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Originally Posted by fifeandshaffer  sad part is lp, leg perthes or ct wont show up til later, and will be costly to fix,, my guy had all 3 plus other ailments,, his 1st vet ck was also fine. I bought him from a broker i thought was breeder she lied,, i paid 4200.00 for him, so price isnt always the only factor,, like i said my fife had g4 lp, had both his knees done ,,,legg perthes,, needed total hip replacement at 9 months old and his trachea problems started when he was 4,,i spent thousands and thousands trying to fix him, In my opin these horrible breeders NEED TO STOP, and be put out of business, and people need to be educated,, i wish i knew then what i know now. |
So sorry for you. It happened to me before ... i bought this show line little "stud " prospect and the breeder was such a friend until LP showed up when he turned 10 months old. She wanted to give me another one and take him back, but the way our conversation went i was sure in my heart she was just going to put him to sleep and never care for it, i tried to get a partial refund, she denied it . My husband and i decided to just "swallow" our losses and fix the little guy , he was re-homed after surgery and is a happy 7 years old now. Thankfully no other issues so far, but between his adoption, vet care and all we had about 6000.00 dollars invested in him, because we never considered we lost it. I get a Christmas card yearly
The breeder i got him from champions one puppy from most of her litters. I guess that was a life lesson for me, well learned too. I came to find out through a fellow club member of hers that she is well aware of the LP in her lines, but looks comes first for her. He will not compromise her fame and if she removes the LP lines she will be killing her "show lines" . So sad
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