road. They had 2 full blooded chihuahuas that were their babies and when the female had puppies the owner went nuts... she threw all the dogs in the garage and all but this puppy died. When I took her to the vet she was 4 weeks old and very malnourished... it was a heck of a ride, and so costly... she ended up having to be put down 4 weeks later because her gut was completely infected. |