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Originally Posted by Ladymom  The problem is that "bargain" puppies usually don't stay healthy. It can take years before their genetic time bombs from poor breeding start going off. That's when the big vet bills begin.
The best thing you or anyone with a puppymill or backyard breeder puppy can do is to start putting money aside in a special savings account for future vet bills. Start right away while they are still healthy so you are prepared. |
Ladymom is right. I just went through this with our pug dog that we bought from a pet store that purchases their puppies from Hunte Corporation (a broker that buys puppies from puppymills). Our pug was perfectly healthy, until she hit about 5 yrs of age. Then her health went rapidly downhill for 3-4 yrs (major vet bills), we had to put her to rest on my birthday, this last May 20th. It was heartbreaking and so hard to watch her suffer
