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Originally Posted by Lola1331  princes mom - i agree. she was sick when i got her and it got worse with the meds being made wrong. thus costing me a whole lot to save her. it suck because the vet didnt really do anything wrong. they put in a percription to be made so that the compound of the meds would be weak enough for her weight. but the compond place made it wrong and it was too strong for her. thats what made her throw up. so it is this third party compounding place that made the big mistake.
so basically I cant really ask the breeder to pay for all the vet bills becuase i was ok with paying for meds in the first place. it only cost me like 40$ for meds. but becuase of the other thing which almost took her life, now i'm out 800$ for somthing that me or the breeder had no control over. so thats why after my last email to her i kind of droped the subject. yes, she sold me a sick puppy. yes i was doing everything to make her better by doctors orders. but with all of the events i don't really know whos to blame because one thing caused the next.
mardelin- i will deffinatly concider this but i'm really torn about whos at fault and if i should just pay because she is in my care and under my roof and at the end of the day, my responsibility.
-alora |
As a breeder, bottom line....the breeder is at fault. A sick puppy should never have left her house. She is responsible. Because Coccidia doesn't manifest it's ugly head until a pup is put into a stressful situation...leaving it's mom, litter mates and the home it has grown up in. I have it in my contract that even though my pups have been vet checked, fecal examed, etc. I'm responsible for such bills, that is up until 7 days of purchase. Knock on wood I've never had a pup with any of these conditions leave my house. The giardia, would/should have been caught and treated by a reputable breeder.
Other than having her vet checked as all contracts ask for, and which the puppy buyer is responsible for. Everything else is the breeder's responsiblity. You pup wouldn't have had to be treated for anything else had the breeder been reputable/responsible.
Think of it another way, if you don't take the steps, this woman will continue operating in the same manner. Some other unsuspecting family will come along and suffer the consequences.
Your Giardia fear is not without warrant, but difficult to get. I would see your Dr and ask for a prescription of Flagyl as a safe guard.
You are too nice, at that is wonderful, but right is right. Much more should be done to stamp out BYBer's. Not only for the protection of the consumer but, most of all for the protection of these wonderful little creatures. Not taking care of such things is a form of animal abuse.